December 2009 - Posts
Charleston, S.C. (Dec. 18, 2009) – This holiday season, as many people are digging deeper into their pockets for charitable contributions, Blackbaud remains committed to the nonprofit community. On top of its year-long focus on philanthropy, Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB), the leading global provider of software and services for nonprofits, recently gathered 6,300 donated toys from its employees worldwide in support of Toys for Tots.
In addition, on Christmas Eve, Blackbaud will announce its contribution to the Good Cheer Fund, the community outreach program created by The Post and Courier to help Charleston residents in need during the holidays. Over the past 17 years, Blackbaud’s donations have totaled more than $455,000, with the company matching each dollar donated by employees.
On Dec. 10, a check for $20,000 was presented to Crisis Ministries by Andrew Mosawi, Blackbaud’s vice president of international business development and a Crisis Ministries board member. Crisis Ministries is a homeless shelter and crisis service organization in Charleston, SC. For over 17 years, Blackbaud has made an annual holiday charitable gift in honor of all employees’ service to nonprofits—both professionally and personally.
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Charleston, S.C. (Dec. 9, 2009) – Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB), announced that its accounting and financial management solution, The Financial Edge™, has won its second consecutive Campbell Award for receiving top honors in a survey of 3,000 U.S. nonprofit professionals. The online nonprofit accounting survey conducted by Campbell Rinker in September, gathered information on user satisfaction, pricing preferences, purchasing habits, and organizational scope and size.
“It is an honor to be recognized again with a Campbell Award for The Financial Edge by the nonprofits we partner with every day,” said Lou Attanasi, Blackbaud’s senior vice president of products. “This award is a reflection of Blackbaud’s commitment to our customers, and our ongoing practice of incorporating their feedback into our software solutions. Our goal is to equip organizations of all types and sizes with exactly what they need to accomplish their financial management goals.”
The Financial Edge is a comprehensive fund accounting solution designed to transform traditional accounting data into decision making power. It is the only accounting solution that helps nonprofit professionals make strategic decisions, and achieve fiscal transparency and accountability.
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Charleston, S.C. (December 4, 2009) – Blackbaud, Inc., (Nasdaq: BLKB) the leading provider of software and services for nonprofit organizations, today announced that many national and international organizations have selected Blackbaud Enterprise CRM™ and several organizations, including Earthjustice, Heifer International, Jews for Jesus, and the University of Oxford have successfully implemented and are now live with the solution.
“In this competitive funding environment, nonprofit organizations need to build and preserve their brands while also building deeper and more personalized relationships with their constituents,” said Marc Chardon, Blackbaud’s chief executive officer. “With Blackbaud Enterprise CRM, organizations can achieve a 360-degree view of their constituents, providing unprecedented visibility so they can engage them through the right fundraising initiatives at the right times.”
Blackbaud Enterprise CRM is an organization-wide solution that helps large organizations efficiently manage traditional CRM responsibilities, as well as the unique needs of nonprofits. Since the best of Blackbaud’s online solutions have been built into Blackbaud Enterprise CRM, it is easy for nonprofits to see a constituent’s online and offline activity natively, without having to integrate disparate data sources.
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Charleston, S.C. (December 1, 2009) – Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB) is offering a free online event fundraising web seminar series from Dec. 14 to 18 to help nonprofits run successful online events.
“The ‘NetWits Know-How’ series on event fundraising was designed to help nonprofit professionals learn more about tools and techniques for running high-impact online events,” said Mark Davis, NetWits Know-How presenter and director of technical solutions at Blackbaud. “At the end of the series, participants will have virtual toolkit for planning, running, and analyzing online events.”
Topics will include: online event planning, converting offline support into online support, promoting events with email, using social media to broaden event reach, and analyzing event data, results, and impact.
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