AFP Blog

JANUARY 17, 2012

Blackbaud Agrees To Buy Convio For $275 Million - Forbes : There are profits to be made in non-profits. Blackbaud, a provider of cloud-based software for non-profits, this morning said it has agreed to buy Convio, which provides fund-raising software for the non-profit sector, for $16 a share, or about $275 million.

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APRIL 19, 2012

Blackbaud Extends Offer to Acquire Convio - MarketWatch : CHARLESTON, S.C., Apr 18, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Blackbaud, Inc. BLKB 0.86% today announced the extension of the expiration of its cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Convio, Inc.

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APRIL 22, 2014

95% of donors cover charities'' transaction costs on Blackbaud Heroix | UK Fundraising : Blackbaud’s Heroix online giving platform has started inviting donors to increase their donation to cover the transaction and card fees, ensuring that charities receive 100% of each donation.

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MAY 7, 2012

Blackbaud Completes Acquisition of Convio : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success : harleston, S.C. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Blackbaud paid an aggregate purchase price of approximately $325 million. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Blackbaud paid an aggregate purchase price of approximately $325 million.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Get Engaged at npEngage | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog : Change is the one constant and this blog is no exception. Today, Blackbaud launches an excited new site called npENGAGE that will take things to a whole new level.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

2010 Online Giving Trends | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog: "Blackbaud released its 2010 Online Giving Report today.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 20, 2012

Blackbaud Take Over of Convio - Little Impact on Australian NFPs | Pro Bono Australia : While the US and UK are abuzz with news that the international software provider to Not for Profits, Blackbaud, has announced a $275 million acquisition of rival company Convio, there’s likely to be little immediate impact in the Australian market.

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AFP Blog

MAY 10, 2012

What will the Blackbaud-Convio Merger Mean? - This week, Blackbaud and Convio began operating as one entity in the wake of a merger in which the former acquired the latter for $325 million. This week, Blackbaud and Convio began operating as one entity in the wake of a merger in which the former acquired the latter for $325 million.

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MAY 14, 2012

Effective Internet Searching | BLACKBAUD'S Prospect Research Blog for Non-Profit Fund Raising : Late last year, I presented a session for my local AFP chapter entitled Prospect Research for the Non-Researcher. My intent was to focus on the basics: What is Prospect Research?

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Blackbaud Pruning & Improving Its Orchard | The Agitator - Fundraising, Direct Marketing and Advocacy Strategies for Nonprofits

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog : One of the most common questions that I get is how much money is raised through online giving. How Much Money is Raised through Online Giving? The answer leads into plenty more questions about who, what, when, when, and why online fundraising continues to grow.

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MAY 12, 2011

25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog : "Recently The Chronicle published data about online giving for 2010. The chart below represents the 25 largest online fundraising nonprofit organizations for 2010:".

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JANUARY 4, 2012

80 Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog : Back in 2010, I wrote about all the direct mail pieces that I had collected over a year. This time I collected all of the nonprofit emails that I was sent between December 15, 2011 and January 1, 2012.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

PRESS RELEASEBlackbaud Social Launches to Help Nonprofits Increase Constituent Engagement through Social Media - MarketWatch: "In partnership with ThePort Network, the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) will use Blackbaud Social to provide a private online community for its members.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog. What is Jumo?

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MAY 30, 2008

PRESS RELEASEPress Releases: "Blackbaud, Inc. May 29, 2008 – Blackbaud, Inc. Announces Acquisition of KinteraCharleston, S.C. – NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, announced today that it is acquiring Kintera, Inc.

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JULY 10, 2008

Blackbaud Completes Acquisition of Kintera - FOXBusiness.com: "CHARLESTON, S.C., Jul 09, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -Blackbaud(R: 68.99, +1.48, +2.19%), Inc.

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JANUARY 30, 2012

Blackbaud, small firms attract local tech talent, even from each other | The Post and Courier - Charleston, South Carolina

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JUNE 3, 2008

WebCPA - Blackbaud to Acquire Kintera for $46 Million: "Blackbaud to Acquire Kintera for $46 MillionSan Diego (June 2, 2008)By WebCPA staff|Nonprofit accounting software vendor Blackbaud has struck a deal to acquire rival Kintera for $1.12

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MAY 30, 2008

Blackbaud Software Company Buys a Struggling Competitor - Philanthropy.com: "Blackbaud Software Company Buys a Struggling CompetitorBy Holly HallBlackbaud, the nation’s largest provider of fund-raising software to charities, today announced that it will acquire Kintera, a San Diego software company makes similar software.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 6, 2007

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Blackbaud Buys eTapestryAcquisition adds on-demand database accessBy Paul CloleryNonprofit software provider Blackbaud has made its second major acquisition this year, buying online donor management and advocacy tool eTapestry.

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MAY 4, 2007

Blackbaud Announces CRM Tech Platform for Nonprofits: "Blackbaud, Inc.'s s CEO Marc Chardon has announced that the company has released its technology platform, code-named Infinity, along with two new products for nonprofits' information management."

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Blackbaud's Acquisition Of eTapestry Questions are being asked by users and tech community By Paul Clolery When a company spends $90 million in two years, it tends to get tongues wagging. million.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2007

BlogBaud.com - A Nonprofit Blog Powered by Blackbaud Employees: "t’s February 1st - have you updated your Web site’s copyright date yet?If If you haven’t, you’re not alone. Forgetting to update is commonplace, and I see it all the time. Data was needed, so yesterday I checked out the top 100 nonprofits. What I found was shocking.I

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Charities are ''drowning in fundraising data and failing to realise its potential'' | Third Sector :Survey by the software firm Blackbaud and the consultancy nfpSynergy finds only 30 per cent of respondents feel they are doing a good job in utilising their data Charities are "drowning in data" and struggling to realise the fundraising potential of (..)

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JULY 23, 2014

Only 2 percent of nonprofits in the United States raised $10,000 to $25,000 through Facebook in a 12-month period, and 1 percent raised $25,000 to $100,000, according to a report released last year by Blackbaud, a fundraising-software company.'

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

A report, Time for UK Fundraising to Look Up, published today by the agencies Xtraordinary Fundraising and Forster Communication and fundraising software company Blackbaud, looks at the giving habits of ‘baby boomers’, those born between 1946 and 1964, and ‘civics’, born before 1945.'

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2014

What we do know is how much was given online that day, processed by Blackbaud, as a proxy for how much giving has increased year over year. " ''via Blog this''. How much good was done? We’ll actually never know because there’s simply no way to quantify all the good. NPGivingTuesday'

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AUGUST 27, 2012

Sponsored by the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), Common Knowledge and Blackbaud, the “2012 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report” has been released. Report Explores Nonprofit Social Media Trends - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active and engaged democracy.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 14, 2014

tech firm Blackbaud.' One-quarter has a documented content strategy. Those are some of the results of a survey released by the Content Marketing Institute of Cleveland, Ohio, and Charleston, S.C.

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AFP Blog

APRIL 13, 2015

The Engagement Is Off : "According to a study by the software firm Blackbaud, millennials, born between 1981 and 1997, represent roughly 11 percent of donors in the United States. Seventy-five percent of young people donate (or are open to donating), according to a 2012 study by the Millennial Impact Project.

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APRIL 26, 2013

Online Fundraising Shows Strong Gains - Online Fundraising - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : Explore Online Fundraising Results, by Quarter The Chronicle uses online fundraising data provided quarterly by Blackbaud, Network for Good, and PayPal to analyze online giving.

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AFP Blog

JULY 11, 2012

Frank Barry, Internet strategy manager for Blackbaud in Charleston, S.C., While it does not yet amount to even close to the majority of fundraising for most nonprofits, online giving grew by 13 percent from 2010 to 2011. has seven tips that will help your organization improve online fundraising efforts.

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APRIL 16, 2012

Six Nonprofit Technology Takeaways from #12NTC | eJewish Philanthropy: Your Jewish Philanthropy Resource : From Blackbaud, six takeaways from the recent Nonprofit Technology Conference: Email is Hot Email should be a critical part of every nonprofits communication strategy.

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JULY 21, 2010

300 billion was raised in 2008 (Giving USA);* $15 billion was raised online in 2008 – a 44% increase over 2007) (Blackbaud);* $21 million has been raised by Causes since its launch three years ago;* 30% of online giving happens in December. 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving.

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AFP Blog

MAY 12, 2011

The Aunt Mabel Effect (a lesson from Digital Leap) | NetWitsThinkTank.com : "I just returned from Toronto, where Blackbaud sponsored the Digital Leap conference for the second year in a row.

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MAY 22, 2012

Marc Chardon and Hal Williams kick off Huffington Post guest blog series | BlackbaudCurrent.com : That’s what happened when Marc Chardon, CEO of Blackbaud, Inc., and Hal Williams, an internationally respected outcome guide, met.

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