Blackbaud Acquires NOZA, World’s Largest Searchable Database of Charitable Donations
Charleston, S.C. (October 4, 2010) – Blackbaud, Inc., (Nasdaq: BLKB), the leading global provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, announced today that it has acquired California-based NOZA, Inc.™, an innovator in the emerging semantic search industry and creator of the world’s largest searchable database of philanthropic data.
A long-time partner of Blackbaud’s, NOZA provides philanthropy data that is used by nonprofits to identify prospects for charitable giving. NOZA’s database is comprised of detailed charitable donation information that has been collected from publicly-available Internet locations. It contains nearly 50 million donation records to U.S. nonprofits as well as more than 2 million Canadian giving records. Products offered by NOZA include constituent screenings, high-dollar donor mailing lists, foundation 990-PF searchable grants database, and NOZAsearch.com, the award-winning annual subscription web service for nonprofits.
“Blackbaud’s acquisition of NOZA will enable us to provide enhanced data to nonprofits through our existing best-of-breed prospect research solutions, helping them best target prospective donors while increasing fundraising efficiency,” said Chris South, vice president of Blackbaud’s Target Analytics. “We know that past giving is one of the most significant predictors of future giving, and NOZA provides the most comprehensive data available. The NOZA database and search technology will augment Target Analytics’ ability to provide accurate and actionable data to nonprofits.
“We share similar goals with NOZA in regard to our core mission, fundraising research philosophy, customer dedication, and focus on continuous enhancement of our offerings. We look forward to providing NOZA’s existing customers with access to an expanded portfolio of prospect research solutions and providing Blackbaud customers enhanced access to NOZA data services. We will continue production, research and development to expand the breadth of NOZA coverage of philanthropic activity, as well as explore synergies with the existing broad set of Target Analytics’ offerings.”
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