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Choosing the right prospect research tool

Your fundraising impact depends on moving from static data to dynamic wealth intelligence. Relying on outdated lists means missing key opportunities. While tools like DonorSearch are an industry staple, the standard for superior donor data has evolved.

This comparison will show you why iwave's comprehensive intelligence provides the modern edge you need to truly upgrade your impact.

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iwave vs. DonorSearch

Scroll down for a detailed comparison of our features vs. Donorsearch.

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Innovation

As the industry-leading data engine within the Kindsight platform, iwave empowers you to engage prospects at the perfect moment with exclusive, real-time Live Profiles and interactive dashboards.

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Depth and Quality of Data

Fuel your fundraising with the industry's most robust and accurate intelligence, featuring the largest verified charitable giving database and comprehensive wealth indicators.

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Customization and Flexibility

Pinpoint your perfect prospects with unparalleled flexibility, using the only Affinity Scores in the industry and deep-dive searches across unlimited lists.

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Customer Experience

Trust the platform rated #1 by industry clients for ease of use and customer satisfaction, backed by award-winning service and hundreds of verified reviews.

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Donor Search

Fundraising Intelligence Platform

iwave is a key component of Kindsight’s Fundraising platform powering modern fundraising. The complete platform combines donor data and insights, AI, and automation so you can manage all aspects of fundraising effortlessly from one place.

DonorSearch is a standalone tool, lacking the capabilities of an end-to-end fundraising solution.

Live Profiles

Keep donor data current and actionable with real-time updates, enabling timely outreach and personalized engagement.

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Interactive Dashboards

Offers dashboards with drill-down capabilities for more detailed analysis. iwave includes five key dashboards: Major Giving, Geographic Maps, Planned Giving, Executive Summary, and Operations.

Not available. Provides static visuals with no drill-down or export options for donor lists.

Institution Screening & Profiles

Screens and segments foundations and companies into prioritized lists.

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Donor Search

Overall Accuracy & Quality

Partners with a wide range of premium third-party vendors to deliver the most robust data, offering richer details, more frequent updates, and broader coverage across a wide range of data points.

Leverages free data which is less comprehensive, and less accurate. 

Charitable Giving Data

Features the largest and most up-to-date charitable gift database, VeriGift, with over 228 million verified donation records. Each record is linked to a source for easy verification, ensuring transparency and accuracy.

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Wealth Data

Wealth Data Includes robust wealth data from many third-party data sources to enhance insights, including unique data points. 

Incomplete wealth data missing key indicators of wealth (e.g. aircraft ownership), and real estate values do not account for geographic variations, leading to biased outcomes.

Scores & Analytics

Offers over 15 intuitive scores, featuring predictive analytics to pinpoint ideal donors for any campaign, and actionable next steps. Uncover major gift prospects within your database with powerful insights like Hidden Gems, and bring your data to life through interactive dashboards that transform complex information into clear, compelling narratives.

Uses a less intuitive scoring scale that can lead to misrepresentation of data, lacks capacity and affinity scores, as well as actionable next steps.

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Donor Search

Affinity Scoring

The only platform offering Affinity Scores that use external charitable giving data to measure a prospect’s connection to your cause, across more than 30 affinity categories.

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Individual Dataset Searches

Allows deep-dive searches within each of the 40+ datasets.

Limited access to individual datasets.

Prospect Lists

Unlimited prospect lists with contact information, including individuals, corporations, and foundations.

Limited number of marketing contacts per month.

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Donor Search

Customer Satisfaction

Ranked #1 by industry clients on G2* and a six-time recipient of the Stevie Award for Sales and Customer Service.

Relatively fewer G2* reviews to date compared to iwave.

Ease of Use

Ranked #1 in ‘Easiest To Use’ category on G2* by industry clients.

Relatively fewer G2* reviews to date compared to iwave.

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TIM WILSON, PROSPECT MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COORDINATOR WEBBER STATE UNIVERSITY

“I use Kindsight's iwave product to evaluate portfolios, qualification pools, and new leads. I’m really impressed by how quickly I can get that data back, and I am fully confident that I can trust it. For the cost, Kindsight is invaluable. It delivers the best ROI for our needs!”

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