When we started building Scalanthropy, we weren't trying to create another wealth screening tool. We'd used those. We knew what they were missing. We wanted to build the thing we always needed in the field: a platform that started with giving behavior, real, verified, regularly updated giving behavior sourced from 990s and direct reporting, and let development professionals build their prospect strategy from there.

I've spent 20 years in nonprofit fundraising, and most of what I learned about donor data, I learned the hard way. Here's what my experience in development taught me about donor intelligence — the kind that actually moves campaigns.

After two decades in nonprofit fundraising and watching good organizations struggle with bad data, I've come to believe something that might sound simple but isn't: Most nonprofits don't have a fundraising problem. They have an information problem.

We’re living through a quiet revolution in how generosity works.Donors are no longer just giving to causes. Instead, they’re investing in outcomes. And the organizations thriving today are those that can connect human empathy with measurable, systemic impact.

We talk a lot about innovation in the nonprofit and philanthropic space. But innovation without adaptability is just a flash of brilliance that burns out fast. The truth is, most organizations aren’t struggling with lack of ideas.They’re struggling with structures that can’t evolve fast enough to meet reality. Future-proofing isn’t about predicting what’s next, it’s about designing for what might be.

Philanthropy is entering a new phase—not simply about giving, but about joining. The age of isolated grants is giving way to an ecosystem of collaboration: funders, nonprofits, communities, enterprises—all co-designing solutions together.

We built something different: a platform by nonprofit professionals, for nonprofit professionals — with everything you need in one place to find supporters and grow impact. With more than 40 years of nonprofit experience, our team understands what nonprofits truly need to thrive.

I've spent the last 19 years fundraising for missions that make our world a better place. Over the course of my career, I saw a big need: there wasn't a strong all-in-one donor prospect and management tool that was built for the way nonprofits work and was actually affordable. So I decided to create one.