Nexis for Development Professionals: Donor prospect research tool

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Nexis for Development Professionals is an online research tool that simplifies the path to finding high-potential donors by providing researchers access to a comprehensive set of data and sources. 

Data for Development Professionals

Access unbeatable content for complete confidence

Keep your donor database up to date with more than 81+ billion public records* from 10,000+ diverse sources. With Nexis for Development Professionals, you get extensive licensed content, including a deep archive of news data spanning over 45 years, multi-lingual source coverage, broadcast transcripts, and more from our expansive data collection.

How it works
Donor Profiles

Get a complete picture of donors in a single view

Streamline your path to finding new prospects with Donor Profiles. Pull key information about a high-value prospect together in a single view in seconds, including donation history, affiliations, employment history, and more. Work faster with visualizations that reduce the amount of work it takes to find valuable insights. 

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Donor Research

Boost donations with wealth indicators

Boost your average donation amount using key wealth and giving indicators such as Wealth Scores, Larkspur Prospects of Wealth® and Guidestar™. You’ll have better insight into a potential donor’s wealth status and donation history and know how much to reasonably ask for.

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Key features of Nexis for Development Professionals

Engage the right donor prospects at the right time, in the right way. Nexis for Development Professionals streamlines your fundraising research, so you can connect with the perfect donors, maximize contributions, and vet them to avoid reputational risk.

Precise donor discovery

Identify the best donor targets for future fundraising. With the ability to search interests, bios, and geographies, you'll uncover companies, organizations, and people with a propensity to give and build lasting relationships. 

Prospect screening

Content confidence

We offer the most comprehensive set of data points from a range of trusted sources to help you get a full picture of your prospects. Get all the information you need from one integrated platform—whether you're looking for new prospects, researching current donors, or planning your next big project.

Donor validation

Customizable alerts and analytics

Get real-time updates on trends and developments related to your mission. With customizable alerts and analytics, you can stay up-to-date on everything that matters to you, including the status of your own projects.

Donor tracking

Who is Nexis for Development Professionals for?

Nexis for Development Professionals is built for fundraising teams, development offices, and nonprofit organizations that rely on strategic prospect research to drive meaningful donor engagement. Whether you're part of a higher education institution, healthcare foundation, museum, or grassroots nonprofit, Nexis for Development Professionals empowers you to uncover high-potential prospects, evaluate if they are a good fit for your organization, and build stronger relationships faster. It's especially valuable for development professionals responsible for major gifts, planned giving, corporate partnerships, and alumni relations—anyone who needs actionable insights to focus their time and resources where they matter most. 

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Customer success story

Learn how Phillips Academy Andover’s lean advancement team raised over $400 million by using Nexis® for Development Professionals to strengthen their donor research.

I just believe Nexis for Development Professionals is the cornerstone of our work. It’s the building block. We’re in it all day, all the time.

Lisa Foster Director of Prospect Development, Phillips Academy Andover
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Awards and recognition

We’re proud to be recognized by G2 for our technological innovation, customer dedication, and impact. Awards reflect not only the strength of our solutions but also the satisfaction of our customers.

Best Software 2025 Top 50 Non-Profit Products Badge

Voted #1 for Best Donor Prospect Research Software in G2’s 2025 Report

The Best Non-Profit Software Products 2025 badge is earned based on the analysis of the product's Satisfaction and Market Presence scores within its category

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Frequently asked questions

Nexis for Development Professionals stands out by offering unmatched access to authoritative, global data sources—including proprietary content not available in other platforms. While competitors also offer prospecting tools, Nexis is particularly strong in news tracking, legal and U.S. public records*, and executive intelligence—making it a preferred solution for institutions looking for robust, real-time donor insights.

Donor Profiles in Nexis for Development Professionals offer a 360-degree view of individuals or prospects. Each profile may include contact information, career history, board affiliations, charitable giving patterns, wealth indicators (such as real estate and stock holdings), known associates, and recent news mentions. This helps fundraisers prioritize leads, personalize outreach, and better understand a donor's values and interests.

Nexis for Development Professionals pulls from thousands of trusted, curated sources including national and international news publications, biographical directories, real estate records, company filings, charitable donation databases, U.S. public records*, and legal documents. These sources are continuously updated to ensure you’re working with the most current and comprehensive information available for your prospect research. 

Pricing for Nexis for Development Professionals varies based on your organization’s size, research needs, and number of users. Because each subscription is tailored to fit different fundraising teams and workflows, we recommend contacting us directly for a custom quote and to discuss available options that align with your budget. 

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Find your next high-profile donor. See how Nexis for Development Professionals can help your organization find prospects, assess their propensity to give, and build lasting relationships—all while avoiding reputational risks. Contact us for a demo or to customize your package.

 

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*Access to U.S. Public Records content is subject to credentialing. Due to the nature and origin of public record information, the public records and commercially available data sources used in reports may contain errors. The LexisNexis Public Records services are not provided by “consumer reporting agencies,” as that term is defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. §, et seq.) (“FCRA”) and do not constitute “consumer reports,” as that term is defined in the FCRA. Accordingly, these LexisNexis services may not be used in whole or in part as a factor in determining eligibility for credit, insurance, employment, or another eligibility purpose in connection with which a consumer report may be used under the FCRA.