[Question Marc] What are the best donor management systems?

I get lots of questions similar to this all the time:

Quick question: Do you have a few favorite donor database software recommendations. Especially for collecting donor giving habits.

My answer

Here are the ones I hear good things about from clients. I’m most familiar with RaisersEdge but am seriously impressed by Bloomerang.

RaisersEdge

(You can have it hosted by companies like Beyond the Nines.)

Bloomerang

eTapestry

DonorPerfect

Little Green Light

SalesForce

Total Community Manager


What would you have said?

Donor databases are vital for nonprofit fundraising. We need to treat donors like the valuable humans they are. That means we need to remember what they say, when they’ve given, and what their interactions with our nonprofit are.

That’s our job.

Other than “an Excel spreadsheet,” what would you suggest in answer to this question?

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