Item: iWave
Rating: 8
Author: Kerry Brown

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Iwave to screen our donor database and then to create profiles for a selection of those donors. We use it for both overall screening and deep-dive individual research. It helps us to prioritize our outreach and engagement in the Development Department.

Pros and Cons

Database wealth screening
Donor profiles
Confirming capacity

Confidence scoring for matching has room for improvement
I'd like it to automatically create profiles
Integration with RENXT

Most Important Features

Large screenings
Capacity data
Profiles

Return on Investment

Iwave saves us time by prioritizing our outreach
Helps us segment donor lists
Generates larger gifts used capacity for asks

Alternatives Considered

Windfall

We use them both and find them to work well together. Windfall is hands down better in terms of confidence of the matching, but Iwave gives us the ability to go deeper into what makes up their capacity, for example seeing real estate records.

Key Insights

Do you think iWave delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with iWave's feature set?

Yes

Did iWave live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of iWave go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy iWave again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

Iwave is well suited to give you a starting point for screening a large data set, and to generate capacity indicators for your population. It is less useful for finding philanthropic inclination in general, in my experience because the recency of the donation data driving that does not seem to be up to date.

iWave helps us ride the donor wave

Overall Satisfaction with iWave