Harris Connect

We have some exciting news to share about IDC! 

Brad and I have decided to begin a new chapter for our company by joining the Harris Connect family. On March 22nd 2010, IDC’s assets were acquired by Harris Connect, LLC.  I’d like to share why Brad and I believe this will revolutionize the fundraising capabilities for our clients, and all non-profit organizations.

IDC’s long-term vision has always been to be able to provide our clients with comprehensive, multi-channel, donor management and stewardship services.  Our clients shared with us that they were also looking for these solutions from a trusted partner. 

IDC knows Harris Connect well. We have worked with Harris Connect, utilizing their data cleansing, research, email and phone append services for many years now.  We know that Harris Connect is a trusted partner of hundreds of organizations and the premier provider of data research, internet, mobile and publication programs for these groups.  Harris Connect’s wide range of solutions successfully helps their clients engage their members and generate significant revenue. By becoming part of the Harris Connect family, we will now make our vision a reality, and bring a multi-channel donor management solution to our clients. 

Effective immediately, the business will operate as the IDC Fundraising division of Harris Connect, LLC.

This new arrangement will combine Harris Connect’s 47 years of creating connections between nonprofit organizations and their constituents with IDC’s 35 years of consultative, comprehensive fundraising expertise with nonprofits. You can read more about this event from our press release sent this morning, as well as additional information available online at our new site, www.harrisconnect.com/idcfundraising.

The services that Harris Connect offers will significantly improve and enhance IDCs traditional PHONE/MAIL® and on-site phone programs with services such as:

• Powerful, comprehensive prospect screening,  data modeling and analytics
• Industry leading lost trace, data cleaning and phone/email append services
• Virtual Call Center using VoIP technology
• Proven and successful internet fundraising and stewardship solutions, which include online giving (Harris Connect’s clients in 2009 generated over $30 million in online gifts);, email marketing and campaign management(over 274M newsletters and other messages sent);event registration (over $27M generated), and social networking via Facebook.
• High security standards with PCI Level 1 certified gift processing for credit card transactions
• Powerful online reporting with Data On Demand
• Mobile platform to reach and engage users via their smartphones

As part of Harris Connect, we will be able to raise more money, more effectively for our clients through better segmentation, higher decision rates, larger average gifts and greater pledge rates.  Donor transactions will be secure and our clients will benefit from cleaner data and greater insights into the potential of their donor and member families.

We are thrilled to become part of the Harris Connect family and look forward to talking with all our clients about how we can bring more opportunities and programs to them to help meet and exceed their fundraising and stewardship goals.

Again, for more information, please read our press release where you can also listen to the podcast of me and Robert Gluck, CEO of Harris Connect, or visit our new website.  And of course, if you want to talk with us immediately, please call 1-800-516-4915 or email   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

We can’t wait to help our clients revolutionize their fundraising and donor management programs.

Sincerely,
L. Gregg Carlson
President, IDC Fundraising Division