Everything Blackbaud announced at bbcon 2026 to power the future of social impact.

Platform for Good™ brings social impact workflows together into a single connected pipeline, all working from the same intelligence.

Blackbaud has entered a strategic collaboration with Databricks to ensure the social impact sector gets the best outcomes from AI. Lantern is built on more than four decades of experience in fundraising workflows, decisions, and results.

As the presenting sponsor at AFP ICON, Blackbaud will showcase responsible AI tools helping fundraisers navigate increasing complexity, meet donor expectations, and accelerate their outcomes. 

Nonprofits are operating in a volatile funding environment, making fundraising even more essential. Yet the latest Blackbaud Institute data shows uneven results: larger organizations are pulling ahead while the typical smaller organization may be struggling more. Increasingly, AI can be the lever that helps organizations identify high-potential donors, improve retention, and scale personalized engagement,, without creating more burden on their limited resources.

Blackbaud has announced the general availability of the Development Agent, Blackbaud’s first Agent for Good™, to Raiser’s Edge NXT® customers in the U.S., with availability internationally and in other products to follow. The Development Agent, designed to help personalize donor engagement and grow giving at scale, is the first-ever expert agent to be embedded in a dedicated social impact platform.

Through strategic partnerships with leading technology providers like Databricks, our solutions harness the power of data science, artificial intelligence, and analytics. We make these tools accessible, actionable, and ethical, ensuring that the social impact community can unlock insights, deepen engagement, and amplify their mission.