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Chosing a donor database

Robert Weiner

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. Then you need to check references.

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Editable List of Donor Databases

Robert Weiner

Over the past few years I've been compiling what turned out to be a huge list of donor databases. The entries came from a variety of other lists and from customer satisfaction surveys done by Campbell Research, NTEN, and Idealware. Once I posted the list I started getting requests to add links to vendor websites, tags, and comments.

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Interview with NTEN's Content Manager: Steph Routh

NTEN

We''re so excited to welcome our new Content Manager, Steph Routh to the NTEN team! You may have also met her at the 14NTC, where she was working with the NTEN team behind the scenes. How did you first become involved with the NTEN Community? stalking NTEN since: attending webinars, participating in workshops, etc.

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How’s that donor database of yours?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In general, although I am sometimes asked, I tend to avoid assisting clients with choosing a donor database package. As a 10,000 footer, NTEN’s new Donor Management System Survey is of keen interest. Others I think about: CiviCRM had 4.8%, Organizer’s Database at 3%, Salesforce was at 2.6%, Democracy in Action at 0.6%

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How Many Donor Databases Are There?

Robert Weiner

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.

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Data Therapy: 10 tips to optimize your Database Administrator

NTEN

Data data culture database administration IT Staff' Alan Gordon. Data Operations Manager. Society for Science & the Public.

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How’s that donor database of yours?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How’s that donor database of yours? December 2, 2008 In general, although I am sometimes asked, I tend to avoid assisting clients with choosing a donor database package. and MPower at 0.4%.

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