Charleston, S.C. (September 9, 2025) — Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leader in AI for social impact, has been named #20 on Fast Company’s list of the 2025 Best Workplaces for Innovators. This honor underscores Blackbaud’s unique culture of experimentation, investment and bottom-up innovation that has allowed it to bring game-changing AI capabilities to the people and organizations who change the world.   

“At Blackbaud, we don’t just see AI as a tool to amplify impact—we see it as a new paradigm that we must help our social impact customers navigate so they can make their inspiring visions a reality,” said Mike Gianoni, president, CEO and vice chairman of the board of directors, Blackbaud. “This recognition from Fast Company is a testament to the creativity, passion and purpose that our employees bring to work every day to build the future of social impact as they equip our customers with leading technology that helps them get the job done and achieve more for their missions.”

“Our culture is built on empowering employees to think creatively and push the boundaries of what’s possible for the social impact community,” said Margaret “Maggie” Driscoll, chief people and culture officer, Blackbaud. “We’ve created an environment where bold ideas are encouraged, resources are accessible, and collaboration thrives—so employees feel inspired to experiment and bring forward solutions that truly make a difference.”

Employees Innovating for Social Impact
Blackbaud’s remote-flexible workforce strategy empowers employees to deliver for customers while staying connected to their communities. In 2024, 70% of employees volunteered—triple the national average—and one in seven served on a nonprofit board. This culture of engagement and connection to social impact not only strengthens communities, but also drives results for Blackbaud customers, including more consistent delivery of new capabilities and improved sales agent efficiency, which ultimately results in better products and higher customer satisfaction.

Innovation Mechanisms
Creating space and stimulus for employees to innovate is core to Blackbaud’s business strategy. In 2024 alone, Blackbaud invested $220 million in R&D to catalyze a new stage of innovation dedicated to social impact, fueling programs like:

• AI for Blackbaud: A cohort-based approach to bring employees and technology together to experiment, identify use cases, assess their value and look for patterns that can be replicated to deliver value.
• Tech Thursday: A day solely focused on professional development and experimentation for Blackbaud’s Product Technology Group, whether that’s working on a side project, experimenting with new AI capabilities or learning a new coding language.
• Off the Grid: An event that brings together innovators of all backgrounds from across the company to pitch and build ideas in a hackathon format, then vote on the most promising projects—one of which has now become Blackbaud AI – Chat, an assistant and coach that is turbocharging social impact functions. Organizations using Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge NXT® have seen a 44% average increase in total dollars raised, and with AI integration, they’re now able to do even more.
• Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program: A tech accelerator designed to support diverse, early-stage software companies whose innovative solutions are focused on solving the problems that matter to the social good community.

“I’m proud of the way Blackbaud employees live out our value of ‘Inspired to Innovate’ every day. They’re passionate about our customers, and you can see it in the way they are reimagining what’s possible through our solutions,” said Gianoni. “We’re not just building better products, we’re building a new foundation for AI-powered social impact.”

About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the leading software provider exclusively dedicated to powering social impact. Serving the nonprofit and education sectors, companies committed to social responsibility and individual change makers, Blackbaud’s essential software is built to accelerate impact in fundraising, nonprofit financial management, digital giving, grantmaking, corporate social responsibility and education management. With millions of users and over $100 billion raised, granted or managed through Blackbaud platforms every year, Blackbaud’s solutions are unleashing the potential of the people and organizations who change the world. Blackbaud has been named to Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies, Quartz’s list of Best Companies for Remote Workers, and Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers. A remote-first company, Blackbaud has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, India and the United Kingdom, supporting users in 100+ countries. Learn more at www.blackbaud.com or follow us on X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

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Charleston, S.C. (January 14, 2025) — Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of software for powering social impact, today announced the newest cohort of participants in its Social Good Startup Program. The program is a tech accelerator designed to support early-stage software companies focused on solving problems that matter to the social impact community.

With nine new participants, the program continues to support startups focused on developing solutions to maximize impact for nonprofits and companies focused on social responsibility, and supports founders from backgrounds typically underrepresented in the technology industry.

“Blackbaud’s Social Good Startup Program is a unique initiative that allows startups to showcase their innovative solutions while integrating with Blackbaud products, enhancing value for our customers,” said Jerry Needel, Chief of Product Innovation, Blackbaud. “Through this program, we’ve successfully launched several leading solutions and we’re excited to continue fueling social impact with these nine new participants.”

The startups in the January 2025 cohort include:

	Altruify, a comprehensive philanthropy management digital marketplace, where all types of philanthropic participants including charitable donors, volunteers, corporations, foundations, DAFs and nonprofits can come together to collaborate and conduct their altruistic activities. Altruify’s patented “Donate-Through-Data” technology allows charitable donors to monetize their interactions with potentially any digital device or app to make charitable donations and gain incentives such as donation matches and other rewards for their digital activities.
	Boost My School,a fundraising platform built specifically for K-12 schools. Founded in 2019, Boost My School now serves the unique needs of more than 150 advancement teams across the United States, helping schools transform their donor experience with engaging fundraising pages and modern payment options for giving, events, auctions and more.
	Collective, a mobile platform bridging the gap between mission-driven organizations and their neighbors. The platform helps people discover and connect with local causes making an impact in their community. Organizations share their stories, build lasting relationships, and grow through membership programs that turn supporters into sustained partners.
	Connect To Give’s comprehensive suite of solutions is designed to secure transformational multi-year contributions from high-yield giving circles to sustain educational institutions. With an unparalleled integration of data-driven intelligence and community creation, Connect to Give precisely identifies qualified leads, uncovers relational affinity, and accelerates trusted peer-to-peer solicitations while helping institutional advancement professionals reduce tasks and save money.
	Daffodil, whose network unlocks donor-advised funds by matchmaking donors with great nonprofits. Daffodil aims to transform charitable giving by making it more accountable and rewarding. By combining technology and philanthropic expertise, they create incentives that recognize and amplify meaningful change.
	KarmaSuite, which helps nonprofit finance teams manage complexity that comes with restricted grants. Esoteric grant agreements, complex restrictions, manual allocations, and custom reporting requirements among others result in endless spreadsheets and manual work. With KarmaSuite, nonprofits can confidently shift their attention to their core mission, assured that their financial foundation is robust and perfectly aligned for their impact journey.
	Mentor Spaces, a software platform that helps corporate, university and nonprofit impact leaders launch or scale career mentorship programs that help underserved learners discover in-demand career pathways. By integrating with corporate volunteer programs, employees develop as leaders while supporting emerging professionals. Nonprofits and universities have the opportunity to unlock more than $1B in corporate volunteer grants to ensure programmatic sustainability.
	Pledge democratizes charitable giving through AI-powered products, free fundraising pages, and features like text-to-donate and cryptocurrency support. Named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, Pledge has facilitated over $150,000,000 in donations for more than 50,000 charities in 100+ countries and empowers nonprofits, businesses and individuals to amplify social impact and drive meaningful change globally.
	Revere Software is a leading Software as a Service (SaaS) platform for private-labeled corporate employee skills-based volunteering programs. It empowers nonprofit organizations, university students, and purpose-driven startups worldwide to engage with employee subject-matter experts for impactful pro bono mentoring and collaborative team projects.

“Through Blackbaud’s Social Good Startup Program, we’re able to offer our customers an opportunity to experiment with the newest products and solutions available, giving them even more ways to fuel their impact and achieve their goals,” said Lizzie Schaffer, general manager, Social Good Startup Program, Blackbaud. “We are so excited to welcome these nine innovative startups in the social impact technology into the January 2025 cohort.”

About the Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program
Blackbaud recently celebrated five years of the Social Good Startup Program. Since the launch of the first cohort in January 2020, Blackbaud has supported a total of 77 startups through ten cohorts, with these organizations collectively raising upwards of $220 million in funding and contributing 30+ new solutions to the Blackbaud Marketplace. While the average success rate for tech startups is less than 50%, and most startups face a 65% failure rate within 10 years, the Blackbaud Social Good Startup program has seen an impressive 92% success rate, with 71 of the 77 startups still operating today.

Program participants receive curated access to Blackbaud resources, marketing opportunities and nondilutive grant funding, and Blackbaud works with startup founders to design a unique plan for each company that addresses their goals for growth. Participants have published multiple Blackbaud product integrations, collaborated with other Blackbaud ISV partners, participated in Blackbaud events and engaged in targeted discovery with Blackbaud customers to get product feedback and implement changes to best suit customer needs.

Founders will be invited to participate in the annual Blackbaud Social Good Startup Showcase later this year, where they can pitch their ideas to Blackbaud leaders for a chance to create networking opportunities and win prizes. Startups in this year’s cohorts will also be invited to Blackbaud’s annual tech conference happening in Philadelphia, October 6-8, and the winners of the 2025 showcase will be in attendance as well.

Blackbaud accepts applications for the Social Good Startup Program on a rolling basis. For consideration in the July 2025 or other future cohorts, learn more and apply here.

About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the leading software provider exclusively dedicated to powering social impact. Serving the nonprofit and education sectors, companies committed to social responsibility and individual change makers, Blackbaud’s essential software is built to accelerate impact in fundraising, nonprofit financial management, digital giving, grantmaking, corporate social responsibility and education management. With millions of users and over $100 billion raised, granted or managed through Blackbaud platforms every year, Blackbaud’s solutions are unleashing the potential of the people and organizations who change the world. Blackbaud has been named to Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies, Quartz’s list of Best Companies for Remote Workers, and Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers. A remote-first company, Blackbaud has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, India and the United Kingdom, supporting users in 100+ countries. Learn more at www.blackbaud.com or follow us on X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

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For the last five years, Blackbaud’s Social Good Startup Program has been a catalyst for innovation, bringing together mission-driven startups to revolutionize the social impact space. As we prepare to welcome our 10th cohort in January 2025, we’re reflecting on the incredible journey of this program, the outstanding achievements of its participants, and the transformative solutions they’ve delivered.

Since its inception, the Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program has supported 68 startups across 9 cohorts, providing them with mentorship, resources, and the tools to thrive in the social good ecosystem. These companies have gone on to raise more than $205 million in funding – a number that speaks to the program’s commitment to fostering scalable solutions built specifically for social impact organizations.

While the average success rate for tech startups is less than 50%, and most startups face a 65% failure rate within 10 years, the Blackbaud Social Good Startup program has seen an impressive 90% success rate, with 62 of the 68 startups still operating today. This remarkable achievement highlights the program’s ability to identify and nurture the brightest innovators in the sector.

“As we celebrate this five-year milestone, we’re reflecting on the success of this program thus far, and our continued commitment to investing in the future of social impact innovation,” said Jerry Needel, vice president of innovation and incubation, Blackbaud. “We’re proud to help these highly innovative companies grow faster, ultimately helping our social impact customers reach their missions. Working with these passionate, mission-driven entrepreneurs over the last five years has been incredibly inspiring to our team, and we’re thrilled to kick off our next cohort in January 2025.”

Social Good Startup Program Highlights
The top three Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program alumni by funding raised are:

• FreeWill (January 2020 Cohort), $30M raised: FreeWill is a social good enterprise offering online tools that empower Americans to address commonly faced estate planning needs and make charitable donations in tax-advantaged ways, all for free.
• Chariot, (January 2024 Cohort) $15M raised: Chariot is a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) fundraising solution designed for nonprofits and enables real-time data capture to thank DAF donors immediately.
• Civic Eagle (rebranded to Plural; January 2021 cohort), $12.5M raised:  Plural is an intuitive AI-powered legislative data tracking tool that helps users interpret and collaborate on public policy change

The Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program has also played a role in creating startups that attract significant acquisition or merger interest. Notable examples include:

• NonprofitOS (July 2023 cohort) was acquired by IWave in October 2023
• Give inKind (July 2021 cohort) was acquired by Wolfe in December 2022
• Hopeful (January 2021 cohort), was acquired by Wisely (January 2020 cohort) in October 2021
• PeerPal (January 2020 cohort) was acquired by Graduway in August 2021
• Team by Tuesday Company (January 2020 cohort) was acquired by Helm in May 2021
• OutreachCircle (January 2020 cohort) was acquired by PDI in January 2021
• Mobilize (January 2020 cohort) was acquired by EveryAction in November 2020

Additionally, Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program alumni are shaping the industry through their own acquisitions, such as:

• FreeWill’s acquisition of Grant Assistant and their acquisition of CoCatalyst
• Giving Compass’s acquisition of X4Impact
• Wisely’s acquisition of Hopeful (as mentioned above because both companies are Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program alumni!)

At bbcon 2024, Blackbaud hosted a Social Good Startup Program showcase, introducing startups to Blackbaud’s community of customers and partners. Highlights included:

• 22 startups represented by 48 team members
• 19 SGSP alumni speakers
• 6 alumni startups participating as conference sponsors
• 4 conference sessions presented by startup participants

The Blackbaud Partner Summit was particularly special this year, as FundMiner and Simpliphi – both Social Good Startup Program alumni companies – were honored as Blackbaud Partners of the Year.

Blackbaud accepts applications for the Social Good Startup Program on a rolling basis. To learn more and apply for the upcoming January 2025 or other future cohorts, click here.

Questions? Reach out to sgsp@blackbaud.com.

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Charleston, S.C. (July 23, 2024) — Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of software for powering social impact, today announced the newest cohort of participants in its Social Good Startup Program. The program is a tech accelerator designed to support early-stage software companies focused on solving problems that matter to the social impact community.

The July 2024 cohort will support startups focused on developing solutions that extend or complement Blackbaud’s solutions in order to maximize impact for nonprofits, schools, and companies focused on social responsibility.

“The Social Good Startup Program allows us to work with cutting edge startups in the social impact space to accelerate the speed and variety of innovation that our customers receive, on top of delivering the essential software and capabilities that Blackbaud is known for,” said Jerry Needel, vice president and chief of innovation, Blackbaud. “We’re excited to see what the companies in this cohort can bring to the table to benefit Blackbaud customers who are out there making a difference in the world every day.”

The startups in the July 2024 cohort include:

	Arbor is an AI-powered storytelling platform that partners with nonprofits to create and share their impact stories on video and beyond. Arbor pairs human interviewers with a proprietary production platform to enable authentic storytelling at scale. Arbor AI generates social clips, newsletters, email campaigns, talking points, and more, enabling content distribution directly from the platform.
	Chat2Impact is a digital assistant that enables charities to benefit from chatbot technology quickly and cost effectively. It is full of useful functionality including donations, event and volunteering registrations, and answering FAQs. Chat2Impact directly integrates into Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® so that new or existing constituent data passes straight from the chatbot into the organization’s CRM, unlocking more insights and driving efficiencies.
	Giving Compass helps impact-driven donors transform their generosity into meaningful change for communities and society. As a premier donor education platform, Giving Compass supports individuals and businesses in every stage of the generosity journey. With AI-powered tools, it connects users to overperforming, underfunded nonprofits and delivers strategic insights from trusted giving experts, maximizing the impact of every gift.
	LifeWeb 360 is a digital space for collecting and sharing memories of a loved one, including stories, photos, and video links. Schools and associations can create branded sites with tribute pages for each deceased member so everyone can share memories and photos celebrating their life. The platform allows users to connect with potential donors, spotlight legacy society members, and re-engage their community when it matters most.
	Ribon helps companies turn their corporate donations into an employee engagement machine. Awarded by the Gates Foundation as one of the world’s greatest innovations, Ribon transforms any company’s donation into donation tickets for their employees, allowing them to give to company-supported causes as often as weekly. They can also add more funds and invite family and friends.
	Your Mission Possible is a consulting firm that brings technology to the nonprofit fundraising sector and empowers staff to spend more time in the community and less time behind the computer screen. Through their new product, Blueprint, they provide nonprofits with a project management tool that gives fundraisers templates for every fundraising activity and helps complete 95% of the administrative work needed to be successful.

“We’re thrilled to welcome these six exciting companies into the July 2024 cohort,” said Lizzie Schaffer, general manager, Social Good Startup Program, Blackbaud. “Partnering with the industry’s top innovators in social impact technology through our Social Good Startup Program allows Blackbaud to continue providing purpose-driven organizations with increased opportunities to utilize cutting edge products and solutions, ultimately giving our customers even more ways to enhance their impact and achieve their goals.”

About the Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program
Since the launch of the first cohort of the Social Good Startup Program in January 2020, Blackbaud has supported a total of 60 startups through eight prior cohorts, with these organizations collectively raising upwards of $185 million in funding. Participating startups have contributed more than 30 new solutions to the Blackbaud Marketplace, where customers can easily search for and deploy them. In addition, more than 60% of the startup founders who have participated in the program are from backgrounds typically underrepresented in tech.

At bbcon, Blackbaud’s annual tech conference, happening in Seattle, September 24-26, founders from this year’s cohorts will have the opportunity to pitch their solutions to Blackbaud leaders and customers at the 2024 Startup Showcase. bbcon attendees will be able to meet with founders to hear more and vote on their favorite solutions. Winners of the 2023 showcase will also be in attendance.

Blackbaud accepts applications for the Social Good Startup Program on a rolling basis. For consideration in the January 2025 or other future cohorts, learn more and apply here. Program participants receive curated access to Blackbaud resources, marketing opportunities and nondilutive grant funding, and Blackbaud works with startup teams to design a unique plan for each company that addresses their goals for growth.

About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the leading software provider exclusively dedicated to powering social impact. Serving the nonprofit and education sectors, companies committed to social responsibility and individual change makers, Blackbaud’s essential software is built to accelerate impact in fundraising, nonprofit financial management, digital giving, grantmaking, corporate social responsibility and education management. With millions of users and over $100 billion raised, granted or managed through Blackbaud platforms every year, Blackbaud’s solutions are unleashing the potential of the people and organizations who change the world. Blackbaud has been named to Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies, Quartz’s list of Best Companies for Remote Workers, and Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers. A remote-first company, Blackbaud has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the United Kingdom, supporting users in 100+ countries. Learn more at www.blackbaud.com or follow us on X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

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Charleston, S.C. (January 16, 2024) — Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of software for powering social impact, today announced the newest cohort of participants in its Social Good Startup Program. The program is a tech accelerator designed to support early-stage software companies focused on solving problems that matter to the social impact community. 

With eight new participants, the January cohort continues to support startups focused on developing AI solutions to maximize impact for nonprofits and companies focused on social responsibility, as well as those with founders from backgrounds typically underrepresented in the technology industry. 

“Our Social Good Startup Program is a one-of-a-kind initiative that lets startups demonstrate their innovation as they integrate with Blackbaud products, thereby creating additional value for our customers,” said Sudip Datta, chief product officer, Blackbaud. “Over the past few years, we have been able to deploy several market-leading solutions from this program, and we’re thrilled to continue exploring the application of artificial intelligence in social impact with these eight new participants.” 

The startups in the January 2024 cohort include: 

	Nonprofit Sector Strategies is a public benefit corporation dedicated to helping nonprofits maximize mission impact through strategic planning and board management services. BellesBoard, its signature product created in 2018, is a board management software solution and mobile app that grows nonprofit boards’ efficiency, engagement and fundraising.
	Chariot is a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) fundraising solution designed for nonprofits. Its three-click DAF payment option integrates with donation forms to unlock more of the $229 billion sitting in 3 million donors’ DAF accounts. Chariot enables real-time data capture to thank DAF donors immediately and digital processing to deliver DAF gifts directly to nonprofit bank accounts instead of sending checks in the mail.
	Charterboards enables school leaders to spend less time on administration and more time on academic achievement. Leaders can quickly prepare and manage meeting agendas, board packets and minutes from a single app—then publish to their public-school board site with one click. No more juggling documents, PDFs and a CMS just to keep basic board documents up to date online. No more worries about staying in FOIA compliance. Charterboards handles repetitive tasks, like approving minutes, taking attendance, and passing motions, so school leaders can spend more time participating in discussion about school matters.
	Grapevine is the only platform dedicated to Giving Circles – where people connect to grow the greater good. The platform helps people to connect with other like-minded people, pool their donations, discover nonprofits, and decide together where to give. With tools to keep members connected, collect donations, discover nonprofits, share updates, host voting, report transparently and more, Grapevine makes it simple for groups to launch, grow and succeed. Grapevine has helped direct over $30M to more than 4,000 small, local nonprofits across the country from 60,000 members and more than 1,000 Giving Circles.
	OpenGrants allows grant seekers to be instantly matched to grants for their startup, small business, nonprofit or government. It uncovers thousands of grants from federal, state, local and private sources across the U.S., then use AI to recommend them. The platform includes an embedded marketplace of independent experts to support grant seekers and lets users hire the help they need when they need it.
	School Journey is a mobile app conceptualized and specifically built to extend Blackbaud’s education management solutions. The app gives Blackbaud-powered K-12 schools an intuitive mobile experience for existing platform data. It also connects students, teachers, and parents with a unique community engagement layer that streamlines school communication. The app leverages AI tools integrated into the platform to elevate and empower a student’s learning process and well-being.
	Storyraise is a platform for nonprofit marketing and fundraising leaders to create digital reports and campaigns. Organizations save time by developing their own stunning annual, impact and donor reports. Storyraise also offers a tool for nonprofits to create fully–baked social media and email campaigns with the help of AI. Nonprofits can also take advantage of full–service creative services.
	SureImpact is an impact management solution specifically designed for all members of the social good sector. SureImpact’s proven collaborative infrastructure combines case management, impact measurement, and reporting. As a result, foundations, government and nonprofits have the insights needed to enhance delivery of mission-critical services. By demonstrating the degree to which social good initiatives are changing the world, funders and other stakeholders will become more invested in causes than ever before.

“We’re thrilled to welcome these eight outstanding companies into the January 2024 cohort,” said Lizzie Schaffer, general manager, Social Good Startup Program, Blackbaud. “By continuing to partner with the best and the brightest in social impact technology through the Social Good Startup Program, Blackbaud continues to offer purpose-led organizations even more opportunities to experiment with some of the newest products and solutions available today, ultimately giving our customers even more ways to fuel their impact and achieve their goals.” 

About the Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program
Since the launch of the first cohort of the Social Good Startup Program in January 2020, Blackbaud has supported a total of 55 startups through seven prior cohorts, with these organizations collectively raising upwards of $175 million in funding and contributing 25 new solutions to the Blackbaud Marketplace. In addition, more than 55% of the startup founders who have participated in the program are from backgrounds typically underrepresented in tech.  

Program participants receive curated access to Blackbaud resources, marketing opportunities and nondilutive grant funding, and Blackbaud works with startup founders to design a unique plan for each company that addresses their goals for growth. Participants have published multiple Blackbaud product integrations, collaborated with other Blackbaud ISV partners, participated in Blackbaud events and engaged in targeted discovery with Blackbaud customers to get product feedback and implement changes to best suit customer needs. 

Founders are invited to participate in the annual Blackbaud Social Good Startup Showcase, where they can pitch their ideas to Blackbaud leaders for a chance to create networking opportunities and win prizes. This year’s showcase will take place at bbcon, Blackbaud’s annual tech conference happening in Seattle, September 24-26, and the winners of the 2023 showcase will be in attendance. 

Blackbaud accepts applications for the Social Good Startup Program on a rolling basis. For consideration in the July 2024 or other future cohorts, learn more and apply here. 

About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the leading software provider exclusively dedicated to powering social impact. Serving the nonprofit and education sectors, companies committed to social responsibility and individual change makers, Blackbaud’s essential software is built to accelerate impact in fundraising, nonprofit financial management, digital giving, grantmaking, corporate social responsibility and education management. With millions of users and over $100 billion raised, granted or managed through Blackbaud platforms every year, Blackbaud’s solutions are unleashing the potential of the people and organizations who change the world. Blackbaud has been named to Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies, Quartz’s list of Best Companies for Remote Workers, and Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers. A remote-first company, Blackbaud has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the United Kingdom, supporting users in 100+ countries. Learn more at www.blackbaud.com or follow us on X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook. 

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Except for historical information, all of the statements, expectations, and assumptions contained in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding expected benefits of products and product features. Although Blackbaud attempts to be accurate in making these forward-looking statements, it is possible that future circumstances might differ from the assumptions on which such statements are based. In addition, other important factors that could cause results to differ materially include the following: general economic risks; uncertainty regarding increased business and renewals from existing customers; continued success in sales growth; management of integration of acquired companies and other risks associated with acquisitions; risks associated with successful implementation of multiple integrated software products; the ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks associated with management of growth; lengthy sales and implementation cycles, particularly in larger organization; technological changes that make our products and services less competitive; and the other risk factors set forth from time to time in the SEC filings for Blackbaud, copies of which are available free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or upon request from Blackbaud’s investor relations department. All Blackbaud product names appearing herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blackbaud, Inc. 

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