There are some great tools in The Raiser’s Edge that will help you track regular donations and their activity (upgrades, downgrades, schedule changes, etc.). When I say regular donations, I'm talking about the Recurring Gift type in The Raiser’s Edge. If you don’t use Recurring Gifts, these are a...

When I first learned about the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP), I thought it was a wonderful idea. For those of you who haven’t heard of the FEP, it is a project organized by the Association of Fundraising Professionals aimed at helping nonprofits assess their current fundraising efforts, identifying...

This past weekend my wife and I visited her grandma in the hospital. While walking through the main foyer I noticed the Hospital Foundation's annual recognition wall. Seeing the plaque got me to thinking how useful the Donor Category Report can be. The plaque broke donors into levels depending on...

Good afternoon - welcome to my first post. It 's my goal to post here occasionally with tips, tricks, and insights into The Raiser's Edge. In this post I 'd like to talk about a common Support question concerning numbers that appear on Reports. Often times we hear from organizations that...