Blackbaud Hits Key Milestones to Further Equip Nonprofits for Today’s Challenges

Convio integration along with product and service enhancements drive momentum

Blackbaud, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLKB) continues its forward momentum in 2012 as the leading global provider of software and services for nonprofits, focused on helping these organizations solve today’s challenges. The company is achieving this by delivering product and service enhancements specifically designed to help nonprofit organizations of varying sizes and needs succeed in fulfilling their missions.

Additionally, Blackbaud’s integration of technology and talent from its acquisition of Convio is continuing at a healthy pace to ensure the optimal mix of products and services comprise the company’s portfolio.

“Today’s environment requires nonprofits to act and respond faster than ever, and typically with smaller budgets,” said
Jana Eggers, Blackbaud’s senior vice president, products and marketing. “Our enhancements and integration efforts in the first half of this year have been focused on exceeding on our promise of delivering more value to nonprofits, so they can deliver more to the world.”

Major product and service enhancements and milestones include:

Convio Integration – A number of “quick win” initiatives are underway to establish integration points between Blackbaud and Convio products, as well as extend data quality and health, and reporting services across both platforms. Convio’s annual customer conference has been combined with bbcon 2012, taking place September 30th to October 2nd in Washington, DC, to offer attendees a comprehensive forum for learning and networking.

CRM – Recent enhancements to Blackbaud CRM™ include a simplified user interface that streamlines processes and expands access on mobile devices; completely redesigned membership features; improved data management features to add more rigor to import and de-duplication efforts; and new multichannel marketing features. Luminate® CRM was also enhanced with the addition of new batching capabilities that allow for secure and quick bulk processing of gift and pledge transactions; definable default settings to enable accurate and simple recalculations of pledge balances; and new data structures to manage, store and analyze campaign information at a more granular level.

Analytics – Target Analytics™ launched a new version of ResearchPoint™, featuring new data resources, a redesigned user interface, and more powerful search and reporting tools; Social Score,™ a new social media data enrichment service that provides organizations insight into their supporters’ social media activities and influence; Target Analytics Principal Giving Solution, designed to help nonprofits quickly uncover potential donors who have the inclination and ability to make top-tier gifts; and Loyalty Insights and Lapsed Insights data services, designed to help nonprofits better understand their prospective donors based on behavioral segmentation.

Fundraising –
eTapestry®: Users can now easily build and edit existing online forms, including ecommerce, volunteer, contact and membership forms. In addition, eTapestry Pro packages will now include Constant Contact Social Campaigns to enable nonprofits to more effectively attract and engage supporters via Facebook.

The Raiser’s Edge®: The launch of The Raiser’s Edge 7.92 includes The Giving Score®, database administration operational improvements and improved de-duplication capabilities. The Raiser’s Edge mobile application, which is in beta now and will be generally available in September, provides nonprofits access to critical data on the go from any mobile device.

Interactive – Recent enhancements to Blackbaud NetCommunity™ help nonprofits reduce the time and effort needed to manage their websites and email communications. Blackbaud Sphere has been enhanced to improve system performance and national email campaigns for peer-to-peer event fundraisers. Luminate® Online enhancements include a new add-on feature for previewing how emails will render on all major mobile devices and desktop and browser email clients; new reports and metrics to provide insight into spam complaints and email deliverability; and expanded UK address standardization and lookup functionality for better data handling and integrity.

Arts and Culture – Altru® all-in-one museum management software has hit a milestone of 125 clients. Altru Community recently launched as a collaborative online community for arts and cultural organizations to network, and share insights and best practices.

K-12 Education – BrightArrow integration with The Education Edge™ helps K-12 schools send out notifications to families through text, email and autodial in the case of school closings or emergencies. Online Campus

Community™ upgrades include mobile design capabilities to ensure schools can easily provide mobile-ready sites.

Financial – Blackbaud and Social Solutions are partnering to provide local United Way chapters with a powerful new set of tools to measure collective impact that correlates services provided with outcomes achieved. Through this pilot program, participating organizations will be able to attract additional funding, measure change and relate their efforts to outcomes. In addition, Blackbaud recently launched a new CPA Referral Program and financial benchmarking service.

Services – Implementation methodologies for The Raiser’s Edge, The Financial Edge™ and Blackbaud NetCommunity Spark have been simplified, reducing costs and the amount of time taken to go live. In addition, Guide Creative launched as a full-service creative agency exclusively for nonprofits, and Blackbaud Works launched as a service for nonprofits needing outsourced personnel resources for The Raiser’s Edge.

Training – Training Central was recently launched to help better serve customers’ training needs. Training Central offers a simple, dynamic and prescriptive way for Blackbaud customers to find and consume training in one centralized location.

For more information about Blackbaud solutions and services, visit www.blackbaud.com.

About Blackbaud
Serving the nonprofit and education sectors for 30 years, Blackbaud (BLKB) combines technology and expertise to help organizations achieve their missions. Blackbaud works with more than 27,000 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 solutions and related 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 operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.blackbaud.com.

Forward-looking Statements
Except for historical information, all of the statements, expectations, and 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 policy and share 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 www.sec.gov 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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