CampaignFinder.com – New Platform Empowers Nonprofits During Tough Economic Times

TORONTO, July 9 /CNW/ - With the launch of a new portal, PGD Canada Inc., a web-based information solutions company, will now offer nonprofit organizations a revolutionary new way to showcase their capital campaigns to a global audience – for free!

CampaignFinder.com, an online charitable giving tool and resource designed to connect philanthropic donors with fundraising campaigns around the world, will facilitate online giving from donors and increase campaign awareness for nonprofit organizations. CampaignFinder.com connects donors directly to fundraising campaigns, allowing donors to not only contribute to a cause or organization, but to help fund a specific project or goal. “There are plenty of people who want to contribute to larger endeavour, such as a new MRI machine, a new research building or an endowment fund, but have no way of finding these campaigns to support”, says Daniela Passero, Founder and Editor of CampaignFinder.com. “CampaignFinder.com makes it as easy as possible for donors to actively participate in achieving a campaign goal, give with confidence, and to have a more transparent, engaging and informative donor experience”. With the help of CampaignFinder.com, individual, corporate and foundation donors no longer have to sort through a charity’s website for case statements, campaign updates or press releases. All the information they are seeking in order to make an informed giving decision is at their fingertips. Donors or volunteers can also stay connected to the campaigns they support with CampaignFinder.com. Twenty-first century donors are no longer content to write checks and go on with their daily lives. They want to be kept informed, follow their donation and be a partner in reaching that campaign goal.

As a multi-faceted website, CampaignFinder.com also serves as an information resource to nonprofits and fundraising professionals. Whether a nonprofit is in the planning, silent or public phase of a capital campaign, CampaignFinder.com provides access to articles, fundraising tools, web seminars and service directory listings that can assist nonprofits with all their campaign questions and fundraising needs.

This bold new site provides a gateway for nonprofits to bring awareness to their capital campaigns and raise more money online while building relationships with donors – right from their own desktop. CampaignFinder.com is a great tool to help nonprofits reach their campaign goals. Visit www.campaignfinder.com for more information or to register your campaign today!

About CampaignFinder.com
CampaignFinder.com is an online charitable giving tool and resource designed to connect philanthropic donors with fundraising campaigns around the world, and nonprofit and fundraising professionals to campaign related information, tools and services valuable to achieving campaign goals.

For further information:

PGD Canada Inc.
905.266.0090
campaignfinder@pgdcanada.com

CampaignFinder.com now in Private Beta

TORONTO, Mar. 24 - PGD Canada, Inc., a Woodbridge based technology company, today announced the private beta release of CampaignFinder.com.

CampaignFinder.com is an online charitable giving tool and resource designed to connect philanthropic donors with fundraising campaigns around the world, and nonprofit and fundraising professionals to campaign related information, tools and services valuable to achieving campaign goals.

While PGD Canada already has testers using the CampaignFinder.com system, the company has yet to announce its public launch date. Those interested in participating in the private beta can request an invitation at www.campaignfinder.com

About PGD Canada Inc.

PGD Canada, Inc, delivers world-class web-based information solutions for the nonprofit and fundraising sectors through a diverse portfolio of portal brands. For further information:

PGD Canada Inc.
905.266.0090
info@pgdcanada.com
www.pgdcanada.com

PGD Canada Inc. celebrates National Philanthropy Day!

TORONTO, Nov. 15 / CNW/ - PGD Canada Inc., a new online database for the non-profit and voluntary sector, marks National Philanthropy Day with the addition of major gift records. Major gifts made by individuals and private foundations to Canadian non-profit organizations, totaling over $500 million, were added to PGD Canada. Each major gift is accompanied by a Gift Detail icon, which provides subscribers with additional gift information such as the rationale and designation of the gift. PGD Canada is continually working towards enhancing its database and improving usability and content for its member community.

About National Philanthropy Day

National Philanthropy Day, November 15, honours the spirit of charitable giving. It is a day to celebrate the contributions individuals and organizations make to countless causes worldwide.

About PGD Canada Inc.

The Personal Giving Directory of Canada [PGD Canada] is the first and only searchable, online database solely focused on individual giving in Canada. PGD Canada’s mantra, Know your Donor™, continues to be the company’s focal point and motivation behind developing online services for the non-profit community. PGD Canada’s mission is to assist charities in achieving their fundraising goals, to fill the research gap in the Canadian fundraising sector, and to provide invaluable support to all areas of fundraising and prospect research.

For further information:

PGD Canada Inc.
905.266.0090
press@pgdcanada.com
pgdcanada.com

PGD Canada Inc. Launches Online Giving Database: the first of its kind in Canada!

TORONTO, Oct. 26 /CNW/ - PGD Canada Inc. announced today the launch of its flagship product that will help Canada’s non-profit and voluntary organizations better understand their donor and sustain their annual revenue goals. The Personal Giving Directory of Canada [PGD Canada] is the first and only searchable, online database solely focused on individual giving in Canada. PGD Canada provides subscribers access to a comprehensive listing of over 200,000 personal contributions, from 2003 and growing annually. This online subscription service will allow its subscribers to save time and gain better insight by allowing them to easily search one database for individual giving information.

PGD Canada allows subscribers to customize their searching experience and save time spent on research by having one convenient location from which to:

• Uncover new prospects for annual, planned and major giving
• Understand what types of organizations their prospects traditionally support
• Identify their prospects' gift capacity and self-assuredly ask for the right gift amount
• See if their direct mail donors are actually Major Donors!

While there are numerous prospect research tools in the United States, Canadian researchers have had to primarily rely on American-focused databases or few Canadian resources for philanthropic giving information. And while many reports indicate that individuals are by far the largest source of private funding for most non-profit organizations, there is yet a prospect research tool on the market in Canada that solely focuses on individual giving.

“Until now, finding individual giving information has been quite time consuming. That is why we created PGD Canada, which allows subscribers to save time spent on research and find information in a fraction of the time”, says Daniela Passero, President and CEO of PGD Canada. Our mission is to assist charities in achieving their fundraising goals and to fill the research gap in Canada. Over the past number of years the prospect research field has been growing in Canada and achieving professional recognition, but the number of resources available to research professionals has stayed the same”.

As for the future, Ms. Passero indicates the company has some other ideas percolating in the background, but “is preoccupied right now with advocating PGD Canada to anyone interested in benefiting from this time and cost saving research tool”. At a reasonable price, PGD Canada is accessible to all non-profit organizations no matter of size or research budget. For more information, visit pgdcanada.com.

About PGD Canada Inc.

The Personal Giving Directory of Canada [PGD Canada] is the first and only searchable, online database solely focused on individual giving in Canada. PGD Canada’s mantra, Know your Donor™, continues to be the company’s focal point and motivation behind developing online services for the non-profit community. PGD Canada’s mission is to assist charities in achieving their fundraising goals, to fill the research gap in the Canadian fundraising sector, and to provide invaluable support to all areas of fundraising and prospect research.

For further information:

PGD Canada Inc.
905.266.0090
press@pgdcanada.com
pgdcanada.com

Beta is First Step in PGD Canada’s Goal to Empower Canadian Non-Profits!

TORONTO, Oct. 16 / CNW/ – PGD Canada Inc. launched in beta form in September 2006. The Personal Giving Directory of Canada [PGD Canada] is the first and only searchable, online database solely focused on individual giving in Canada. Subscribers get access, 24 hours a day, to a comprehensive listing of over 200,000 personal contributions, from 2003 and growing annually.

In September 2006, 100 fundraising professionals across Canada were invited to participate in the Beta Release of PGD Canada prior to its October launch. “The response from the non-profit community has been extremely encouraging”, says Daniela Passero, President and CEO of PGD Canada. “Certainly, people realize that there is a need for such a product in Canada. We have received tremendous feedback and are currently working towards adding new data and features to the product”.

Those familiar with PGD Canada will know that it is not an ordinary database. It not only allows subscribers to search by individual name, but also by organization. “The database takes the ability to search for giving information one step further. In fact, ten years from now, subscribers will not only be able to view historical giving trends of an individual, but they will also be able to view the history of philanthropic gifts to a receipient organization. PGD Canada’s method of archiving giving information continues to ensure the integrity of information while creating a sense of giving history for the non-profit and fundraising sectors”, says Ms. Passero, whose post-secondary studies at the University of Toronto focused on the preservation of information and knowledge management.

PGD Canada will be launching October 26, 2006. Visit pgdcanada.com to subscribe, to search for additional product information or to sign up for a free trial.

About PGD Canada Inc.

The Personal Giving Directory of Canada [PGD Canada] is the first and only searchable, online database solely focused on individual giving in Canada. PGD Canada’s mantra, Know your Donor™, continues to be the company’s focal point and motivation behind developing online services for the non-profit community. PGD Canada’s mission is to assist charities in achieving their fundraising goals, to fill the research gap in the Canadian fundraising sector, and to provide invaluable support to all areas of fundraising and prospect research.

For further information:

PGD Canada Inc.
905.266.0090
press@pgdcanada.com
pgdcanada.com