Welcome
Miranda is a modern fundraising platform built for small and mid-size private foundations ($50K—$5M annual giving, 1—10 people). It replaces the spreadsheet-and-Stripe patchwork that small foundations rely on with one integrated platform for constituent management, donation collection, communications, and scholarship administration.
Named after Miranda Faith Salley (1995—1999), whose memory became the foundation that became the product.
Who Miranda is for
Section titled “Who Miranda is for”- Family foundations managing donor relationships and scholarship programs
- Small corporate giving programs that need branded donation pages and donor CRM
- Community funds running campaigns, tracking disbursements, and communicating with constituents
- Developers building integrations against the Miranda API
What Miranda provides
Section titled “What Miranda provides”Contact Management
Section titled “Contact Management”Track donors, applicants, subscribers, and general contacts in a unified CRM. Contacts can hold multiple relationship types simultaneously — a person can be a donor, a scholarship applicant, and a newsletter subscriber all at once. Organize with tags, build dynamic segments, and view a complete activity timeline for every contact.
Donation Processing
Section titled “Donation Processing”Accept one-time and recurring donations via Stripe Connect with customizable donation pages. Six page types cover general funds, scholarships, campaigns, memorials, emergency appeals, and monthly sustainer programs. Fees are calculated per plan tier, and donors can optionally cover processing costs.
Campaign & Sequence Engine
Section titled “Campaign & Sequence Engine”Send email and SMS campaigns to targeted contact segments. Build automated sequences triggered by donor behavior — a thank-you email after a donation, a follow-up series after a scholarship application, or a re-engagement drip for lapsed donors. Use reusable templates with merge fields.
Scholarship Administration
Section titled “Scholarship Administration”Create scholarship programs with custom application forms, manage applications through a review pipeline, and disburse awards with full audit trails. Public application forms are embeddable or hosted on your foundation’s site.
Foundation Sites
Section titled “Foundation Sites”Build and publish your foundation’s public-facing pages directly from the platform using the site builder, with palette customization and block-based layouts.
Platform structure
Section titled “Platform structure”Miranda operates across two domains:
| Domain | Purpose |
|---|---|
| miranda.foundation | Subscription platform — marketing, billing, onboarding, and the admin SPA |
| miranda.gives | Public donation pages, scholarship forms, and the donor portal |
The admin dashboard is a Vue 3 SPA served at app.miranda.foundation. Public-facing donation pages and scholarship forms are server-rendered Blade templates for SEO and fast load times.
Plan tiers
Section titled “Plan tiers”| Feature | Starter ($49/mo) | Growth ($149/mo) | Pro ($299/mo) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contacts | 500 | 2,500 | Unlimited |
| Donation pages | 1 | 5 | Unlimited |
| Scholarships | 1 | 3 | Unlimited |
| Emails/month | 1,000 | 5,000 | Unlimited |
| SMS/month | — | 500 | 2,000 |
| Sequences | 2 | 10 | Unlimited |
| Team members | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Transaction fee | 2% | 1.5% | 1% |
| Custom domain | — | — | Yes |
| API access | — | — | Yes |
How to use this knowledge base
Section titled “How to use this knowledge base”- Getting started: Quick Start for setup, Architecture for system design
- Core concepts: Domain Models and Roles & Permissions for the data model
- Feature guides: Contacts, Donations, Campaigns, and Scholarships sections for operational documentation
- API reference: Authentication, Foundation endpoints, Donor endpoints, and Public endpoints for developers
- Admin guide: Dashboard, Settings, and User Management for day-to-day administration