Each setting, and every client, is unique. CPR recognizes that there are times when maintaining an in-house, full-time research component works best. CPR has worked in harmony with many full-time staff with oversight of the research function. When non-profits lose a full-time researcher, it can take as long as six months to fill the position.

Historically prospect researchers come from a reference librarian background, and/or may have advanced degrees like an MLS. And because the work of research with integrity has a strong technical background, finding senior full-time researchers represents "unique hires."

Since 1993, CPR managed research operations for ten major non-profits with annual budgets of $50 million or more during transitions that lasted from 2-6 months. CPR is ready to seamlessly manage your needs in the absence of a full-timer you plan to replace.

So for those non-profits not wishing to completely outsource, CPR also has cost effective models for outsourcing only part of a non-profit’s development research needs and maintaining an in-house component. We are facile at collaborating in a collegial fashion.

For its part, CPR understands that a good balance of full-time and contracted help tends to work best. Really, both are needed. Full-timers create consistency and fill data gaps day-to-day. But contracted help is dramatically more efficient, when executed well.