Our Databases

DonorSearch prospect research tools include a unique combination of wealth and philanthropic databases. Clients have access to the most comprehensive data sets publicly available at the most affordable price. Listed below is a description of some of the databases that DonorSearch gives you and your nonprofit access to with ProspectView online and ProspectView screening services.

For a complete analysis and description of all of the databases DonorSearch incorporates, call for a free screening.

**NEW** 1. Motivational Annual Report Database is a growing, proprietary collection that includes hard-to-find  annual reports, honor roll lists and donor lists in print. The exclusive database allows prospect researchers to find giving histories, board affiliations, donor mentions and more. Now, clients can access the physical annual report where your donor is mentioned.  Currently, the DonorSearch collection includes hundreds of thousands of pages and 15 million records of philanthropic information which provides prospect researchers with context and factual information regarding your donor’s nonprofit affiliations.

**NEW** 2. Biographical Records Archive search is a product of our ”WHY” database. DonorSearch™ gives prospect researchers’ access to the primary reference of where a prospect is mentioned in relation to a certain nonprofit.  Questions such as, “What other committees or charity events have my donors participated in?” may now be answered and researched in the Archive Database. The Archive collection is key word searchable and allows for a full text lookup of any annual report available in ProspectView online. Currently clients can search through 20,000,000+ keyword searches. The proprietary database continues to grow daily at a very competitive rate.

3. Jan Grieff Research Associates offer exceptionally unique, in-depth research on philanthropic individuals. JGRA provides more than biographic, giving, and wealth data. They analyze this information to rate giving capacity and recommend strategies for cultivation and solicitation. No one can show clients whom to approach, when, and how better than Jan Grieff Research Associates. With over 75 years of experience, JGRA’s consultants are an outstanding source of development assistance.

4. Reuters Market Guide Insider Profiles Market Guide collects in-depth information on over 10,000 public US companies. It also provides additional information from proxy statements for SEC Insiders and collects and summarizes information on individual sectors or industries of the US economy from regulatory filings and corporate annual reports.

5. Annual Reports Charitable Donations Database contains approximately 5 million more gift records that have been harvested from literally thousands of non-profit websites and printed documents.  This database increases by hundreds of thousands of records per week and strives to be the fastest growing independent collection of charitable gift information publicly available.  The data includes a strong collection of recent donor gifts, 2008 through 2011 and boasts an unparalleled view of giving records over the last two decades.

6. LexisNexis Real Estate Property Records is distributed by IDM data services. Lexis-Nexis is one of the leading national compilers of real property and land data. It contains information on over 120,000,000 properties across the United States.

7. DonorSeries Charitable Donations Database, also known as Waltman’s, is approximately 5 million records collected from printed annual reports, event programs, and other published sources. Many records of donor histories are tracked over the last 10 years. Some records include individuals’ college graduation years.

8. Marquis Who’s Who Biographies has more than 15 directories, including Who’s Who in America®, and provides concise biographies of over 900,000 leaders and achievers from around the world, and from every significant field of endeavor.

9. GuideStar Non-profit Boards of Directors is the national database of U.S. charitable organizations, gathers data on more than 850,000 IRS-recognized non-profit organizations known as 501(c) (3) organizations. GuideStar accesses the IRS Form 990 filed by organizations which reports on the operations and finances of charities.

10. FEC Political Giving Database includes virtually every contribution of $200 or more over the past 25+ years, approximately 14,000,000 records. When you are evaluating your prospect, the presence of Federal Election Commission regulatory records can be one of the most powerful predictors of individual’s inclination to give. Most records also include individuals’ occupations or employers. New data is available monthly.

11. D&B (Dun & Bradstreet) Business & Executive Information includes full Duns Marketing Identifier (DMI) file of business records with contact names and titles, D&B Executive at Home Address Records and D&B Biographical Records.  At 14,000,000 records, this is one of the largest and most well-known sources of information about privately-held businesses and their executives.

12. Edgar Online Insiders displays SEC insider trader transactions (1986 to present) and current holdings, for stocks as well as for options and other derivatives as reported on Forms 3, 4, and 5. The information is collected to comply with the regulatory requirements of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). Individuals who are generally the policy makers of a publicly traded company must provide information to the SEC whenever they make a stock transaction. The transactions which must be reported relate to stock only with the qualifying company.  Specifics include detailed stock and options transactions.

13. FAA Aircraft Owners profiles the single and partial owners of aircraft licensed in the U.S. The listing includes a description of the aircraft, a list of all owners and the address of the managing owner. The information captured by DonorSearch™ includes model, size, speed and more. While aircraft ownership is often viewed as an outward sign of wealth or disposable income, statistically aircraft owners are less generous than people who are not. The file contains information about private and commercial aircraft, including air balloons.

14. Larkspur SEP/Keogh Pensions provides information on deferred income of self-employed individuals and over two and a half million qualified pension plans.

15. IRS 527 Political Donors is an often overlooked source of giving information. Most known for the role they played in the recent presidential elections, 527 organizations can collect contributions of any size. New data is available quarterly.

16. IRS 527 Directors are often political activists in their community who organized and operate the 527 organizations. The IRS 527 directors are the principal contact persons for learning more about the organization and its finances. This database is updated monthly.

17. U.S. Coast Guard maintains a file of all “vessels.” Corporate and individual owners are required to register their boats. The DonorSearch™ reports contain the name of the individuals and a summary of the vessel’s highlights in the “More Information” field. Boat ownership can be viewed as an outward sign of wealth or at the very least disposable income, but statistically boat owners are less generous than people who do not own boats. The file contains information about recreation and commercial boats and vessels.

18. GuideStar Foundation Trustees is a list of the foundation trustees and board members for approximately 50,000 personal, family, and corporate foundations, and is one of the single best markers of philanthropy.

19. FAA Airmen is the official name of the file published by the Federal Aviation Administration although it includes the names of all certified pilots, regardless of gender. DonorSearch™ displays the name, home city, state and zip and the approved certifications of the individual. File contains individuals with domestic and foreign addresses.

20. IRS 7806 Exempt Organizations is the definitive list of nonprofits and foundations which have currently certified as tax exempt organizations. The files are updated monthly to quarterly.

21. IRS 990PF Profiles is a complete list of 100,000+ grant-giving foundations, including assets under management, organization title and contact information.

22. CorpTech Business Profiles provides detailed information on private technology company executives.

23. DonorSeries Directors Report is the Waltman’s Directors data source and provides thousands of entries for individuals and their primary affiliation with corporate boards of public firms, foundation boards, and major nonprofit boards from the arts, social services, education and health organizations as well as civic boards. (Also known as Waltman’s.)

24. Who Knows Who lists the names of corporate board members, foundation board members, and nonprofit board members when an organization is referenced in a profile.

Here are some free tools that will help you build a donor profile before you submit it to DonorSearch for screening. These will help you get a better picture on your current and past supporters, which will help us deliver even more actionable results:

Free Foundation Center Search
Find a specific foundation’s 990 and information using the “990 Finder” and “Foundation Finder.”

Social Security Death Index
Search the Social Security Death Index by entering one or more fields in the form and clicking on the “submit” button.

Portico
Portico contains web resources that are publicly available in an effort to advance the community

Zillow
DonorSearch uses Zillow to confirm the Lexis Nexis real estate value. We make this tool available as part of your subscription to ProspectView. Zillow is not only a fun tool to use, but it is also quite helpful in learning about your prospect’s physical assets.