It is important for fundraisers to maintain suppression files (commonly known as kill files) such as do not mail and do not call, but it is equally important to regular run your database against the National Change of Address (NCOA) service. Each year approximately 1.2 million households file a change of address notification with Canada Post. In the United States 40 million Americans move each year.

NCOA prevents duplicate mailings, saves money by not mailing invalid or incomplete addresses and reaches your donors faster by receiving updated and correct address information. NCOA also provides return codes for address and demographic statistics based on location.

At IMS, we also offer phone append, demographics and analytical services. Having a quality database reaps far greater rewards. Our Minerva system has address validation and correction software built right in. Allowing at time of data entry for addresses to be verified and corrected. In both the short and long term, this saves time and money.

Benefits

  • Reduces undeliverable mail
  • Savings on printing and postage costs
  • Reaching your donors faster

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