Blackbaud is proud to once again be the presenting sponsor of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) ICON conference, taking place April 27-29 in Seattle this year.

Blackbaud Integrated Payments will now extend the company’s robust purpose-built payments capabilities to any software providers that integrate with Blackbaud’s Payments API®, providing a cohesive and seamless “Payments-as-a-Service” experience for social impact customers for things like donations, tuition payments, ticket purchases and more. In addition, Blackbaud Integrated Payments will integrate with YourCause® from Blackbaud®, the company’s CSR solution for corporations, to expedite donations made through employee giving programs directly to nonprofits.

The Blackbaud Institute released new insights in its 2024 Trends in Giving Spotlight. This report draws from Blackbaud’s robust philanthropic dataset to provide social impact professionals with insights into industry trends, benchmarks for success, and strategies to elevate fundraising efforts.

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.

Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®, Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®, Blackbaud Enrollment Management System™, Blackbaud Learning Management System™, and Blackbaud Student Information System™ are all recognized as top products across the nonprofit software, education software, and overall software categories. Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT received the #1 spot for Best Nonprofit Software Product.

Blackbaud and Nacional Monte de Piedad, a 250-year-old public assistance and financial institution with over 300 locations and a nationwide presence in Mexico, have announced a partnership to support the processing of donations made through the YourCause® from Blackbaud® platform to Mexican charitable organizations.

Blackbaud announced that it is enabling cryptocurrency donations to U.S. nonprofits through its JustGiving platform for peer-to-peer fundraising. Cryptocurrency donations are already seamlessly integrated into all JustGiving fundraising pages in the U.K., and this feature is now extended to U.S. fundraising pages that are DAF-enabled to receive funds through The Blackbaud Giving Fund. This will allow hundreds of thousands of U.S. charities to receive cryptocurrency as a giving method alongside more traditional methods.

Blackbaud announced the rollout of its Optimized Donation Forms for Raiser’s Edge NXT® users in Australia and New Zealand, as well as the release of both the Standard and Optimized Donation Forms for Blackbaud CRM™ users in Australia and New Zealand.

The Blackbaud Institute released a new Spotlight Report: What Can We Expect from GivingTuesday in an Election Year? This free-to-access report examines how the momentum of civic engagement will impact end-of-year fundraising and how organizations can tap into the generosity of politically engaged donors this GivingTuesday and beyond.

Blackbaud is kicking off its semi-annual Product Update Briefings today. The Blackbaud Product Update Briefings virtual conference showcases recent innovation and future roadmap direction for Blackbaud’s suite of solutions.