The RE Escape program

Don't manage a database.Lead with intelligence.

Raiser's Edge has held the sector's donor data for decades, and it holds yours well. But holding data is not the job anymore. If reports queue behind one power user, every new tool lives in a bolt-on, and each renewal costs more than the last, the platform is managing you.

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Your numbers, your math, no invented savings
Migration with validation and rollback
Live in weeks, not months

The legacy database tax

You stopped asking your database questions years ago.

Not because you ran out of questions. Because every answer costs a query request, a consultant, or an export. Ignite is built the other way around: one platform for donors, gifts, events, marketing, and finance, with AI teammates that answer in plain language and act only with your approval.

Report requests queue behind the one person who can write a query

Events, email, and volunteers live in bolt-on tools that never quite sync

The renewal letter arrives with an increase and no conversation

The escape estimator

Your current stack, priced with your own numbers.

Enter what you actually pay today: license, add-on tools, and your typical renewal increase. We project your own three-year trajectory and tell you honestly whether your renewal window makes this the moment to move. Results are instant and ungated.

Your escape estimate

Fill in your numbers and your three-year current-stack trajectory appears here, with an honest read on whether your renewal window makes this the right moment to evaluate.

Your license + add-on spend, projected over three years
A contract-timing verdict: act now, plan ahead, or monitor
What an Ignite quote would replace, without invented numbers

The escape route

Decades of data deserve a careful move.

The reason teams stay on a database they've outgrown is fear of the migration. So the migration is where we put the engineering.

Discovery call and migration assessment

We map your data, your add-on stack, and your renewal timeline. You leave with a written assessment either way.

Import with validation and rollback

Your records come across through templated imports with field mapping, validation, a full audit trail, and rollback if anything looks wrong.

Duplicates resolved, safely

Multi-strategy duplicate detection finds the records decades of data entry created. Every merge is audited and reversible for 30 days.

Parallel run, then cutover

You run both systems until your team trusts the numbers, then cut over on your schedule. Live in weeks, not a year-long project.

“The Ignite platform empowered us to transition quickly, launching nearly 100 donation pages in a day, without disrupting our operations.”

Laura Meine — United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County

Quarterly workshop

The RE Escape workshop

A working session on planning a legacy database migration: data mapping, timeline, team readiness, and what to negotiate before your renewal. Check the box in the form below and we'll save you a seat at the next one.

Your renewal date is your leverage.

Find your window, run the numbers, and evaluate on your schedule, not your vendor's.