CPE Credits

Earn CPE Credits for Accounting Classes

What is a Registry Sponsor?
As part of our continuing commitment to providing high-quality continuing professional education, Blackbaud University has been approved as a registered sponsor of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, a program offered by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA). This registry recognizes providers of continuing professional education for accountants that meet nationally recognized standards.

Accountants are required by state governing boards to earn CPE credits to maintain and enhance their professional competence. As a registered sponsor, Blackbaud's name and address is printed on a registry that is distributed to state boards of accountancy and made available to licensed accountants across the country. A link to Blackbaud's Web site appears with our listing on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors on NASBA's Web site, www.nasba.org.

As a result, you may be eligible to receive CPE credits for successfully completing our classes for Accounting for Nonprofits and The Financial Edge. For more information, please read the NASBA FAQS. The following Financial Edge classes are eligible for CPE credits:

Note: Our Financial Management conference sessions also qualify for CPE credits (1 credit for each one-hour session).

NASBA FAQS

Which training options are eligible for CPE?
All of our accounting-related group-live and group-Internet based training courses are eligible for CPE credit. This includes training conducted at our corporate headquarters in Charleston and our regional training facilities, and instructor-led training over the Internet. On-site training or training presented by our business partners is excluded.

How are the number CPE credits determined?
CPE credits have been granted based on a 50-minute hour. Participants are eligible for one CPE credit for every 50 minutes of instruction attended. Each day of class is approximately eight hours — less an hour for lunch and breaks — which leaves seven 50-minute hours of actual instruction per day of class.

Is CPE credit automatically awarded?
No. CPE credit is not automatically awarded. Upon successfully completing a class, you will receive a memo including all information required by the Registry with the completion certificate. You are responsible for submitting this information to the state board of accountancy.
 
Blackbaud is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org