Fundraising & Nonprofit Blog

Small Steps: Considerations When Creating a Data and Research Function in Your Development Office

Guest post by Vidya Kagan, Menlo School Data and research: the two things that development professionals know they need but have…

The Case For Canadian Real Estate Research

In a previous post, we explored just how important real estate data can be in your prospect research. But what…

Prospect Ratings: The Pillars of Fundraising Intelligence

At any one time, your nonprofit’s development office might be creating profiles for hundreds or thousands of past, present, and…

5 Ways to Customize Your Prospect Screening

Did you know that screening is the most common form of prospect identification conducted these days? As Helen Brown and…

Predicting the Future With Past Giving

“Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the best major gift prospect of them all?” Unfortunately, there are no magic tricks…

Finding Major Gift Prospects Using Prospect Scores

Do you search for major gift prospects within your donor database, or do you use external sources to find them?…

Stewarding Major Gifts With Your Donor Management Software

Guest post by Doron Barbalat of Causeview We recently shared tips on the iWave blog about the first steps to take after…

Annual Funds: You Don’t Get What You Don’t Ask For

Part 3 of The Power of Research series by Mary Richter Background In this three-part series, I am going to…

iWave Identified By G2 Crowd As A Top Canadian Tech Company

G2 Crowd is a peer-to-peer website that allows product users of business software to rate and review their products. In…

What Now? How to Capitalize On Prospect Screening Results

Once you receive your prospect screen results back from a screening vendor, it might be tempting to pass this information…

After Identifying a Major Donor Prospect, What Comes Next?

Guest post by Doron Barbalat of Causeview. Fortunately, in this day and age, there are many ways to identify a…

The Power of Research Part 1: Board Nominations

Guest Post by Mary Richter (Part 1) In this three-part series, I am going to highlight the ways in which…