Donor Overlap
They're already advocating for your cause.
People outside your database are already writing about your issue, speaking about it, and funding organizations like yours. We find them, verify the evidence, and give you the context to approach them intelligently.
Pilots from $3,000 · Every profile sourced and dated
Your cause in. A researched list out.
No database to buy, no subscription. We start from what your organization actually stands for, then go looking for the people already saying it.
We calibrate
A short call to pin down what alignment means for you: the issue, the framing, the language your people use, and what a great supporter actually looks like.
We scan the public record
Published writing, talks, podcasts, op-eds, local press, testimony, coalition sign-ons, 990 board filings, published donor rolls, and foundation grant records.
We verify what we find
Is this a real person, is it the right person, has the alignment persisted over time, and is there a credible reason to make contact? Anything we can't confirm is flagged as unconfirmed — and doesn't count toward your total.
Most engagements return in three to four weeks. The verification is the work — a list we could generate in an afternoon wouldn't be worth sending.
Evidence, not just names.
A short list of real people, each one verified against dated sources, with the reasoning visible so your team can judge for themselves.
| Person | Evidence | Alignment | Role fit | Warm path |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Reyes | 2 op-eds + panel · 3 sources | Strong, recurring | Champion | Via your board chair |
| T. Abara | 990-PF filings · 4 sources | Moderate, sustained | Funder | Via program director |
| K. Nordling | Newsletter + 2 podcasts · 5 sources | Strong, recent | Champion | Shared conference, Oct |
| J. Sandoval | 3 coalition boards, panel host · 4 sources | Strong, sustained | Connector | Cold — shared coalition |
| M. Cheng | Keynote mention · 1 source | Unconfirmed | Hold | Not recommended for contact |
People are tagged by what the evidence shows: champions who speak publicly on your issue, connectors who sit across the organizations and coalitions in your space, and funders with a documented record of giving to work like yours. Plenty of people are more than one — the profile leads with the strongest and notes the rest.
A. Reyes
ChampionAdvocates for permanent supportive housing and has repeatedly framed homelessness as a systems problem rather than individual failure. The position has held across three years and three different venues.
Sources: Op-ed, regional daily, May 2025 · Panel remarks, state housing summit, Feb 2026 · Coalition letter to the county board, Aug 2025
Your "housing first, without preconditions" language maps almost directly onto how they describe the problem. Lead there.
They've been publicly critical of transitional-shelter expansion. Your shelter program is real work, but it isn't the opening.
Served on the same coalition steering committee as your board chair in 2025. A direct introduction is available and is the strongest available route.
Reach out within the month. They're chairing an October panel on this issue, and an introduction lands better before that agenda is set than after.
An illustrative example — not a real person. Every delivered profile looks like this. Alignment reflects what someone has publicly said and done on your issue.
You pay only for verified profiles.
Unconfirmed candidates are flagged separately and never count toward your total.
Every claim traces to a source you can verify.
Op-eds, panels, testimony, public filings — the material behind each profile is named and dated, so your team can read it directly. If we can't point to it, we don't say it.
What we use
- What people have published or said publicly under their own name
- Conference programs, podcast appearances, op-eds, and local press
- Public testimony, coalition letters, and open sign-ons
- IRS Form 990 board and officer listings
- Published donor honor rolls and foundation grant records
What we don't
- Purchased data broker files or consumer marketing data
- Net worth estimates, wealth scores, or property-value modeling
- Anything behind a login, paywall, or privacy setting
- Inferred personal details — health, family, finances, or politics beyond the issue itself
Your files never go into an AI system.
Research on public sources is AI-assisted. Donor or contact lists you send are compared locally and never submitted to an AI system — they're used only to exclude people you already know and to find warm paths through relationships you already have.
Start with a pilot. Continue at your own pace.
Priced by verified profiles delivered. You'll know your number before any work begins.
The pilot is a complete deliverable, not a preview. Continue within 90 days and the entire $3,000 applies toward a larger engagement. Unconfirmed candidates never count toward your total.
The practical stuff.
How is this different from wealth screening?
Traditional prospecting asks who has money. We ask who already cares. Wealth screening starts with capacity and works backward to interest; we start with what people have publicly said and done about your issue, and treat giving history as one signal among several. The result is a shorter list of people already connected to your work rather than a longer list of people who could theoretically afford to be.
Do you need our donor data — and does AI see it?
No, and no. Discover works entirely from public sources. If you choose to provide donor or contact lists, we use them only to exclude people you already know and to identify warm paths. Those files are compared locally and never submitted to an AI system.
What if we already have a prospect research vendor?
This works alongside one. They screen the people already in your database; Discover finds people who aren't in it yet. Different question, different list.
What if the list isn't useful?
That's the reason the pilot exists. Ten profiles is enough to tell whether the alignment we're finding matches the alignment you meant, before anyone commits to a larger engagement.
Someone is already making your case in public.
A short call to talk through your cause area, what a strong supporter looks like to you, and whether a pilot would surface people you don't already know.