Database Toolkit
Tools and techniques for managing your data
Nonprofits are awash in data — about volunteers, donors, programs, finances, and so on. Storing, managing, and acting on that data efficiently can have a big impact on your organization's overall results.
Resources
- A Few Good Databases for Membership Organizations
- Eight technology consultants weigh in on their favorite databases for managing member information — like contacts, events, dues, and more.
- Donor-Management Software Comparison
- A side-by-side comparison of the features in eleven different database packages for managing donor information.
- Ten Common Mistakes in Selecting Donor Databases
- Fundraising technology strategist Robert Weiner addresses ten common mistakes that can prevent you from selecting the right database and managing it effectively.
- A Nonprofit’s Introduction to FileMaker Pro
- This guide lists the features and functionality of FileMaker Pro for your organization
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Solutions
- Alpha Five
- Alpha Five is a development system used to build databases for both desktop and web applications.
- Caspio
- Caspio is an online database development platform that stores and manages your data for your websites and web applications.
- FileMaker Pro 11
- FileMaker Pro is a complete package for your database needs, including multi-user and web access of data. Available for Mac and Windows.
- Microsoft Access 2010 (Includes Software Assurance)
- Whatever your required level of data manipulation and retrieval, Microsoft Access offers a solid set of tools. Work with a variety of data formats and sources, including spreadsheets, Web links, and SQL servers.
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (Includes Software Assurance and 1 Processor License)
- Microsoft SQL Server is a complete data storage, management, analysis, and reporting platform for medium-size organizations and larger departments. It can be used as a back-end database server for internal applications or for powering a dynamic Web site.
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro is a database development system for building desktop, client/server, and Web database applications and components. Employ its data engine to manage large volumes of data, its object-oriented programming to reuse components across applications and for rapid application development, and its built-in XML support to manipulate data.
