Dogs Inc.
“With just one article Insightful paid for itself many, many times over.”
— Larissa Daigle, Chief Philanthropy Officer with Dogs Inc. recommends Insightful.
Oklahoma State University
“Having an efficient means to get news stories, and to pass them to the people that need to see them, is a critical tool to make fundraising easier and more efficient.”
— Jacob Astley, assistant vice president of prospect research at the Oklahoma State University Foundation
University of Nevada Las Vegas
“It will change the way your Gift Officers work.”
— Jessica Channell-Iler, Director of Fundraising Intelligence, Analytics and Reporting at UNLV
Point Loma Nazarene University
“We need that ‘in’…that connection point. Insightful provides alerts of things we should know about our donors and parents. Insightful provides that connection point.”
— Melissa Riley, prospect research manager, Point Loma Nazarene University
Loyola Marymount University
“Insightful delivered an article about a prospect who received significant new funding for his company. The timing was perfect since it arrived right before a meeting and helped inform the conversation.”
— Madison Eady, Loyola Marymount University
University of Detroit Mercy
“[Insightful was] able to provide news sources going back over 30 years. This was important for me because … finding current articles was difficult. With Insightful, I was able to find articles that were released when they were in their business ‘prime’.”
— Gail M. Jones, University of Detroit Mercy
Wheaton College
“We found international news information that we would not have found otherwise. Insightful helped us with our due diligence and also helped us refine our outreach strategies. The benefit of having this information in a timely manner more than justified our subscription price.”
— Catherine Arendt, Wheaton College
Oregon State University Foundation
“Your service is helping researchers spend less busy time on reactive research so they can focus on the proactive research I need.”
— Mark Koenig, Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President, Technology, Oregon State University Foundation
Vassar College
“One of our Gift Officers was on his way to meet with a donor. That morning his Insightful alert returned an article stating that the head of this donor's family (and founder of the company that the donor leads) had died. With this information, our Gift Officer could be supportive and share his condolences. This event alone makes our Insightful contract worthwhile!"
— Sharon Parkinson, Vassar College
Cornell University
“I was looking for information on some young entrepreneurs who raised $160M in venture funding for their startup. Other news vendors were coming up with nothing, and then I went to Insightful and found what I was looking for. Insightful will definitely be in my “go-to” for news rotation.”
— Susan Tierney, Cornell University
Chapman University
“We've only been using Insightful for a few weeks, and it's already identified some fantastic articles to pass on to gift officers.”
— Kira Gentry, Chapman University
OSF Healthcare Foundation
“NewsBank is a “daily go-to” prospect research tool I utilize to help efficiently develop 360° donor assessments with breadth and depth. Thanks NewsBank for offering this invaluable tool!”
— Kristie Weniger, OSF Healthcare Foundation, Peoria, IL
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice
“Insightful has been beyond helpful to keep track of our organization, organizations like ours and our leadership when we are published in the news and other media sources.”
— Erin Chokr, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice