Deceased Finder

Tip: Don't see Deceased Finder? No need to worry. If all goes well based on feedback and usage, expect its wider release in a future update.

To help improve your Deceased health score, under Deceased Finder, you can enable Deceased Finder to continually compare your database against its sources to identify individuals who may have passed away based on your constituents' names and primary addresses.

  • Names

  • Primary addresses

  • Birth dates

Tip: To enable Deceased Finder to run, first acknowledge Blackbaud can submit your constituent data for review.

When you enable Deceased Finder, you can view the records it identifies, including how many are new that month or week and were since marked as Deceased.

When Deceased Finder runs, it returns a list of constituent records that may need to be marked as Deceased. Under Deceased Finder, you can view how many constituents Deceased Finder found possible matches for, overall and during the current month and week. To verify whether these matches are constituents to mark as Deceased, select the total records total. For more information, see Deceased Finder Results.

Under Deceased Finder, you can view how many constituents Deceased Finder found possible matches for, overall and during the current month and week. To verify whether these matches are constituents to mark as Deceased, select the Total records total. For more information, see Deceased Finder Results.

To enable Deceased Finder to run, your organization must acknowledge Blackbaud can scan your data to identify possibly deceased individuals.

Note: If your organization hasn't yet saved its acknowledgement, or if the acknowledgement is due for annual renewal, "Acknowledgement required" appears under Deceased Finder.

  1. In Tools, Data health, under Deceased Finder, select Get started.

  2. Under Welcome, review what Deceased Finder does, and select Next.

  3. Under What to expect, review how Deceased Finder identifies potentially deceased constituents and handles them when you verify their passing, and select Next.

  4. Under Complete setup, review and acknowledge the Deceased Finder service teams and conditions, and select Finish.

    Tip: When you finish the setup, Deceased Finder run automatically. After up to 15 minutes, you can view its results under Deceased Finder.