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Sunday, January 11, 2009
I thought it might be useful to compile a list of all of the commercial donor databases I’m aware of. This list came from my head, my bookmarks, and lists compiled by NTEN and Idealware for their donor management software surveys (and I’m not certain all of these are actually donor databases). Giving Database. AMPAC.
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
In general, although I am sometimes asked, I tend to avoid assisting clients with choosing a donor database package. Others I think about: CiviCRM had 4.8%, Organizer’s Database at 3%, Salesforce was at 2.6%, Democracy in Action at 0.6% In that trio was Organizer’s Database, the desktop open source DMS.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
The good folks at Aspiration have been working to put my list of donor databases into a wiki. Along the way the identified some that seem to have disappeared and weren't on my earlier list of defunct donor databases. Giving Database from Willow Mountain Consulting. Tags: Donor Databases DonorAccess from DonorAccess.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The flip side to my list of donor databases would be a list of systems that no longer exist. Tags: Donor Databases Fundraising Advancement Services This probably isn’t as useful a list, but it’s short so here goes: SYSTEM. VENDOR. Alchemy. Campagne Associates. Campaign Manager. CampaignSoft. CompassCRM. Devolio. NPower.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Over the past few years I've been compiling what turned out to be a huge list of donor databases. Tags: Databases Fundraising The entries came from a variety of other lists and from customer satisfaction surveys done by Campbell Research, NTEN, and Idealware. read more.
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
I get a lot of emails like the following from small nonprofits: We desperately need to get a new donor database and most of them are totally unaffordable!! Looking at the Idealware Low Cost Database report , I find that there are so many considerations that it is quite complicated to make a choice. etc.). This step is not optional.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Idealware published a new article of mine today, on a subject that comes up whenever I teach workshops for small nonprofits: "Why not use Excel as my donor database?" Tags: Donor Databases 34; The article is at [link].
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Most database tools have features that do not work well, that I just wish they would have not included at all. Our food has too much sugar and refined flour, our economy has too much credit, and our databases have too many features - all of which can lead to serious systemic problems. per donation transaction.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
It just seems that too many databases are too complex to use. How many years have we had to develop simple databases, that just work? Here are a few appealing examples: Bento (filemaker.com/bento): From Filemaker, this is a personal database tool that really appeals to the side of me that does not want to work for a living.
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Friday, April 30, 2010
If you’re facing the prospect of choosing a donor database system for your organization, drop by the Meeting Archives at TechSoup.org to check out this recent addition: Finding the Perfect Donor Database in an Imperfect World. There are nearly two hundred donor databases on the market. Robert Weiner, independent.( read more ).
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