Nonprofit Advocacy Software for Mission-Driven Organizations

Allow your supporters to easily contact their elected officials. The Databank gives your nonprofit the best advocacy tools available, as part of a complete CRM.

Advocacy is how nonprofits turn supporters into changemakers. Databank Advocacy gives your organization the tools to mobilize your base, make it easy for supporters to contact elected officials, track legislation, and measure the impact of your campaigns, all directly integrated with your nonprofit CRM and donor database. Powered by The SoftEdge, it’s the most robust nonprofit advocacy platform on the market.

An in-depth look at additional Databank Advocacy features

Robust Advocacy Tools Powered by The SoftEdge

Databank Advocacy is powered by The SoftEdge, the leading provider of nonprofit advocacy technology. Their platform is fully embedded within the Databank, giving your organization enterprise-grade advocacy tools without ever leaving your CRM.

• Make a bigger impact with more site customization and message-sending options than any other advocacy product on the market
• Influence the outcome of state and congressional legislative campaigns
• Target legislators based on their voting history
• Automatically submit messages through legislator web forms — no annoying captchas
• Send powerful messages directly to your elected representatives
• Easily send letters to the editor of local and national publications
• Search for elected officials by name, district, or issue area
• Monitor elections and voter history
• Track legislation and vote history in real time
• Share action alerts with supporters using the built-in widget
• Conduct polls to illustrate public support for a specific issue
• Extend your reach through Facebook app integration for activists’ social networks

Easily Take Donations Through Branded Forms on Your Website

• Online donation forms with automatic email acknowledgment to the donor and notification to your team
• Payment gateway integration saves manual data entry and gets funds to you instantly
• Secure donation forms can be designed to match your website, hosted by thedatabank
• Self-serve Form Builder tool to create and edit forms on demand — no technical background needed
• Notify board members or key staff of major gifts by email
• Learn more about our Payment Gateway Partners

Manage Donors, Memberships, and Prospects

• Track full donation history: date, amount, campaign, payment method, and custom fields
• Track pledge history including payment schedules and active/inactive status
• Sustaining gifts can be automatically charged to a donor’s credit card or bank account
• Track matching gifts, split gifts, soft credits, and in-kind donations
• Manage memberships with sign-up and renewal pages, upgrade tracking, and lapsed membership reports
• Tailor donor asks based on giving history, membership status, most recent gift, or any other criteria
• Attach files, photos, and applications directly to contact records

Analyze and Report on Any Fundraising or Advocacy Activity

• Run detailed summary reports on campaigns, advocacy actions, and fundraising trends
• Compare progress against campaign goals
• Monitor pledge fulfillment and track unfulfilled pledges
• Identify your top, median, and bottom donors
• Build custom reports on the fly and export in multiple formats
• Keep track of grant deadlines and tasks (optional add-on)

Save Time With a Fully Integrated System

• One database tracks all supporters, donations, advocacy actions, and communications
• Integrated bulk email for action alerts, e-appeals, and stewardship
• Export data as CSV, Excel, or QuickBooks-compatible files

Integrated Bulk Email With PowerMail™

• Create HTML emails through a drag-and-drop interface – no coding required
• Send targeted action alerts and appeals to segmented supporter lists
• Track opens, clicks, unsubscribes, and forwards per message
• Works on all major browsers and operating systems
• Integrated with Email on Acid to test display across 30+ email clients

Target and Personalize Every Message

• Search on any combination of fields: advocacy activity, giving history, demographics, location, membership status
• Personalize subject lines and message body with supporter name and other fields
• Insert most recent action date for highly relevant follow-up communications

Data Cleanup and Enhancement Services

• National Change of Address (NCOA)
• Address verification (CASS Certification)
• Email append and verification
• Telephone, legislative district, voter history, and demographic appends
• Merge lists and purge duplicates
• See the full list of Data Services offered

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Part of the Complete Databank CRM

Databank Advocacy is one module within the full Databank nonprofit CRM platform. Every account also includes nonprofit fundraising tools, PowerMail™ bulk email, the Form Builder tool, advanced relationship tracking, and free training and support for the life of your account. See all Databank features