Fundraising & Nonprofit Blog

Why New Nonprofits Should Care About Prospect Research

If you’re a seasoned prospect researcher, you already care about prospect research. But if you’re new to the industry, or…

Tips To Manage Your Prospect Research Data

In today’s nonprofit world, using software to fundraise is the norm. For all the good technology brings however, sometimes it…

5 Lists You Can Build in 5 Minutes

Request Your Fundraising Assessment   With billions and billions of data points, iWave’s datasets of public and proprietary information contain…

You Just Signed up For Fundraising Intelligence Software, Now What?

2019 is going to be excellent, organized, and your most productive year yet! You’ve just signed up for a fundraising…

8 Fundraising and Prospect Research Blogs You’ll Want to Check Out

“In 2019, I’m going to read more.” That’s a very common new year’s resolution. Seriously though, this year, it’s going…

Annual Gifts and Major Gifts Don’t Need to Be Mutually Exclusive

Annual gifts support the day-to-day operations of a nonprofit organization.  Major gifts, by nature, are much larger gifts with a…

The iWave Roundtable Returns!

Welcome to another edition of the iWave Roundtable, where we gather some of the best minds in the nonprofit community…

Are Prospect Profiles Worth It?

Whether you’re a researcher or fundraiser, you may have a love/hate relationship with the prospect profile. Yes, they can be…

Do You Focus on Women? It Matters to Your Bottom Line.

Guest Post by Kathleen Loehr I am committed to growing women’s philanthropy. Why? I’ve been in the philanthropic sector for…

5 Reasons to Screen Small, Screen Often

When planning your next wealth screen, you may wonder how many donors and prospects you should include.  Is it better…

Research Insider Filings to Determine “When” to Solicit HNW Prospects

If you’re a prospect researcher or fundraiser, you probably have a good idea of whom to pitch major gift asks…

Five Things You Need To Know About Women’s Giving Behavior

Guest Post by Kathleen Loehr Women give differently than men, but they definitely give. Take a look at these statistics:…