Passing on some great news for the civic sector. I've briefly played around with the new product and it is pretty sweet, but use caution as this is just a Beta and bugs are rampant:

The CiviCRM Team is proud to announce the release of CiviCRM 1.0  Beta.We'd like to thank over 50 individuals whose contributions have  helped make the nonprofit, community-driven CiviCRM project a reality  (see the list below). If you have any questions, please contact David 
Geilhufe at info@socialsourcefoundation.org. A demo of the software 
is available at http://www.openngo.org/.

CiviCRM is an open source, internationalized,  nonprofit-centric  constituent relationship management core. It is designed to handle  common contact and relationship needs (CRM needs) in the nonprofit  and nongovernmental sectors. CiviCRM will form the basis of a number 
of end-user targeted applications including CivicSpace 0.8.2 and the  Social Source Foundation's donor/constituent management, broadcast  email and online donations solution (if you are interested in being a  beta customer of this web-based solution, please contact 
info@socialsourcefoundation.org).

CiviCRM currently runs within the content management systems Drupal  and Mambo. CiviCRM will operate as a standalone application latter  this year. CiviCRM 1.0 Beta is focused on developers and integrators. Truth in  Advertising: Organizations considering CiviCRM to meet specific  organizational needs should carefully evaluate whether CiviCRM 1.0 is  a viable solution for your organization (try the demo for yourself at  http://www.openngo.org/).