The short version
Most people reading this page are already paying somewhere between $4,000 and $12,000 a year, or have been quoted nothing at all until after a demo. DonorGraph prints the grid, opens the trial without a call, itemizes federal and state campaign-finance records in every profile, and links each field to the document behind it: a deed, a Form 990 line, an SEC filing, an FEC or state filing. DonorSearch brings a very large charitable-gift archive, 40-plus CRM connectors, human-assessed records and mature batch operations, and since EverTrue acquired it in September 2025 it is sold as part of a larger engagement suite. The table below is fact for fact; the fastest way to settle it is to run five donors you already know through both.
Side by side
| Question a buyer asks | DonorSearch (by EverTrue) | DonorGraph |
|---|---|---|
| Can I see the price before a demo? | No public price list. donorsearch.net/pricing returns 404 (checked 2026-09-06) | Yes: $129 / $349 / $799 / $1,799 per month, published. donorgraph.com/pricing.html |
| 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. |
| Can I try it on my own donors first? | Demo-led. Free tool DSGiving exists for general prospecting. | 3 complete screenings on your own donors, no card, no call. |
| Political giving, federal | Includes FEC data. | FEC contributions itemized: date, committee, amount, employer as self-reported on the filing. |
| Political giving, state level | FEC, as far as DonorSearch's public documentation describes; no state campaign-finance source is listed. | All 50 state campaign-finance sources, itemized in every profile alongside FEC. |
| How usage is counted | Records are bundled into the contract; reported bundles include 1,000 records through CRM partners. | Screenings included per plan — 150 / 600 / 2,500 / 10,000 per month — not billed per record. |
| When the evidence is thin | Estimates are returned with a match-quality score, Y/M tri-states and lower-bound ranges. | The field says no evidence found. DonorGraph will not emit a number the records do not support. |
| How a number is justified | Match-quality score, Y/M tri-states and lower-bound ranges on largest gift; 'Assessed' flag on manually reviewed records. | Every field links to the primary record: deed, Form 990 line, SEC filing, FEC or state filing. |
| Charitable gift history | About 240M gift records, roughly two decades of harvesting; 'Assessed' records have had a human review. | IRS 990-PF grants, Form 990 Schedule I, the Million Dollar List and 990 officer/board data, each cited to the filing. |
| Published methodology | An accuracy claim is marketed without a stated denominator or method. | Method published, not a marketing number: how we verify. |
| CRM integrations | 40+ native connectors, with write-back inside the CRM. | CSV export in DonorPerfect, Raiser's Edge NXT, Bloomerang, LGL and Salesforce formats; API on Enterprise; optional built-in CRM (+$50/mo). |
| Commitment | Terms are set in the quote; not published. | Month to month at the published price, cancel any time; annual billing saves two months. |
| Batch and re-screening | DonorSearch360+ (GA June 2026): concurrent jobs, scheduled re-screens, delta tracking. | List screening included on every plan; re-screen any donor on demand. |
| Ownership | Acquired by EverTrue, 2025-09-04; roadmap points toward engagement workflow. | Independent, Nevada LLC, screening-first. |
Where DonorGraph is different
You can read the price
Pricing opacity has been DonorSearch's most consistent user complaint, and the reported spread is wide: direct contracts commonly land between $4,000 and $12,000 per year, while the same data resold through CRM partners has been reported at $2,000 per year with 1,000 records bundled. DonorGraph prints the grid. Solo is $129 a month; Enterprise is $1,799. Nobody needs to negotiate.
You can test it before you talk to anyone
Three complete screenings on donors you already know, from donorgraph.com/try.html. The trial runs the same evidence sweep and AI brief as a paid plan. The fastest way to evaluate any screening vendor is to feed it five people whose story you already know and count the fields it can prove.
Political giving is in every profile
Federal FEC contributions and state campaign-finance records are shown as itemized lines: date, committee, amount, employer as self-reported on the filing. Political giving is one of the strongest public signals of both capacity and affinity, and it is public record.
Every field cites a record
A capacity figure in DonorGraph is not a score to trust; it is a set of linked documents to check. Property comes with the deed record, board seats with the Form 990 line, securities with the SEC filing. When the records do not support a conclusion, the profile says no evidence found rather than inferring one. That refusal is a feature, and we explain the mechanics on how we verify.
What you give up
- Proprietary gift-history depth. DonorSearch's harvested archive answers questions public filings cannot, such as what a prospect gave to a hospital foundation in 2011. DonorGraph cites IRS 990-PF grants, Form 990 Schedule I and the Million Dollar List directly, and your own CRM giving history stays your own.
- Native CRM write-back. DonorGraph does not write into Raiser's Edge NXT or Salesforce from inside the CRM. Export is CSV in DonorPerfect, Raiser's Edge NXT, Bloomerang, LGL and Salesforce formats today, and Enterprise includes an API for anything else.
- A human-assessed flag. DonorSearch marks records a researcher has reviewed for you. DonorGraph shows the underlying document instead, so the judgement stays with your team and the evidence is on the page when a gift officer asks where the number came from.
- Two decades of references. DonorSearch has served the sector far longer and has the reference list to prove it. DonorGraph is newer, which is why the trial runs on your own donors before you pay anything.
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.
- Teams that want the political signal, federal and state, as itemized evidence in the profile.
- Anyone who has had to defend a capacity number in a meeting and wanted the document behind it.
Cost comparison at three sizes
| Program size | DonorSearch (user-reported, direct) | DonorGraph (published) |
|---|---|---|
| One gift officer — up to 150 screenings a month (1,800 a year) | $4,000+ /yr reported floor; smaller bundled deals exist via CRM partners | Solo: $1,296/yr billed annually — $0.72 a screening |
| Small team — up to 600 a month (7,200 a year) | $4,000–$12,000 /yr reported | Team: $3,492/yr — $0.49 a screening |
| Department — up to 2,500 a month (30,000 a year) | Quote only; $15,000–$22,000 reported for larger contracts | Org: $7,992/yr — $0.27 a screening |
All DonorSearch figures are reported by users, not published by the vendor; they vary by negotiation and channel. See the full market table on what wealth screening actually costs.
Frequently asked questions
Is DonorSearch still an independent company?
No. EverTrue announced its acquisition of DonorSearch on September 4, 2025. DonorSearch continues as a product line inside EverTrue's engagement platform alongside ThankView, Pledgemine and Signal.
Does DonorSearch publish its pricing?
No. As of September 2026 there is no public price list; donorsearch.net/pricing returns a 404 and all plans are quoted through a demo. Figures you see online are user-reported, typically $4,000–$12,000 per year for direct contracts, with much lower bundled rates through CRM partners.
What does DonorSearch do better than DonorGraph?
Depth of proprietary charitable-gift history: roughly two decades of harvested records, about 240 million gifts, plus 40+ native CRM connectors and a human-assessed record flag. DonorGraph does not replicate that archive; it cites IRS 990-PF grants, Form 990 Schedule I and the Million Dollar List directly, and your own CRM giving history stays your own.
What does DonorGraph do that DonorSearch does not?
Publishes its price, lets you screen three real donors before talking to anyone, includes federal and state political giving in every profile, cites the primary record behind every field, and says 'no evidence found' rather than inferring a number when the record is thin.
Can I keep my current CRM if I switch?
Yes. DonorGraph exports screened profiles and briefs as CSV in DonorPerfect, Raiser's Edge NXT, Bloomerang, LGL and Salesforce formats, and Enterprise adds an API. DonorSearch's native connectors write back inside the CRM itself; DonorGraph does not.
How do I evaluate both without a sales process?
Start with DonorGraph's free trial at donorgraph.com/try.html: three complete screenings on donors you already know, no card and no call. Run the same names through a DonorSearch demo and compare which fields each vendor can show a source for.
- EverTrue press release, 'EverTrue acquires DonorSearch', 2025-09-04.
- donorsearch.net/pricing/ returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-06; DonorSearch's own comparison pages list no prices.
- DonorSearch 'DonorSearch vs. WealthEngine' page: 'integrates with over 40' platforms; 15,000+ clients claimed (fetched 2026-09-06).
- DonorSearch360+ general availability announced 2026-06-29 (scheduled re-screens, delta tracking).
- User-reported pricing ranges from public nonprofit-community discussions, 2018–2025; treated as reported, not verified.
- DonorGraph pricing: donorgraph.com/pricing.html (live plan grid) and /api/v8/pricing/plans.