Mission Research, developer of GiftWorks, the fastest growing fundraising software for nonprofits, announces the release of its latest technology to support fundraising throughout North America.

GiftWorks(R) 2008 Standard enters the market as the next generation of powerful and affordable fundraising software. The GiftWorks 2008 version includes all the original capabilities of the 2006 version with updated features. Early users describe the software as easy-to-use, easy-to-learn, comprehensive and affordable.

Building on the success of the original GiftWorks, combined with continual research and advice from more than 6,000 customers, nearly 500 consultant partners and many nonprofit experts, the GiftWorks 2008 version is ideally suited to meet the increasing demands nonprofit organizations face in their fundraising efforts.

"In addition to working with feedback provided by a strong and active nonprofit consultant partner network, Mission Research categorizes, analyzes and prioritizes every single suggestion we receive from our thousands of customers," stated Mary Pat Donnellon, Executive Vice President of Mission Research. "This information plays a crucial role in helping us understand the needs of nonprofits and in our development of our newest release of intuitive and powerful software to help them be successful."

GiftWorks(R) 2008 Standard retails for $399 per license, considerably more affordable than other fundraising software programs currently available to nonprofit organizations. Traditionally, software has been prohibitively expensive and out of reach for most nonprofits, such as Blackbaud(R) and Kintera(R) solutions that target large enterprises for thousands of dollars.