Blackbaud announced a series of transformative updates for its K–12 Education Management portfolio, reinforcing its position as the premier choice for schools seeking a unified, future-ready learning and information management experience. With a focus on teacher efficiency, parent engagement and student success, Blackbaud’s latest enhancements to its Learning Management System (LMS) and Student Information System (SIS) are designed to streamline workflows, deepen integrations and elevate the digital classroom experience.

Carrie Cobb of Blackbaud explores key trends, including rising giving, generational shifts, and the transformative role of AI—highlighting how digital maturity and data health are driving success in the nonprofit sector.

Blackbaud has a long history of delivering technology that helps social impact organizations go further, faster, and AI continues to be front and center in our innovation with our Intelligence for Good® strategy. Now, as we enter a bold new chapter, we’re thrilled to welcome Paul Goldstein as the product leader guiding our agentic AI vision.

Blackbaud and Constant Contact announced the initial release of a strategic integration to transform digital engagement across the social impact sector. This groundbreaking collaboration will embed Constant Contact’s powerful AI-driven digital marketing platform within Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®, the world’s most popular fundraising software.

Mike Gianoni, president, CEO, and vice chairman of the board of directors at Blackbaud, joined Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) for a timely conversation on how technology is transforming the future of corporate purpose and stakeholder engagement. In a wide-ranging interview with CECP CEO Daryl Brewster, Mike breaks down how business leaders are leveraging AI, data, and cloud software to accelerate social impact. In doing so, they are also bringing out the best in their employees (especially Gen Z team members), showing up authentically in communities that matter, and driving long-term value creation.

Blackbaud kicked off bbdevdays, its annual virtual conference for social impact tech developers of all skill levels, with highlights on its AI strategy and vision. Over the course of three days, participants explore innovative ways to automate and extend their flexible Blackbaud solutions alongside Blackbaud pros, partners and peers.

Our team was honored to attend the 2025 DataIQ Awards this week, where both Blackbaud and our Chief Data and AI Officer Carrie Cobb were recognized. The Data IQ awards honor both companies and individuals that have demonstrated excellence in the data and AI industry over the past 12 months.

Blackbaud shared a wide range of enhancements and upcoming innovation across its product portfolio at its recent semi-annual Product Update Briefings.

Blackbaud gathered hundreds of social good professionals and corporate leaders at its YourCause® from Blackbaud® Corporate Social Impact Summit in Dallas. Attendees heard from industry experts and received an exclusive preview of product innovation, including how YourCause is integrating AI, transforming the giving process, helping companies unleash generosity, and revolutionizing corporate social impact reporting.

Blackbaud announced the rollout of its Optimized Donation Forms for Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® users in Canada. Blackbaud Donation Forms help social impact organizations raise more, streamline the donor experience, simplify administrative tasks, and reduce processing costs, enabling them to sustain and grow their missions.