CharityCAN review
A Canadian-focused prospecting suite with deep research tools and a high entry price.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Nov 2026
CharityCAN is online prospect research and donor screening software for Canadian fundraising organizations. It brings together donation, compensation, and biographical datasets, then adds automatically generated prospect profiles, relationship mapping, foundation research, and household information. Fundraising teams can use it to investigate individuals, Canadian registered charities, and granting foundations, while donor screening adds capacity and affinity scores to donor records. AI-generated donor summaries provide another way to review prospect information. It is best suited to Canadian-focused teams that need research and screening in one environment rather than a narrow donor database tool.
The pricing structure is designed around organization size and workflow needs. CharityCAN for One User costs $3,400 per user per year and includes unlimited, on-demand training and support. CharityCAN for Teams costs $10,200 per year for up to five users, with the same training and support plus a choice between 5,000 annual Donor Screening credits or CharityCAN for Raiser’s Edge NXT. Organization subscriptions support more than five users and include Donor Screening credits, donor management system integrations, and API access. Donor Screening has a $1,500 base price for fewer than 5,000 records, with additional household demographic variables available.
Its strongest fit is a nonprofit that values Canadian household, real-estate, donation, and foundation data alongside prospect scoring and relationship paths. The web and API options, Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT connection, and broader donor management system integrations give larger fundraising operations room to connect research with existing processes. Smaller teams should weigh the annual single-user price and one-day trial carefully, especially if they need only basic prospect lookup. Organizations with more than five users or a need for API access have a clearer reason to choose CharityCAN, while teams seeking a lower-cost starting point may prefer an alternative.
Questions about CharityCAN
Does CharityCAN have a free plan? No free plan is listed; paid plans start at $3,400/user/yr (CharityCAN for One User).
How much does CharityCAN cost? CharityCAN lists 3 paid plans; the lowest is CharityCAN for One User at $3,400/user/yr.
Is there a free trial of CharityCAN? Yes: a 1-day free trial.
What does CharityCAN run on? Web. It runs in the cloud.
What does CharityCAN integrate with? 2 integrations: Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT and Donor management systems.
Who is CharityCAN built for? Small businesses, mid-market companies and enterprises (our editorial estimate).
CharityCAN pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Combines prospect search, profiles, relationship paths, and foundation research
- Adds Canadian household, capacity, and affinity data to donor screening
- Offers team, donor-management, and API options for larger organizations
- Where it doesn't
- Single-user access costs $3,400 per user per year
- The trial lasts one day and there is no free plan
- API access is available only with organization-level subscriptions
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