Pulse
Predictive Donor Intelligence

Know who to contact.When, and why.

Pulse turns your donor file into a fundraising decision system — predicting who to contact, when, and how much they’ll give. Built into Crimson.

See the full results
2.1×
More likely to donate vs. control
188%+
Revenue lift in a blind A/B mail test
99.9%
Statistical confidence
4–5×
Higher average gift in national tests
The Shift

Fundraising is moving fromlists to decisions.

Teams have more donor data than ever. The advantage now comes from turning it into prioritized decisions: who to contact, when, and how much each donor will give.

From volume to value

Instead of spreading dollars across low-probability donors, outreach goes to the donors most likely to give, reached at the right time and on the right channel.

From siloed channels to shared priorities

Mail, phones, digital, and major-donor programs stop running separate lists and work from one shared set of priorities across the operation.

From static lists to live scoring

As fundraising costs climb, static donor lists give way to live scoring that keeps every dollar of outreach tied to results.

What Pulse Is

The intelligence layer of the Crimson ecosystem.

Pulse is a decision-support system built directly into Crimson — using predictive modeling to turn donor behavior into prioritized, channel-ready action. Not a black box. Not a donor-list marketplace. Not a replacement for fundraisers. A continuous optimization layer for the work your team already does.

How It Works

Raw data in. intelligence out.

Pulse continuously scores every donor in your file and turns those scores into prioritized, channel-ready decisions.

01

Data & Behavioral Analysis

Pulse reads historical giving, frequency, timing, gift size, retention, and channel performance — plus consumer behavioral indicators.

02

Predictive Modeling

It scores every donor: likelihood to give, next-gift timing, expected amount, annual value, and predicted lifetime value.

03

Continuous Re-Scoring

As new data arrives, donors are re-scored automatically. Your lists evolve with donor behavior — no manual rebuilds.

04

Actionable Outputs

Scores become ranked universes, channel-ready lists, priority segments, revenue projections, and reactivation targets.

What Pulse Predicts

Built to spend less to raise more.

Every Pulse model answers a fundraising question — who gives next, when, how much, and through which channel.

Expected Mail Value

Pinpoint your most and least profitable mail segments. Cut mail costs up to 20% without sacrificing revenue.

Donation Recurrence

Predict the odds a donor gives again within 30, 60, 90, 180, or 360 days. Know who's ready before they do.

Next Donation Amount

Estimate a donor's likely next gift to sharpen ask strings, upgrade targeting, and major-donor focus.

Annual Giving Potential

Forecast each donor's value over the next 12 months for portfolio assignment and budget planning.

Predicted Lifetime Value

Estimate long-term donor value and surface tomorrow's high-value donors before they emerge.

Dynamic Prioritization

Continuously updated rankings by timing, likelihood, value, and channel fit. Your file evolves as behavior evolves.

The Intelligence Layer

From flat file to ranked universe.

Pulse transforms a flat donor file into a structured, intelligent universe — ranked by likelihood, ordered by timing, and sliceable by any segment that matters.

Likelihood Tiers
CertainReliable givers. Steward and prioritize.
PersuadableMovable with the right ask and moment.
LongshotLow probability. Suppress to protect margin.
DormantInactive today, but not always gone.
Timing Tiers
HotReady to give right now.
WarmApproaching their next gift.
ReachableResponsive on a longer cycle.
LapsedGone quiet. Prime reactivation targets.
Filter byGeographyChannel historyCRM fieldsDonor segmentsGiving behavior
Use Cases

One engine. every channel.

The same predictive intelligence sharpens every program you run — mail, phones, digital, reactivation, and major-donor strategy.

Direct Mail Optimization

Suppress low-probability recipients, cut cost-per-dollar-raised, and lift response rates — without changing your creative.

Telemarketing Prioritization

Put the highest-value targets at the top of the queue and surface "call now" donors to raise calls-per-hour productivity.

Digital Fundraising Optimization

Focus SMS and email spend on responsive donors — reducing waste and unsubscribe rates while lifting return.

Lapsed Donor Reactivation

Identify high-likelihood lapsed donors and unlock revenue most operations have already written off.

Mid-Major & Major Donor Discovery

Surface hidden potential and upgrade opportunities earlier, guided by forward-looking value forecasts.

Ask Amount Optimization

Calibrate ask amounts to each donor’s predicted capacity — lifting average gift without suppressing response.

Your next major donor may already exist in your lapsed file.

Who It's For

Built for the teams who raise the money.

From a single campaign to a national committee to the agencies that serve them — Pulse scales to the operation.

Campaigns

Prioritize donor outreach, improve fundraising ROI, optimize call time, and build stronger mid-major pipelines.

State Parties & Committees

Manage massive donor universes intelligently, sharpen forecasting, optimize acquisition, and coordinate fundraising across every channel.

Consultants & Agencies

Deliver AI-powered insights, improve client targeting, and differentiate your services with measurable performance.

Privacy & Security

Built to protect donor trust.

Aggregated, anonymized training. Client-owned data. Outputs that are yours alone — cutting-edge intelligence without compromising donor trust.

How Pulse handles your data
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