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The Aprize Blog

Long-form posts on donor analytics, public-record data, and the community impact practices that translate insight into closed gifts.

Series

The Seven Dimensions of Insight

A seven-part series on the framework beneath every Aprize Donor Insight Report.

Part 1

What Is Capacity in Donor Intelligence?

The verifiable ceiling that anchors every other dimension, drawn from public records rather than wealth-screen guesses.

 Part 2

What Is Affinity in Donor Intelligence?

Mission fit is measurable. Affinity scores the share of a donor’s giving directed towards your organization’s mission.

 Part 3

What Is Ranking in Donor Intelligence?

The single comparable score that lets a fundraising professional sort a full foundation portfolio without countless meetings of debate. Capacity times Affinity, normalized.

 Part 4

What Is Donor Classification?

Five segments that turn a donor file into a defensible resource-allocation decision.

 Part 5

What Is Favor in Nonprofit Fundraising?

The share-of-wallet metric that turns “we received a gift” into “we are this funder’s preferred destination.”

 Part 6

What Does Trend Mean for Donor Strategy?

Direction matters more than position. Trend catches rising and falling patterns while there is still time to act on them.

 Part 7

What Is Proximity in Donor Intelligence?

Are they a current donor or an upstream prospect three degrees out? Proximity tells your team whether to steward, qualify, or position.
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Series

The Five Donor Classifications

A five-part series unpacking each of the strategic donor segments surfaced on every Donor Insight Report.

Part 1 · Steward & Protect

What Are All-Stars in Donor Classification?

Your highest-Capacity, highest-Affinity supporters. The cornerstone of every giving program and the relationships your team should be most deliberate about protecting.

 Part 2 · Educate & Grow Share

What Are Juggernauts in Donor Classification?

Large-Capacity givers who currently direct only a small portion of their total giving to your organization. Usually the single largest cultivation lever in a donor file.

 Part 3 · Maintain & Monitor

What Are Core Donors in Classification?

The dependable middle of your portfolio: middle-Capacity, middle-Affinity donors who anchor annual giving and quietly graduate into the tiers above.

 Part 4 · Promote & Nurture

What Are Enthusiasts in Donor Classification?

High-Affinity, modest-Capacity donors. Your mission is already a priority for them; growth here multiplies a commitment that is already in place.

 Part 5 · Engage & Develop

What Are Admirers in Donor Classification?

Lower-Capacity, lower-Affinity donors. Small in dollars today, but the long-term pipeline that quietly seeds tomorrow’s Enthusiasts and Core.
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Standalone Articles

Deeper dives on related dimensions of donor analysis that complement the series above.

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What Is Parity in Giving Analysis?

The potential share each grantee would receive under equal treatment. The reference line that makes Favor mean something.

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What Is Cultivation Potential?

The dollar gap between what a current donor gives and what their capacity, affinity, and parity say they could give.

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What Is Prospect Potential?

Scoring the donors you do not yet have, by mapping the giving graph that already implies they may know you.