The data ecosystem is the collection of tools we use to manage all the ways we interact with donors, volunteers, activists, and supporters.

In 2009, NTEN conducted the first Nonprofit Data Ecosystem Survey to find out about the collection of tools the NTEN community uses for their organizational work.We wanted to find out how happy organizations are with each of the tools they use, but also what tools make up their ecosystems, and how happy they are with those ecosystems as well.

We've updated our survey and are happy to provide you with the 2011 results of the Nonrpofit Data Ecosystems Survey:

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We hope that, by broadening our view of the software question, we can acheive two things. First, we hope it gives you a resource for helping you make better software selection decisions. Secondly, we hope it helps software vendors better understand the challenges and needs of our sector so that they can address these issues.

After you read the report, share with us what this report means to you and your organization. We love to hear from you.

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Fully updated for 2011 and including all-new reviews and new products, this detailed, impartial report walks through the features that might be useful, summarizes and compares 29 different donor management systems that cost $4000 or less in the first year, and provides detailed reviews of ten of them.

This Idealware report was written in partnership with NTEN and sponsored by Heller Consulting, Community IT Innovators, and Database Designs Associates.

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The Consumers Guide provides you the unbiased comparative information you need to narrow down your choices in a fundraising system. The information is divided into two reports—the actual Consumers Guide, which provides summaries and recommendations across all 33 of the systems we reviewed, and the Detailed Reviews, which provide the detailed evaluations of twelve specific systems.

This Idealware report was written in partnership with NTEN, and with generous sponorship by NPower.

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