Announcing the 2026 Blackbaud Partner Network Award Winners
Blackbaud is proud to reveal the winners of its 2026 Partner Network Awards, announced live during bbcon, the company’s annual technology conference. These awards recognize outstanding Blackbaud Partners whose innovation, expertise and commitment to customer success are helping social impact organizations around the world amplify their impact and achieve their missions. The Partner Network Awards celebrate organizations that exemplify excellence in collaboration, innovation, and customer impact.
“Our partners are a powerful force multiplier for social impact,” said Elizabeth Price, Vice President, Global Partners, Blackbaud. “Through their expertise and innovation, these award winners help organizations unlock greater value from their technology and accelerate mission outcomes. We are honored to celebrate these exceptional partners and the meaningful impact they create for customers and the broader Blackbaud community.”
The 2026 Blackbaud Partner Network Awards winners are:
- FundMiner – Partner of the Year Award
- FundMiner enables customers to experience more effective capital utilization, increased fundraising revenue, reduced risk exposure, and improved donor experience. As a past Rookie of the Year (2024) and recipient of the Marketplace Growth Award (2025), FundMiner continues to be innovative and find ways to solve business challenges.
- Martus Solutions – Breakout Partner Award
- Martus Solutions is a budgeting and reporting platform that helps customers connect strategy, budgeting, and financial performance to make better decisions and fund their missions. Continuing from their 2025 Rookie of the Year success, this partner is recognized for their significant shared customer growth this past year.
- BrightArrow- Co-Sell Award
- BrightArrow is a communications software company specializing in mass notification systems for schools and educational institutions. This award recognizes BrightArrow, a two-time recipient, for its continued commitment to partnership and exceptional collaboration with Blackbaud’s sales organization to deliver a seamless experience and greater value for shared customers.
- Paycor – Marketplace Growth Award
- Paycor offers HR solutions that empower leaders to drive business results. Their HCM solutions help solve the unique HR and payroll needs of nonprofits. They have leveraged the Blackbaud Marketplace to increase awareness and expand their reach, creating greater opportunities to connect with nonprofit organizations.
- Vertical Insure – Rookie of the Year Award
- Vertical Insure is embedded insurance software that gives schools a simpler way to offer Tuition Refund Protection directly within enrollment and billing. This award celebrates Vertical Insure as a new partner that immediately embraced the Blackbaud Partner Program and has seen early success from their innovative embedded offering.
- Student First – Referral Partner of the Year Award
- Student First is a cloud-native, AI-powered student information system built from the ground up for modern higher education. They are being recognized for connecting customers’ needs to the outcomes possible with Blackbaud software.
- The SmartTHING – Innovator Award
- The SmartTHING provides integration and automation solutions that help nonprofits maximize the value of their Blackbaud products with the applications nonprofits use. A new award category this year, they are committed to innovation, collaboration and sharing feedback helping shape solutions that create greater value for our shared customers.
- Capital Business Solutions – Implementation Award
- Capital Business Solutions, earning this award for the third year in a row, has demonstrated a sustained commitment to implementation excellence, understanding desired customer outcomes and combining their deep Blackbaud product and role experience to ensure that customers achieve greater impact through their investment in Blackbaud solutions.
Learn more about Blackbaud’s Partner Program here and visit the Blackbaud Marketplace
to see Partner solutions. For more information, please reach out to partnerprogram@blackbaud.com