Bloomerang CRM automatically creates and manages several groups. You can also add and manage new groups to segment your data even more.
To learn how groups and donor segmentation benefit your organization, see Groups.
Add Groups
Add groups from any of these pages:
Groups Summary page
Report results page (constituent reports only)
You can add a group and manually select members at the same time, which works well for small groups. To efficiently add and populate a large group, run a constituent report and add the report-generated list of constituents to a new group. For instructions, read Run Reports for Groups.
To add a new group and manually select members from the Groups Summary page:
From the navigation menu, click Groups.
Click Add Group.
Enter the Group Name.
(Optional) Enter a Description of the group.
Click Add Members.
Select one or more constituents. To find constituents, you can:
Click any column to sort the list.
Click Filter Results to apply one or more filters.
Click Add Members.
To view your new group, click View Group.
Add Group Members
Add members to an existing group that you manage from any of these pages:
Group Summary page
Group Details page
Reports results page (constituent reports only)
Constituent profile
To efficiently add multiple constituents to an existing group, you can also:
Run a constituent report. You can add a report-generated list of constituents to an existing group.
Constituents can be members of more than one group.
To add group members from the Group Details page:
From the navigation menu, click Groups.
Click the group name.
Select Action > Add Members.
Select one or more constituents to add. To find constituents, you can:
Click any column to sort the list.
Click Filter Results to apply one or more filters.
Click Add Members.
To add a constituent to a group from the constituent profile, see Edit, Merge, and Delete Constituents.
Remove Group Members
Remove members from an existing group that you manage from any of these pages:
Group Details page
Reports results page (constituent reports only)
Constituent profile
To efficiently remove multiple constituents from a group, run a constituent report and remove the report-generated list of constituents from a group.
To remove group members from the Groups Detail page:
From the navigation menu, click Groups.
Click the group name.
Select one or more constituents to remove. To find constituents, you can:
Click any column to sort the list.
Click Filter Results to apply one or more filters.
Select Action > Remove Members.
Click Remove.
To remove a constituent from a group from the constituent profile, see Edit, Merge, and Delete Constituents.
Edit the Group Name and Description
Edit the name and description for a group that you manage from any of these pages:
Groups Summary page
Group Details page
You can edit the group name and description for groups that your organization created. You cannot edit groups that Bloomerang CRM created automatically. The green Bloomerang icon identifies groups that Bloomerang CRM created.
To edit the group name and description from the Groups Summary page:
From the navigation menu, click Groups.
Click Action > Edit Group.
Enter a new Group Name or Description.
Click Save.
Delete Groups
You can delete any group that your organization created. Constituents who were members of the group remain in Bloomerang CRM. For instructions, read Delete Groups.