Blackbaud, Inc. : 2012 to Bring New Features and Mobile Access to The Raiser’s Edge

New version to help nonprofits spend less time on technology and more time on their missions

CHARLESTON, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2012-- Blackbaud, Inc.®, including The Giving Score®several database administration operational improvements, which will be available to customers in March, 2012. In addition, users will benefit from a planned mobile application during the first half of the year.

"The Raiser's Edge is the go-to solution for fundraisers and has become the most widely-used donor management solution in the world," said Jana Eggers, Blackbaud's senior vice president, products and marketing. "The new version, which includes a built-in segmentation tool to help nonprofits best identify and target prospective donors, will make organizations even more efficient and effective, helping them dedicate more time to their missions.The new year will also bring a mobile application for The Raiser's Edge, enabling fundraisers to access profile and giving data on-the-go."

Donor and Member and Management Solution Software Survey, The Raiser's Edge is used by more than 13,000 nonprofits around the world. The Raiser's Edge enables organizations to communicate with their constituents, manage , expand their development efforts, and make better informed decisions through powerful segmentation, analysis and reporting capabilities.

• Find their best donors with The Giving Score - The Giving Score, available for US-based organizations, applies smart analytics to a nonprofit's database by segmenting constituents into four unique groups. This segmentation allows organizations to focus cultivation and solicitation efforts on those who are more likely and capable to give - ultimately helping raise more money. The Raiser's Edge Search module is needed to take advantage of this new feature.
• Engage supporters with easy-to-use marketing tools - The new Query Lists feature available for constituent, individual, or organizational queries, includes duplicate suppression and allows users to easily make batch or singular edits of a query from within The Raiser's Edge based on giving history and constituent codes.
• Keep their data clean and accurate with improved duplicate management -Users can now employ a sophisticated duplicate prevention algorithm based on first name, middle initial, last name, suffix, address, email, and phone. Changes have also been made to the search screen enabling users to search on email and phone.
• Make daily processes faster and simpler with new tools- The process for tracking event attendees has been streamlined, users can now easily discover where queries are being used, and folders are available to help users manage their exports.

"Managing queries and exports will be so much easier when we are able to see where queries are being used," said Nora Isaac, The ALS Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter's information technology director. "We will now be able to clean up our query list easily as part of monthly maintenance with the new feature. We're excited about that!"

In the first half of the year, users will have access to The Raiser's Edge mobile application for smartphones and tablets, which will help fundraisers stay in touch with their constituents by accessing detailed information when they're on-the-go. The application will allow users to access important constituent and giving information and manage actions directly from their mobile devices.

"The Raiser's Edge mobile application will be an incredible resource for our fundraisers," said Andrea Cummings, Children's Home Society of Florida's fund development systems manager. "Our fundraising team is always looking for more efficient ways to manage the information flowing through our Raiser's Edge database, and this mobile app will be so much more convenient for our team that is traveling across the state. Being able to connect to The Raiser's Edge will not only give our fundraisers access to vital information, but will also make it possible for them to add important information to constituent files without having to be sitting at their desks, (which they seem to have less and less time to do!)"

Learn more about the new version of The Raiser's Edge at .

About Blackbaud

Serving the nonprofit and education sectors for 30 years, Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) combines technology and expertise to help organizations achieve their missions. Blackbaud works with more than 25,000 customers in over 60 countries that support higher education, healthcare, human services, arts and culture, faith, the environment, independent K-12 education, animal welfare, and other charitable causes. The company offers a full spectrum of cloud-based and on-premise software solutionsrelated services for organizations of all sizes including: fundraising, eMarketing, social media, advocacy, constituent relationship management (CRM), analytics, financial management, and vertical-specific solutions. Using Blackbaud technology, these organizations raise more than $100 billion each year. Recognized as a top company by Forbes, InformationWeek, and Software Magazine and honored by Best Places to Work, Blackbaud is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina and has employees throughout the US, and in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Mexico, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

Forward-looking Statements

Except for historical information, all of the statements, expectations,assumptions contained in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Although Blackbaud attempts to be accurate in making these forward-looking statements, it is possible that future circumstances might differ from the assumptions on which such statements are based. In addition, other important factors that could cause results to differ materially include the following: general economic risks; uncertainty regarding increased business and renewals from existing customers; continued success in sales growth; management of integration of acquired companies and other risks associated with acquisitions; risks associated with successful implementation of multiple integrated software products; the ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to our dividend policyshare repurchase program, including potential limitations on our ability to grow and the possibility that we might discontinue payment of dividends; risks relating to restrictions imposed by the credit facility; risks associated with management of growth; lengthy sales and implementation cycles, particularly in larger organization; technological changes that make our products and services less competitive; and the other risk factors set forth from time to time in the SEC filings for Blackbaud, copies of which are available free of charge at the SEC's website at or upon request from Blackbaud's investor relations department. All Blackbaud product names appearing herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blackbaud, Inc.

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