Cascade Data Solutions

A Little About Us...

Cascade Data Solutions is an independent consulting and custom software development firm founded in 1991, located in Albany, Oregon. We specialize in the creation of innovative, cost-effective solutions designed to meet the specific needs of the United Way and other nonprofit fundraising organizations.

Our Products

• Donation Director - Software designed for Non-Profits to cultivate relationships with donors and maximize fundraising success.
• Donation Tracker - Software specifically designed for the needs of The United Way.

Cascade Data Solutions

In 1998 we created a campaign management software package called Donation Tracker. Donation Tracker was originally created as the result of the Benton County United Way office in Corvallis, Oregon being frustrated with their existing Campaign Management Software. They convinced us of the need for United Way specific software with specific features unique to how United Way does business, and even more importantly, its need to be strongly supported. In 1999, we then took it to four other beta sites before selling it nationwide. Donation Tracker has been widely accepted and is used in 43 states by over 300 offices.

Donation Director followed Donation Tracker in 2005. Because of frequent requests from United Way affiliated agencies to purchase Donation Tracker, Cascade Data Solutions decided to follow this same model for creating specific donor management / fundraising software for small to medium sized nonprofit organizations. We believe that currently the software options available in the nonprofit arena do not properly support the needs of smaller nonprofits. Many applications have either been simplified to the point they are missing important features, are way to complex to be understood by various staff members, or are far too expensive. Donation Director meets the needs of smaller nonprofits by offering a powerful set of donor and fundraising management tools without burying them under needless levels of complexity and irrelevant features. The cost of our software along with our annual support program is designed to allow nonprofits to budget properly and guarantee that they always have the necessary support available to them.