The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. Blackbaud updates these indices each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving reports that overall revenue increased by 2.2% MORE

Online Fundraising Blackbaud Fundraising Software and Services We are BlackbaudFor the past 30 years, we’ve been developing software and services for nonprofits. We are immensely proud of the work we do in helping over 27,000 nonprofit customers accomplish their missions. MORE

The latest figures from the Blackbaud Index for Canadian giving and U.S. Nonprofit Fundraising Blackbaud Index Blackbaud Index Canada Canadian Giving millennials Online Donation Pages Online Fundraising Tips online givingIf you’re like most nonprofits and charitable organizations you’re seeing growth in online giving. How fast is your online giving growing? Maybe 25% or more? MORE

This week, Blackbaud shared our product portfolio strategy for 2015 and beyond, including the highly-anticipated plan for the future of the Raiser’s Edge solution line. I’ve also been asked by customers what it means when Blackbaud says it is “investing” in innovation. MORE

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. Nonprofit Trends Blackbaud Index Fundraising Online Giving MORE

Whether or not you use Blackbaud’s software, one thing you’ve got to respect is their commitment to researching what online fundraising strategies work best for nonprofits. photo credit : Team Blackbaud by Geoff Livingston. This post originally appeared on JohnHaydon.com. MORE

… Online Fundraising 2011 online Blackbaud Social FundraisingIs your nonprofit raising money on it’s website? I’m guessing the answer is yes. MORE

Soon after, the audience was the first to hear the announcement of something truly momentous: the Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic Impact. When I asked Ashley how the Blackbaud Institute came about, she shared that Blackbaud leaders “realized we are at a unique moment as a company. MORE

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. MORE

This is a big week for Blackbaud. As I push this post live, I’m gathered in Austin, TX, for the 16th annual bbcon – Blackbaud’s conference for the philanthropic community. Check out this video to get a look at Camp Blackbaud in action. It’s Pro Bono Week! MORE

Here’s an interview that Frank Barry from Blackbaud conducted last year at 11NTC (r egister for 12NTC here ). Frank and I discuss effective Facebook strategies that nonprofits can use to acquire more fans and keep those fans interested. Facebook Branding facebook pages interview update MORE

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So as you've likely heard by now, Blackbaud has plans to aquire Convio. Who knows, Blackbaud might just be the better for it, and perhaps their customers will be too. As two of only a handful of big companies in the nonprofit technology space, this is big news. But what does it mean? There's been a lot of concern and speculation. MORE

The Blackbaud Index provideds the most up-to-date information on charitable giving today. The March 2013 update to The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is significant because it now covers more than $10 billion in overall charitable giving. MORE

Using data from The Blackbaud Index , we are able to provide the first insights into fundraising trends for the first six months of 2014 compared to 2013. For more than four years now, The Blackbaud Index has provided the most up-to-date information on charitable giving. MORE

As a technology company that powers the world of social good, Blackbaud’s solutions help nonprofit organizations, foundations, and corporate giving programs advance their missions and make a positive impact on the world each and every day. Camp Blackbaud. Why Camp Blackbaud? MORE

In our 2011 Online Giving Report we’ve combined findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multi-year giving data, which allows us to pull out a very rich set of insights. MORE

Online Fundraising 2011 Online Giving Report by Blackbaud BlackbaudDownload the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. MORE

Yesterday the news was that Blackbaud had laid off 50 employees it acquired when it bought Convio in May. Today the news is that Blackbaud is killing off Common Ground , one of the two donor management products (aka CRMs or Constituent Relationship Management systems) that they acquired from Convio. The Blackbaud/Convio staff I spoke with seemed taken aback by this decision. Blackbaud says it still gets support calls from GMP users. MORE

Good news or bad news for non-profits? The list of major nonprofit software vendors will grow smaller this year as the largest maker of fundraising software to non-profit organizations has agreed to buy Convio. Convio provides fundraising software and is … Continue reading → MORE

Blackbaud, NTEN and Common Knowledge just released the fourth annual 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. MORE

Today, we announced the newly minted Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic Impact. Enter the Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic Impact, an initiative that will drive groundbreaking research and insights to equip a thriving social good sector for impact. MORE

Lots of people have already weighed in on Blackbaud’s purchase of Convio (two of my favorites: [link] and [link] ). How) will this affect Blackbaud’s plans for, or ability to build, implement, and support Enterprise CRM? Will Blackbaud continue to develop on both the Salesforce and Infinity platforms? Idealware’s Consumer’s Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems reviewed 30 systems, the majority of which don’t come from Convio or Blackbaud. MORE

According to Blackbaud data, online giving on #GivingTuesday was up 20% on a year-over-year basis compared to 2015. Blackbaud processed more than $47.7 For a number of years, Blackbaud has also tracked the growth of mobile donations on #GivingTuesday. MORE

Nonprofit Fundraising 2010 State of the Not-for-Profit Industry Survey Analytics Blackbaud Blackbaud Index fundraising nonprofit online giving The 2014 Charitable Giving Report includes 24 months of overall giving data from 4,798 nonprofit organizations representing more than $16.2 MORE

The nonprofit community was stunned yesterday when Blackbaud purchased long time rival Convio. According to Blackbaud President Marc Chardon, “Combining Convio and Blackbaud is expected to help create one of the largest SaaS vendors with over $440 million in trailing twelve months pro forma revenue.” That said, I know Blackbaud has made efforts to engage its users and I hope that this kind of collaboration will only increase.” MORE

They recently won the Blackbaud Impact Award for their 2014 #SaveSummer campaign , which included a text message program to help connect families with free summer meals. The post No Kid Hungry’s #SaveSummer Campaign Wins a Blackbaud Impact Award appeared first on Mobile Commons. MORE

TechSoup donor partner Blackbaud recently released a report that digs deep into the #GivingTuesday results over three years to reveal the patterns that are emerging from this increasingly important national day of charitable giving. Key Findings of the Blackbaud Report. Blackbaud was a founding partner of #GivingTuesday and has tracked the online giving trends of U.S. Here are six key findings from Blackbaud's #GivingTuesday Trends Report. MORE

Blackbaud is offering a free web seminar series to help nonprofits build strategies for mobilizing, soliciting, and stewarding supporters during and after times of disaster. Blackbaud experts and partners developed the seminars based off of their work with nonprofit customers who responded to the Haiti earthquake. MORE

The Blackbaud Index provides the most up-to-date information on charitable giving today. Improvements to the Blackbaud Index. The Blackbaud Index has several new updates and improvements beginning this month. Research & Trends Blackbaud Index fundraising Online Fundraising MORE

This is how Blackbaud helps nonprofits make better decisions around supporter engagement. For example, Blackbaud has been using AI and machine learning to surface recommendations to fundraisers directly in their software applications. MORE

Raiser's Edge NXT is the new online fundraising and relationship management software for nonprofits by TechSoup donor partner Blackbaud. Blackbaud plans to release software upgrades every one to two months, and all RE NXT subscribers are automatically updated. Image by Blackbaud. MORE

If you had to guess how much charitable giving grew in 2012, what … Online Fundraising 2012 Charitable Giving Report by Blackbaud fundraising best practices fundraising ideas fundraising tips MORE

by Steve MacLaughlin , Director of Ideas Labs at Blackbaud. by Robyn Mendez , Solutions Architect at Blackbaud. by Dennis McCarthy , Integrated Marketing Expert and Director of Enterprise Sales at Blackbaud. by Frank Barry , Director of Digital Marketing at Blackbaud. MORE

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Blackbaud commends the recent announcement of Salesforce1 – salesforce.com’s new social, mobile and cloud customer platform. Well… all of the goodness that will come from the Salesforce1 platform investment carries directly over to Luminate CRM , Blackbaud’s, Salesforce-based CRM. MORE

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Disaster Giving and The Blackbaud Index Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 15th, 2011 The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving have been updated to show results for the 3 months ending January 2011 through the same period in 2010. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving reports that overall revenue increased by 4.7% MORE

According to the Blackbaud and the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council’s Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Consumer Survey, only 45% of fundraisers personalize their fundraising page. Turning your supporters into fundraising superstars isn’t easy. MORE

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Blackbaud Index for February 2011 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 15th, 2011 The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. MORE

Blackbaud @ SXSW 2011. There are a ton of great activities, networking opportunities and sessions focused on the non-profit space this year – one of which Blackbaud will be moderating. Moderator: Frank Barry – Blackbaud. Blackbaud #nptech Non-Profit sxsw MORE

You've probably heard by now that Blackbaud has announced it intends to acquire Convio in a roughly $240 million deal. Here are a few of the posts that have already made their way around the Interwebs: Blackbaud & Convio - a match made in heaven or hell? MORE

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Blackbaud Index for March 2011 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on May 18th, 2011 The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. MORE

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