Accelerating Corporate Giving for Nonprofits with Expedited Giving+ and the Blackbaud Verified Network Migration

Corporate giving doesn’t need to take weeks to reach nonprofits.

As companies look for faster, more transparent ways to support the causes their employees care about, and nonprofits seek easier, more reliable access to funding, the systems powering corporate philanthropy should rise to the challenge. Blackbaud has evolved the infrastructure behind its YourCause® solution for corporate impact for that very reason.

With our Expedited Giving feature, Blackbaud is modernizing how donations move from employees and corporations to nonprofits. This innovation focuses on eliminating friction, reducing manual effort, and giving donors the confidence that every donation is moving efficiently toward impact, rather than treating disbursement as a slow, back-office function.

And now, we’re laying the foundation for what’s next with Expedited Giving+, a more connected and efficient corporate giving experience for nonprofits, moving corporate donations to nonprofits exponentially faster.

Faster Access to Funds: Expedited Giving Is Taking Shape

Expedited Giving shortens processing times by allowing corporate clients to speed up their contributions (like matching gifts, incentives and grants) and streamline employee credit card donations.

In our pilot program for Expedited Giving, we’ve already reduced donation disbursement timelines by 95% across $2 million in donations to more than 650 charities. And with early testing of Expedited Giving+, we’ve seen donations delivered even faster—made possible by a direct connection to Blackbaud Integrated Payments from the YourCause solutions, which allows Blackbaud to process credit card transactions at speed. This will also unlock direct connection and flexibility in fund reconciliation for nonprofits. This is a powerful example of what becomes possible when systems are truly connected across the Blackbaud ecosystem.

Building the Foundation: The Blackbaud Verified Network

At the heart of this next chapter is the Blackbaud Verified Network. This free nonprofit portal empowers nonprofits to connect to the 500 companies and 9 million employees who use YourCause from Blackbaud to power their giving and volunteering programs.

Through the Blackbaud Verified Network, nonprofits can:

• Manage and maintain their charity profile

• Complete vetting and compliance to become eligible for corporate donations and grants

• Access donor details from corporate and employee giving programs

• Enable digital disbursements—which is what makes an organization eligible for Expedited Giving

In the next few weeks, the Blackbaud Verified Network will be migrating into the everyday Blackbaud environment, making it accessible right alongside other Blackbaud solutions in the browser.

Readiness Matters

The next era of corporate giving isn’t just about speed. It’s about readiness.

Nonprofits that are active in the Blackbaud Verified Network are best positioned to benefit from what’s coming next. Updating your charity profile, enabling digital disbursements, and ensuring your organization’s information is current helps set the stage for faster funding, better visibility, and richer donor insights as new capabilities roll out.

The future of corporate giving is being built now. And the nonprofits that prepare today will be the ones ready to take full advantage.

Explore the Blackbaud Verified Network here to sign up for digital disbursements.