Problem: Nonprofit organizations need a solid technology for tracking perspective and current donors and activities, but lack the budget to purchase an expensive but comprehensive off-the-shelf fundraising database.

Solution: A product that resides on most computer desktops today, which already has an established technology support network, and is easily customized, networked and upgraded.
 

DonorAccess:A comprehensive and inexpensive fundraising, event-planning and volunteer-tracking database for the nonprofit community using Microsoft Access

Why do small nonprofits need a comprehensive database for fundraising?

Fundraising is far more complicated than merely raising money. The goal of successful fundraising is to establish long-term relationships with donors, making it easier and less time-consuming to solicit needed funds and thus allowing the organization to provide the primary service that is its reason for existence.

First, to establish bonds with those solicited, a nonprofit needs as much information as possible about prospective donors.

Next, the nonprofit needs to track the cultivation of prospects and donors through contacts made, events attended, mailings sent, etc...

Finally, there must be a method with which to evaluate the relative success of specific events, volunteer driven campaigns and mailings.

Why DonorAccess?

Not anymore. We specifically created DonorAccess as an alternative to the high-priced competition for small nonprofits who do not have the budget to pay thousands, but still need a complete donor/prospect tracking database. Since DonorAccess was created using Microsoft Access, you may already have this on your PC and will not have to buy a software license as is often the case in the purchase of a new database.

Although DonorAccess has product support available, you also have the vast store of technical support resources available through Microsoft, which come with the purchase of this MS Office Suite product.

Aren't such complicated databases hard to convert, customize and use?

Microsoft makes it extremely easy to convert data, and navigate or manipulate it's programs, which accounts for their widespread use in the small business community. The DonorAccess database can be used with very little technical knowledge, and customized easily for you. However, so many auto reports and functions are included with this product, that you may not want to add or customize a thing!

Product Components:

DonorAccess History

While working for a nonprofit on a large campaign, the problem became clear. All prospect research, mailing lists, event planning and budget information was tracked in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. The general fundraising office of the institution was using a ten year-old database accessible to only the data processors. Unfortunately there was no budget to buy a new product, or even to upgrade the current system.

A review of the office PC desktops yielded Microsoft Access, a fully functional database product ready to be used. A new database was created and the 15,000 fundraising and alumni records were successfully converted. The new comprehensive database was accessible to all who needed the information. This project was completed for the cost to upgrade the office server and a few PCs.

While we recognize that the needs of all institutions are not as serious as the case described above, we at DonorAccess believe that extensive prospect and donor information tracking leads to a more likely realization of each donor's full giving potential.

In this vein we have developed the DonorAccess database with small nonprofit organizations in mind. Anything that a nonprofit might want to track we have attempted to include. We saw a need for this product in our professional life, and hopefully you will find it to be just as useful an addition to yours!

Product Pricing

Single Copy of Database - $500.00 US

Email support for 30 days after sale is included.

Ongoing support/customization is also available:
Data Conversion/Database Customization/Email or Phone Support - $50/hour  

DonorAccess Form and Report Examples:

• Main Form
• Information Lookup Form
• Donation Entry Form
• Yearly Donation Totals Report
• Donors to a Campaign by Event Attended Report
• Prospect Information Report

Download a Free Trial Copy:

Click on the version of Access that you use: 

• Download takes approximately 1 minute with a 56.6 Kbps connection, and a matter of seconds with a high-speed connection.
• The downloaded file is a compacted .ZIP file which, when extracted holds the database and an instructional guide in MS Word. If you do not have the Winzip program on your computer, you may download it for free at www.winzip.com.
• Trial copies are compiled versions of the Full-Code DonorAccess Database and will function for 30 days.
• Please Email Us if you have any questions, or have trouble with the download.

Want to contact us?

Email:

info@donoraccess.com

Telephone:

(512) 825-5018

Postal Address :

12400 W Highway 71 # 350-121

Austin, TX 78738