§ 06 / PRODUCTDFX FILING · DS-SIG-001/ACTIVE
Donor Signal · by DFX Intel

Real-time donor intelligence and fundraising action.

Not a CRM. Not a donor database. Donor Signal is the operational layer that tells your campaign who to contact, why, and how - every single day of the cycle.

Refresh
Daily · live
Source
FEC bulk data
Signals
Capacity · propensity
Integrations
CRM · NGP · web
Surfaces
Dashboard · API
Deployments
01Who to call
02What to say
03When to act
04Delivery
§ 02 / WHAT IT DOESSix capability modules

Intelligence that runs your fundraising.

Donor Signal turns raw donor data, FEC filings, event signals, and public information into daily, actionable fundraising intelligence.

MODULE 01

Donor Signal Scoring

Every donor scored by propensity, capacity, affinity, and timing. Scores update continuously as new data flows in.

MODULE 02

Daily Call Sheets

Prioritized call lists every morning - with ask amounts, talking points, and context for each contact. Ready to use.

MODULE 03

Event-Driven Targeting

Turn every rally, fundraiser, endorsement, and news moment into targeted donor outreach - automatically, within hours.

MODULE 04

Outreach Drafting

AI-drafted outreach messaging personalized to each donor - their giving history, interests, triggers, and timing.

MODULE 05

Segment Discovery

Find donor clusters you didn't know existed - linked by industry, geography, issue affinity, or giving patterns.

MODULE 06

Competitive Intelligence

Real-time analysis of opponent fundraising - their donors, their amounts, their gaps, and your opportunities.

§ 03 / WHY CAMPAIGNS NEED ITFundraising is the campaign

Fundraising is the campaign. Donor Signal runs it.

Campaigns that out-raise win. But most fundraising operations are shockingly manual - finance directors building spreadsheets instead of making asks. Donor Signal changes the equation.

  • 01

    Finance directors stuck on admin

    Finance directors spend 60%+ of their time on admin - not fundraising. Spreadsheets, formatting, and list-building crowd out the actual ask.

  • 02

    No system for event → action

    Most campaigns have no system for turning events into donor action. Rallies, endorsements, and news moments come and go without coordinated outreach.

  • 03

    Call sheets by memory

    Call sheets are built from memory and gut feel, not intelligence. The result: the same donors get called, and the best prospects get missed.

  • 04

    Post-FEC competitive intel

    Opponent fundraising analysis happens after FEC deadlines - too late to act. By the time gaps are visible, the window to exploit them has closed.

  • 05

    Generic donor outreach

    Donor outreach is generic - the same email to every prospect. No personalization, no fit-aware messaging, no timing signal.

§ 04 / CORE WORKFLOWSFive operating loops

How Donor Signal operates.

Five continuous loops turn raw signal into priority action - every event, every donor, every morning of the cycle.

  • 01

    Event → Donor Opportunity

    Every public event - a rally, endorsement, debate, news cycle, or policy announcement - triggers an automated analysis of donor opportunity. Within hours, Donor Signal identifies which donors are most likely to be activated by the event and generates targeted outreach recommendations.

  • 02

    Donor Signal Scoring

    Every donor in the system is continuously scored on propensity (likelihood to give), capacity (ability to give), affinity (connection to the candidate/cause), and timing (signals that suggest readiness). Scores update with every new data point.

  • 03

    Daily Call Sheets

    Every morning, Donor Signal generates prioritized call sheets for the finance team - ranked by signal strength. Each contact includes an ask amount recommendation, talking points tied to recent triggers, and context on the donor's giving history and interests.

  • 04

    Outreach Drafting

    For each high-priority contact, Donor Signal generates draft outreach - emails, call scripts, and follow-up sequences - personalized to the donor's profile, interests, and the current moment. Not templates. Intelligence-driven messaging.

  • 05

    Segment Discovery

    Donor Signal continuously identifies new donor segments - clusters of potential supporters linked by industry, geography, issue affinity, social graph, or giving patterns. Segments that no human process would surface.

§ 05 / VS LEGACYRecord storage vs action engine

Donor Signal vs. legacy tools.

Legacy donor tools store records. Donor Signal drives action - with continuous scoring, event-driven outreach, and intelligence-drafted messaging.

CAPABILITY
LEGACY DONOR TOOLS
DONOR SIGNAL
Call sheets
Manual / weekly
Auto-generated daily
Donor scoring
Static or none
Continuous, signal-driven
Event response
Ad hoc
Automated within hours
Outreach
Templates
Intelligence-drafted, personalized
Competitive intel
Post-FEC filing
Ongoing analysis
Segment discovery
Manual tagging
AI-driven cluster detection
Core model
Record storage
Action engine
§ 06 / ENGAGERequest a Briefing

Stop managing donors. Start activating them.

Donor Signal turns your fundraising operation into an intelligence-driven machine. See who to call, why, and what to say - every day.