by Gene Weinbeck

FundRaiser Online and FundRaiser Hosted work exactly like the current version of FundRaiser installed on your computer. The difference is that you can run either from anywhere:  home, office, library, hotel room…. you name it. You can let board members or other people have access to it, and you can limit what they can do and what they can see in the program, just like the regular version of FundRaiser.

FundRaiser Online is different than other online donor management software, though. Using technology such as is used in a webinar, you actually are working online with the regular FundRaiser software. This allows for more speed than when a browser interface is used, which is common with most other online software.

In addition to being able to access FundRaiser through the internet, there are other advantages to the Online and Hosted versions.

Maintenance is simpler.

• You never have to install a program or a program update. That is done for you automatically.
• Back-ups are also handled automatically daily, and you can also make your own back up.
• Networks issues are eliminated. All you need is a good internet connection.

Adding the donor portal is simpler and less expensive. There is no need to worry about network firewalls and other similar issues. The donor portal connects your website to FundRaiser, and allows for donations, and other key data, that are entered online by donors to be entered automatically into FundRaiser.

If at some point, you want to move off the internet and into the desktop version, you can easily do that. All you have to do is your backup to FundRaiser on your own computer.

The way this works is that FundRaiser Online and FundRaiser Hosted are remotely hosted copies of FundRaiser. They sit on a powerful secure server at the FundRaiser offices.

To run FundRaiser Online, you must first install the web-enabling software that we have identified as the best, most cost-effective solution for our clients. We license copies for use by our FundRaiser users, and there is no additional charge. You will be provided with download and instructions for the installation of this software

When you run the web-enabling software, you will be connected directly to your FundRaiser Online or Hosted  database on our server. You will be able to run FundRaiser Online or Hosted exactly as you would if it was installed in your local network or computer.

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“I've been a longtime user of FundRaiser, and now I can say that I like everything about the online version of the software that I liked about the desk top version. FundRaiser Online has completely freed me - as long as I can get online, I can get into my database... I love it!”                                                     Ricci Levy, Woodhull Freedom Foundation

Resources

Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home

The Woodhull Foundation

FundRaiser Hosted - for current users of FundRaiser Select or Professional 

FundRaiser Online - for new users of FundRaiser Select or Professional