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Introducing Avenue Donor Data
We here at CharityCAN would like to introduce a new way to find quick insights about the donors in your Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT database: Avenue Donor Data. Avenue Donor Data is a new application available in the Blackbaud Marketplace that creates an add-in tile...
Using Biographical Data in Philanthropic Prospect Research
Donation records can tell you a person’s affinity for a cause. Salary records and real estate values are useful in gauging a person’s capacity to give. But to really get to know your prospect you need to look at biographical data. Biographical data tells us about a...
Anonymous Co-op Interview Selection at CharityCAN
Anonymous Hiring Back in the summer of 2020, with Black Lives Matter marches happening in every major city in North America, I was challenged to take a look at the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices at our little company. As anyone who works at a small...
CharityCAN’s 2020 Roundup
Well... what a year! It goes without saying that 2020 was a challenging time all around the world. In Canada alone the global pandemic has wreaked havoc on our collective physical and mental health and exposed inequality across our society. Large companies like Amazon...
Internal and External Relationship Mapping
We all know how important relationship mapping is to philanthropic prospect research. However, not all relationship mapping is created equal. There are two main kinds of relationship mapping: Relationship mapping done with internal dataRelationship mapping done with...
Donor Screening vs Wealth Screening
Donor screening and wealth screening are sometimes used interchangeably in fundraising. Since wealth screening is almost always a component of donor screening, this misunderstanding is understandable. Nevertheless, it is important to understand the limitations of pure...
A New Look for CharityCAN
If you've logged into CharityCAN recently, you'll already know that we've been working on freshening up the site a little bit. In the past couple of months, we've given the site a new look, a new menu, a new place for news and now a new homepage. It's all part of our...
Introduction to Donor Screening
What is Donor Screening? Donor screening is a process where a list of potential or current donors is analyzed and, usually, ranked. Typically, the names on the list will be ranked for their viability as a major gift prospect, but donor screening is also used to...
Happy 2020!
Hello, and welcome to 2020! I'm a little late in welcoming everyone here to the new decade, but I wanted to reflect a little on 2019, look forward to 2020 and give our users and audience a look at what we're thinking about here at CharityCAN. Trying new things We...
Relationship Mapping – Using Intermediary Connections
Relationship mapping has become an integral part of philanthropic prospect research. Relationship mapping can show you how to connect with a prospect, the connections of a board member or major donor, and the different ways your organization is connected to another...