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. 

Blackbaud announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Anthropic to provide the fundraising connector for Claude for Nonprofits – a move that will redefine how mission-driven organizations harness intelligence to accelerate impact.

Blackbaud will ring the closing bell at the Nasdaq stock exchange to kick off GivingTuesday, the global movement focused on spreading generosity on the Tuesday following Black Friday and Cyber Monday. New research from the Blackbaud Institute in partnership with GivingTuesday shows that donors who give on GivingTuesday are far more likely to continue future giving, which underscores the importance of this day for nonprofit organizations.

During the Product Update Briefings, Blackbaud showcased its latest innovations featured at bbcon 2025, including the Development Agent – the very first of the company’s Agents for Good™ – which will operate proactively to manage donor portfolios, communicate with supporters, follow through on outreach, and enable organizations to reach prospective donors they couldn’t reach before.

Blackbaud announced a suite of powerful new features for UK-based Raiser’s Edge NXT® customers. This release includes the launch of Optimised Donation Forms, along with major enhancements to Gift Aid and Consent functionality, and a new integration with Constant Contact for smarter multichannel marketing.

The Blackbaud Institute released a new report in partnership with GivingTuesday, the global generosity movement, that examines the unique long-term impact of GivingTuesday donors and provides strategies for nonprofits to strengthen year-round engagement. The analysis shows that donors who give on GivingTuesday are consistently more likely to repeat giving the following year than those who donate at other times of the year

bbcon 2025 brought thousands of social impact leaders together for three days of innovation, connection, and bold announcements. From seismic shifts in AI to product breakthroughs that make work easier and impact faster, this year’s event was all about helping organizations move with more confidence, connection and possibility.