The short version
DonorGraph includes every public signal, cites the record behind each one, publishes the price and opens a trial without a call. Since October 31, 2020, WealthPoint has returned no political-donation data at all, and Blackbaud's own documentation says the company cannot guarantee accuracy of the rest; the price is quoted per contract, and public procurement records are the only anchors buyers have. WealthPoint's real advantage is placement: it lives inside Raiser's Edge NXT and Blackbaud CRM, so ratings appear on the constituent record without an export. The table below is fact for fact.
The political-data removal, in Blackbaud's words
"To comply with applicable laws, FEC (political donations) will no longer be returned in WealthPoint screenings."
Blackbaud Knowledge Base, article 194450, "Why is FEC data (political donations) missing from WealthPoint results?", effective 2020-10-31. Unconfirmed FEC records were purged at the same time. Blackbaud's ResearchPoint help files still describe a political-donations tab, but the screening no longer populates it.
To be fair to Blackbaud: using FEC data for commercial solicitation has real legal constraints, and Kindsight made a similar call by keeping FEC data out of its scores. DonorGraph's position is that campaign-finance records are public precisely so that the public can see them; we show the itemized filing, employer as self-reported, date and committee, and treat it as one line of evidence among several. Your gift officers decide what it means.
Side by side
| Question a buyer asks | Blackbaud WealthPoint / ResearchPoint | DonorGraph |
|---|---|---|
| Political giving, federal (FEC) | None since 2020-10-31; unconfirmed FEC records were purged. Blackbaud KB 194450 | FEC contributions itemized: date, committee, amount, employer as self-reported on the filing. |
| Political giving, state level | None. State campaign finance is not part of the screening. Blackbaud KB 194450 | All 50 state campaign-finance sources, itemized in every profile alongside FEC. |
| Published price | None. Public procurement anchors: RE NXT £6,849/instance/yr (UK G-Cloud); $212,034/36 mo at a Texas university. Public procurement records | $129 / $349 / $799 / $1,799 per month, published. |
| Cost per screening | Not published; the contract sets the record count. | $0.72 Solo, $0.49 Team, $0.27 Org, $0.15 Enterprise, on annual billing. |
| How usage is counted | Screening volume is negotiated into the contract, with batch runs via FTP. | Screenings included per plan — 150 / 600 / 2,500 / 10,000 per month — not billed per record. |
| Commitment | Multi-year contracts with implementation fees; the Texas anchor is a 36-month term. | Month to month at the published price, cancel any time; annual billing saves two months. |
| Trial | Sales-led. | 3 complete screenings on your own donors, no card, no call. |
| Where results appear | Inside the constituent record in RE NXT / Blackbaud CRM, with no export step. | DonorGraph profile and AI brief; CSV export in DonorPerfect, Raiser's Edge NXT, Bloomerang, LGL and Salesforce formats; API on Enterprise; optional built-in CRM. |
| Data refresh | Nightly refresh excludes real estate and giving; an address change does not trigger a re-screen. Batch runs via FTP with a project coordinator. | Property is looked up live at screen time; re-screen any donor on demand. |
| When the evidence is thin | A WealthPoint rating is returned; documentation states Blackbaud cannot guarantee accuracy. | The field says no evidence found. DonorGraph will not emit a number the records do not support. |
| Accuracy stance | Documentation states Blackbaud cannot guarantee accuracy. | Method published: held-out evaluation, negative controls, cited evidence, refusal when thin. How we verify. |
| Who builds the wealth data | Part of the stack is supplied by DonorSearch, listed as a Blackbaud subprocessor. | Built from primary public records: deeds, IRS BMF/990 and Schedule I, 990-PF grants, the Million Dollar List, SEC EDGAR, FEC and state filings. |
| Correcting a wrong match | Confirm/reject workflow on the wealth record. | One-click correction, persisted per organization. |
Where DonorGraph is different
The signal Blackbaud deleted is in every profile
Federal and state political contributions are itemized: date, committee, amount, and employer as the donor reported it. For most major-gift prospects, this is the most recent public financial act on record, and it is often the only public record that carries a self-reported employer.
Live property, not a nightly file
Blackbaud's nightly WealthPoint refresh excludes real estate and giving, and an address change does not trigger a re-screen. DonorGraph looks up property ownership at screen time, parses co-owners and trusts from the deed record, and shows the parcel behind the number.
A price you can read
Blackbaud contracts are individually negotiated, with implementation fees and annual escalators that procurement records show compounding year over year. DonorGraph's grid is on the pricing page, month to month or annual, and the AI brief is included.
Evidence you can audit
A WealthPoint rating is a number. A DonorGraph capacity finding is a list of documents: deed, 990 line, SEC filing, FEC line, each linked. Where the documents do not support a conclusion, the profile says no evidence found. We describe the full method on how we verify.
What you give up
- In-record placement. WealthPoint writes ratings onto the constituent record in Raiser's Edge NXT, so there is no export-import loop. DonorGraph exports CSV in DonorPerfect, Raiser's Edge NXT, Bloomerang, LGL and Salesforce formats today, and Enterprise includes an API for anything else.
- SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA attestations. Blackbaud holds both; DonorGraph does not yet. If your procurement office requires them before an evaluation, that is a real gate, and the free trial costs nothing to run while you ask.
- One vendor for the whole stack. Prospect management, research lists and ratings all live where the gift officer already works. DonorGraph is a screening and evidence layer, and many teams keep the CRM they have and drop the results into it.
Who switches
- Small and mid-size shops paying $4,000 to $12,000 a year for a tool they open a few hundred times a year.
- Anyone who has been told a price only after sitting through a demo, or only inside a multi-year quote.
- Healthcare and higher-education teams that want back the political signal Blackbaud removed in 2020.
- Anyone who has had to defend a capacity number in a meeting and wanted the document behind it.
Cost comparison
| Scenario | Blackbaud (procurement anchors) | DonorGraph (published) |
|---|---|---|
| Small shop, one officer — up to 150 screenings a month (1,800 a year) | RE NXT from about £6,849/instance/yr on G-Cloud; WealthPoint priced separately | Solo $1,296/yr — $0.72 a screening |
| Mid-size development office — 600 to 2,500 a month | Median Blackbaud contract about $20,400/yr (procurement-platform data), plus implementation | Team $3,492/yr ($0.49 each) or Org $7,992/yr ($0.27 each) |
| University — up to 10,000 a month (120,000 a year) | $212,034 over 36 months at one Texas university (about $70,700/yr) | Enterprise $17,988/yr, API included — $0.15 a screening |
Blackbaud figures are public-record anchors for specific contracts, not a rate card; WealthPoint is usually an add-on. Full market table: what wealth screening actually costs.
Frequently asked questions
Does Blackbaud WealthPoint include political donations?
No. Blackbaud removed FEC political-donation data from WealthPoint screenings effective October 31, 2020, stating it was 'to comply with applicable laws', and purged unconfirmed FEC records. As of 2026 the data has not been restored to WealthPoint or ResearchPoint.
What is WealthPoint?
WealthPoint is Blackbaud's wealth-screening service inside Raiser's Edge NXT, Blackbaud CRM and ResearchPoint. It appends capacity and asset indicators (real estate, securities, business affiliations, philanthropic gifts) to constituent records and produces a WealthPoint rating.
How much does Blackbaud wealth screening cost?
Blackbaud publishes no price. Public procurement records give anchors: Raiser's Edge NXT is listed at £6,849 per instance per year on the UK G-Cloud framework, and a Texas university's 36-month Blackbaud contract was $212,034 (about $70,700 per year). Contract data aggregated by procurement platforms puts the median Blackbaud contract near $20,000 per year. WealthPoint is typically an add-on to those figures.
Can I use DonorGraph if my CRM is Raiser's Edge NXT?
Yes. Export a constituent list, screen it in DonorGraph, and import the results back as attributes or notes using the Raiser's Edge NXT CSV format; Enterprise adds an API. DonorGraph does not write directly into Raiser's Edge, so if in-record write-back is a requirement, that is the trade-off to weigh.
Does DonorGraph replace ResearchPoint?
For the screening and profile-building part, yes: every DonorGraph search returns a complete cited profile and AI brief. For Blackbaud-specific workflows (prospect management inside RE NXT, ResearchPoint's research lists), keep those tools and use DonorGraph as the evidence layer.
Why does political giving matter for fundraising?
Federal and state political contributions are public record, self-reported with employer and address, and are among the strongest public indicators of both discretionary capacity and civic affinity. A screening that omits them is missing a signal that costs nothing to include.
- Blackbaud Knowledge Base article 194450, 'Why is FEC data (political donations) missing from WealthPoint results?' (kb.blackbaud.com/knowledgebase/articles/Article/194450): FEC data no longer returned effective 2020-10-31; unconfirmed FEC records purged.
- Blackbaud ResearchPoint help, 'Political Donations' (webfiles-sc1.blackbaud.com/files/support/guides/rp/MGWPProspectRecPoliticalDon.html), still describes the feature; screening no longer populates it.
- UK G-Cloud listing: Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT, £6,849 per instance per year.
- Texas public procurement record: Tarleton State University, Blackbaud, $212,034 for 36 months.
- Procurement-platform aggregate (Vendr) median Blackbaud contract about $20,417/yr; treated as an estimate.
- Blackbaud subprocessor list names DonorSearch; Blackbaud WealthPoint documentation on nightly refresh scope and FTP batch process.
- DonorGraph pricing: donorgraph.com/pricing.html and /api/v8/pricing/plans.