It’s that exciting time again – the Salesforce Summer ’25 Release is upon us. Staying ahead of these updates is key to maximizing the Salesforce platform for your organization, whether you’re focused on fundraising, student success, program management, or volunteer engagement. Three times a year, Salesforce brings new features and improvements, and Summer ’25 has some specific innovations that will interest nonprofit and education users.
Keep in mind that May 16, June 6, and June 13 the Summer ’25 release arrives in production. Check the Maintenance Calendar for your specific org’s date.
The Summer ’25 release brings innovation across the board, including specific enhancements for Nonprofit and Education Cloud users. Many new features are also powered by Agentforce, bringing AI capabilities to various processes. Here’s a look at some of the features highlighted in the sources that are particularly relevant to nonprofit and education organizations:
For Nonprofit Organizations
- Volunteer Management: A new data model to easily recruit and engage volunteers. This provides a 360-degree view of each volunteer’s activity, aiming to increase accuracy in impact reporting and improve operational efficiencies.
- Gift Entry Grid: Makes entering gifts easier and more accurate with a seamless UI and smart defaults. Its tabular structure and automations are designed to promote efficiency and customizability, potentially reducing manual effort and implementation costs, improving time to value, and maintaining data cleanliness.
- Disbursement Scheduler: Automates the process of creating and scheduling funding disbursements. This feature aims to reduce manual effort and minimize errors, potentially lowering implementation costs and increasing operational efficiency by automating the creation of award disbursements and requirements.
For Education Teams
Agentforce for Education – Student Recruitment: This AI-powered feature offers institutions the ability to engage and qualify prospectivestudents 24/7. By automating tasks like inquiry management, tour scheduling, and application processes, it can reduce the workload for enrollment teams and provide insights into student interests for better follow-ups.- Application Campus Preferences: Helps institutions retain more applicants within a multi-campus system by providing deeper visibility into prospective students’ location preferences. This information can be used to streamline application reviews by campus, inform offer decisions, and keep applicants within the system.
- Campus and Program Finder: Allows prospective students to easily search for schools and programs, filtering by location, majors, grade level, and more. Results can be viewed in a list or on a map, with embedded calls to action to connect with institutions quickly. This helps students find relevant options and allows institutions to nurture interest effectively.
- Academic Operations Enhancements: Extends Education Cloud with next-gen SIS capabilities to streamline and modernize critical academic operations. Staff can design auditable policies, manage student holds/blocks, and simplify registration. Students get a unified experience to find classes, check availability, confirm eligibility, and complete registration.
Agentforce for Education – Student Recruitment:
Beyond these specific areas, features like Flow enhancements, Slack integrations, and broader Agentforce capabilities could also offer benefits by automating processes, improving collaboration, and providing AI assistance across various functions within nonprofit and education organizations.
Dive into the Release Notes and explore how Summer ’25 can help your team make their goals a reality. As always, Elevation Solutions is here to help. Don’t hesitate to contact us using the form at the bottom of this page if you or your team have specific questions about this release.
