Fundraising Software - a necessary evil ?

Welcome to a brief review of current fundraising software.

Using the power of computers to manage your fund raising program is so useful for professional organisations - especially those who are raising funds from a large number of individuals or grant-making trusts.

Here's a summary of the most popular software available - if your own application is not here, please contact us to suggest it.

Raisers Edge - by Blackbaud

This is probably the most well-known software application among professional fund raising consultants.

Raiser's Edge by Blackbaud is a popular and comprehensive management system and serve over 16,000 organisations around the world.

They specialise in creating innovative technology solutions to help not for profit organisations and charities meet their day to day challenges. Blackbaud can help to raise money, support Gift Aid programmes (UK) and also enables you to use the power of the Internet for your organisation.

It offers easy to use tools to build stronger relationships with your donors and allows you to analyze the effectiveness of your campaigns.  You can also have Web access to your database with options to customize for your own needs and requirements.

Additional modules or options include event management, volunteer and membership management.  This a sophisticated tool aimed at professional fundraisers and larger non-profit organizations.

ProgressCRM

This is the UK's leading database for charities - and was designed as a customer relationship management solution for not-for-profit groups.

As well as enabling you to engage with your supporters, it provides useful management information to help make informed decisions.

Donor Perfect

This is a tool which ofers Professional donor relations management - enabling you to raise money, with less cost and effort. 
Enabling you to grow relationships with donors, volunteers, foundations and other constituents.

Established for over 20 years, DonorPerfect provides software tools to enable you to achieve your goals. 

You can order a free demo CD and brochure from the donorperfect.com website.

Membership & Fund Raising Software

This products from LinkedSoftware offers a simple solution to your fund raiser requirements

A free trial is available at their website, http://www.linkedsoftware.com/index.html

Sage Non-Profit

This software offers fundraising solutions as well as fund accounting.  Designed to enable not for profit, charitable and government organizations to be able to have insight to make effective management decisions.

The Sage solution offers help with planned giving, donor management, nonprofit accounting and financial management - and is aimed at enabling organisations to overcome challenges and advance their missions, whatever their size or type.

MIP Fund Accounting won the 2005 Campbell Award for Best Overall for its exceptional ratings in a nationwide survey of nonprofit accounting software users.