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Major-Gift Signal

Sample run at 6:02 AM

2 new prospects this week.

Last 30 days (sample)

Sent: 0
Approved: 5
Skipped: 1

Today’s drafts

Sample drafts from Major-Gift Signal. Nothing goes out until a person approves it.

2 waiting on you

The Walsh Family
Internal brief
Champion
Why now · 3x average gift · 5 years of giving
The Walsh Family: ready for a bigger conversation
Gift of $5,000 on Sep 18 is 3x their average. Five years of giving, gala table in 2025. Suggested ask range: $25,000–$50,000 over two years.
Morning Brief: Plan a $25K conversation with the Walsh Family
Ruth Haddad
Internal brief
Champion
Why now · Monthly gift doubled in 2026
Ruth Haddad: two monthly increases this year
Raised her monthly gift from $50 to $75 in February and to $100 in June. Connected to two board members. Update her email first; it has been bouncing.

How Major-Gift Signal works

Some donors tell you they are ready to give more by simply giving more. Major-Gift Signal watches for that pattern every night and puts a short brief in front of the right fundraiser. It never contacts a donor — the entire blast radius is internal, which is why it is the safest agent to turn on first.

Read the full gift history
Not just the last gift — the whole trajectory, how consistent it is, and how recent.
Compare the latest gift to the pattern
A gift materially larger than that donor’s own prior average is the signal. Everything else is noise.
Apply all three gates
Depth, recency and trajectory must all pass. Two out of three is not a prospect.
Brief the assigned fundraiser
Creates a task with the giving history, the multiple, and a suggested next step. Facts and one interpretation — no invented biography.

Who it picks

Depth: At least 3 gifts on file — two gifts is not a trajectory
Recency: Last gift within 6 months
Trajectory: Last gift at least 1.5x the average of all prior gifts

Guardrails

Never contacts a donor — output goes to staff only
Never speculates about wealth, employment, health, family or motive
Reports only what the gift history shows
The recency gate deliberately excludes lapsed donors — those are Return Series’ job

See Major-Gift Signal in action

Illustrative demo · sample donors

Read each donor's trajectoryNightly · 2:00 AM

Priya Shah · gift history

prior average $267

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Latest gift: 3.4× her own average

Not just the last gift — the whole pattern, compared with that donor’s own average.

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