The following is a partial list of features built into the new 1.0 version ODB. For a printable, extended version of this list, click this link.

List Management

• Record donations, event registrations, grants, etc.
• Generate merged thank-you letters to donors
• Track the success of appeals
• Prepare mailing labels, quick reports, and tax receipts
• One-click exporting of data for Word mail merges
• Easily mark contacts with returned/bad address mail
• Check validity of email addresses and easily mark expired emails

Organizing and Outreach

• Select lists of contacts and organizations based on issue, constituency, location, activities, etc.
• Easily generate lists of email addresses, with automatic duplicate removal, and in different formats
• Generate phone trees
• Organize and promote events
• Track volunteer interests and skills
• Manage committee members
• Rate the support level of voters, journalists, funders, etc.
• Find everyone on a tenant list that lives on the same street, or in the same housing development
• Track district, ward, precinct, voter registration status, party affiliation, etc.

Easy Customization

• Continually customize the tracking codes, categories, and events as your organization grows and changes
• Easily turn on or off features, depending on your needs (e.g. fax number, country field, title and suffix fields, etc.)
• Select templates with codes and features specific to organizations like yours (e.g. labor unions, peace groups, women's organizations)
• Share your template once you customize the database for your group, so that others with similar missions can benefit

Membership Management

• Keep track of members and dues
• Set default dues amount and length of membership cycle
• Easily customized donation and renewal slips with merged information
• Define none, some, or all donation categories as advancing member expiration date

Database Maintenance

• Automatic prompts to backup the database
• Easily upgrade to new versions
• Download sign-up information from the web
• Internet look-up for missing phone and address data
• Automatic entry of city and state, based on zip code
• Sort a bulk mailing list for the post office (with third party Postage Saver software)