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FUNDraiser 2008 Feature Sheet









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Metaphor Software's FUNDraiser 2008 leverages tight integration with Exchange, Word, Excel and SQL Reporting Services to take fundraising management to a new level effortlessly and efficiently. Built on the Microsoft DynamicsTM CRM, it's a truly scalable solution that uses Microsoft technologies that are centrally managed and controlled, which provides you with a far lower cost of ownership.


Here is an overview of what FUNDraiser 2008 offers your organization:


Contact & Organization Management

  • Enter & maintain contact and organization demographics, including interests, family, information, group memberships, multiple addresses and more
  • Capture all touch points with donors and prospects, including phone, mail, email, and event attendance
  • Extensive categorization capabilities
FUNDraiser 2008 Contact Management

Constituent Database

  • Import data and leads in bulk
  • Automatically detect and allow for merging or removal of duplicate records
  • Ensure list is based on donor permission from the outset
  • Opt-in/Opt-out tracking
  • Centralized, customizable view of donor preferences, relationship, and history in order to better understand and meet their needs
  • Advanced Find and Global Search capabilities to expedite inquiries

Donation Management

  • Support for cash, check, credit card and non-cash donations
  • Pledge & Recurring Donation processing with automatic credit card settlement
  • Complete donation, pledge and payment history
  • Soft credit tracking
  • Automated receipting, gift acknowledgements, and product fulfillment processing
  • Automatic notifications when changes occur to a donation pattern
  • Ability to split a donation across funds
  • Refund processing

Web-Based Self Service Portal

  • Constituent entry and maintenance of profile information
  • Secure credit card donation entry
FUNDraiser 2008 Donation Management

Order Processing

  • Supports product lists, price lists, volume and manual discounts
  • Order and return entry with sales tax and freight calculation
  • Accept donations with an order
  • Track premiums and fair market value
  • Payment plan processing

Campaign Management

  • Import leads from outside sources
  • Develop integrated marketing campaigns that include mail, phone, and web-related activities
  • Define tasks, activities, and marketing materials for the entire campaign cycle
  • Create budgets and define follow-up activities for both respondents and non-respondents
  • Attract more donors through targeted and personalized campaigns
FUNDraiser 2008 Campaign Management

Event Management

  • Event setup and planning
  • Registration and fee payments
  • Group tracking
  • Accommodation management
  • Attendance and participation management

Queries & Reports

  • User-defined queries of all data within the system
  • One-touch exporting of queried data to Excel for further analysis
  • Tight integration with an industry standard report writer
  • Automated publishing of reports
  • Dynamic pivot tables
FUNDraiser 2008 Reports

Configurable Action Workflows

  • Provides a rich set of logic that automatically triggers actions
  • Define a sequence of events to trigger when a donation is received
  • Create processes that automate personal touches, i.e. thank you notes and birthday greetings
  • Automatically triggers a notification upon changes in donation patterns

Territory Management

  • Create territories for your staff that is responsible for fundraising
  • Manage and evaluate territory-based sales campaigns and results

Accounting Interface

  • Built-in integration to Microsoft DynamicsTM AX and FUNDamentals 2008
  • Eliminate duplicate data entry

Global Capabilities

  • Multi-lingual platforms
  • Multi-currency capabilities