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Welcome to our New Website

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Carr Systems’ growth has prompted us to redesign our site to better reflect precisely what it is that we do for our customers, who those customers are, and the unique approach that makes us an ideal solution for SMBs, nonprofit organizations and public agencies. We’re particularly excited to talk about some recent developments in the data migration and analytics space, which specifically pertain to nonprofit organizations but, frankly, work with other organization types as well.

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Nonprofit Data Migration Made Easier with Carr Partnership

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A central challenge facing many of today’s nonprofit organizations is the paucity of technology solutions, as well as expertise, available for things like website development, fundraising, data migration, and so on. Of particular concern to these nonprofits is, of course, their supporter databases. This data is literally the life’s blood of the organization.

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6 Reasons Open Source Makes Sense

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We talk a lot about Open Source technology (and we use it quite extensively too) so it might make sense for us to take a moment and explain why we are such advocates. So let’s get started. Affordability – Open Source is free of licensing fees. Free is good, particularly when it involves robust, proven, well-supported technology that not so very long ago would have cost millions to implement.

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We set out to build a Software as a Service platform for start-up company Booster Pro. The platform is a suite of fundraising tools designed for smaller organizations, clubs and associations – the sort of nonprofit that doesn’t have a large budget and leadership is primarily volunteer based, so it turns over frequently. ( More on Booster Pro.

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Workplace Giving Data Problems Just Got Worse

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Nonprofits everywhere are struggling to get their hands on reliable, useful workplace giving data from corporate giving programs. This has been a problem for a long time. And it is only getting worse. What’s going on? It used to be a United Way problem. Who remembers the days of charities arguing with local United Ways over the donor data? “We own the workplace giving data,” was the typical United Way response to charities wanting to know more about the donors supporting them,

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Fundraising without donor data: What’s that proverb about giving a man a fish?

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Most charities raise money from many different sources – direct mail appeals, online donations, events, workplace giving campaigns, and matching gift programs to name a few. How often do the funds come in without usable donor data – or any donor data – behind it? If your organization is fundraising without donor data to support it, then you have a problem that needs your attention.

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Data hoarding: Does the term apply to your donor data?

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Have you watched the A&E television show Hoarders? The clutter and garbage in some of the homes on that show are unmanageable. It makes you want to shout at the tv: “Throw that trash away!”. Now, let’s talk about your donor database. When was the last time you cleaned it up? Got rid of dupes? Threw the trash out? Perhaps this story is familiar. Year after year you gather information about donors.

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