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LexisNexis^® for Development Professionals

This unparalleled, targeted, Web-based solution for prospect researchers provides a comprehensive and relevant set of sources for the key information you need to find high-value prospects and maximize fundraising initiatives.

Identify and locate key donor prospects
Develop, maintain and validate your prospect databases more effectively
Compile and narrow a pool of potential donors
Stay updated on your current donors' activities
Find philanthropically oriented companies

LexisNexis for Development Professionals brings together information from a variety of sources to give you the fullest picture of donor potential. This means a better bottom line for you. In fact, between 2005 and 2010, customers using LexisNexis for Development Professionals in their fundraising efforts saw, on average, a 7% increase in the value of alumni donations, compared to a 2% decrease for those who didn’t use it. LexisNexis for Development Professionals customers also yielded higher average Alumni Participation Rates.*

Individual Information

Corporate Connections and Political/Charitable Giving
Personal Background/News
Wealth Indicators

Company Information

Background & History
Parent/Subsidiary List
Financial Status
Organization
News/Political Contributions

Public Records Information

People
Businesses
Assets
Real Property
Directories
Licenses
Courts & Filings

*Based on data from Voluntary Support of Education Surveys from 2005 through 2010 by the Council for Aid to Education, a national nonprofit organization based in New York City. Results of the 2010 survey were released in February 2011.

Prospects of Wealth® database helps locate high net-worth individuals located throughout the United States.
The Advanced Search form helps you perform either a Boolean or Natural Language search and add segment restrictions.
LexisNexis SmartIndexing Technology™, which applies controlled vocabulary terms to all LexisNexis® news and business content, helps guide your searches to ensure more relevant results.
Live-link search terms mean that you can jump from search term to search term within your results.
Results clustering provides an instant, multi-faceted analysis of the distribution of the documents in your results set and lets you filter your results.
Alert capability lets you save searches to run automatically on a schedule you choose.
Flexible display and output options let you tailor your search results to your needs and preferences, saving or emailing in any of four formats.
Options based to fit your research needs and budget:
- Individual, Company, SmartLinx, Dossier Suite and Advanced Search

LexisNexis® for Development Professionals is designed to help you improve your productivity, increase your efficiency and boost the results you get from your fundraising efforts.

Quickly and easily identify and locate key donor prospects, develop and maintain your prospect databases, keep up-to-date with activities of influential individuals, and much more.
Combine LexisNexis® for Development Professionals with Dossier Suite ® or Executive Dossier® to uncover valuable information on more than 80 million private and public companies, 63 million executives and create executive lists.

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Research Potential Individual Donors
Discover spouse’s name, uncover assets, check stock ownership and campaign contributions by searching from six categories: Personal Background, Corporate Connections, Wealth Indicators, News, Political Contributions, and Court & Criminal Proceedings.
Research Potential Company Donors
Learn about a company’s history, top executives, financial status and contribution history, by searching from seven criteria: Background & History, Parent/Subsidiary List, Merger Activity, Financial Status, News, U.S. Public Records, and Political Contributions.
Advanced Search Forms and Automatic Saving
Dig deeper with comprehensive, easy-to-use forms. Save searches and documents automatically for easy retrieval.
Delivery Options
Deliver information any way you want it: print, e-mail, or download to a file.
Result Groups
Group your results by your choice of company, industry, subject, geography, or language.
Automatic Highlighting
See your search “hits” when browsing a document; your search terms are highlighted as links within the text, so you can jump from search term to search term using “hit-to-hit” navigation.
Result Groups
Group your results by your choice of company, industry, subject, geography, or language.
LexisNexis SmartIndexing Technology^™
Refine your searches by clicking on indexed terms that are highlighted in full-text documents.
Source Selection
Browse the list of sources that you subscribe to, quickly and easily.

Identify and locate key donor prospects
Determine if they are viable candidates on which to focus your fundraising efforts.
Develop, maintain and validate your prospect databases more effectively
Save searches automatically for a week for easy retrieval. Stay informed with alerts that update on a schedule you choose.
Compile and narrow a pool of potential donors
Use wealth indicators as qualifying criteria. Refine your search using LexisNexis SmartIndexing Technology^™ terms in all news and company documents.
Stay updated on your current donors’ activities
Search more relevant sources to find up-to-date information. Access detailed biographical profiles.
Find philanthropically oriented companies
Use news and financial reports to compile and analyze information quickly and easily.