# Blackbaud

> Blackbaud is a publicly traded software company serving nonprofits, schools, universities, healthcare organizations, foundations and corporate giving teams. Its products connect donor management, fundraising, fund accounting, education administration, payments and grantmaking. It reported $1.128365 billion in 2025 revenue and supports users in more than 100 countries.

- **Founded:** 1981
- **Headquarters:** Charleston, United States
- **Founders:** Anthony Bakker (Founder)
- **Products:** Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT, Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT, Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM, Blackbaud Grantmaking, YourCause from Blackbaud
- **Notable:** Built a social-impact software business reporting $1.128365 billion in FY2025 revenue., Publicly traded on Nasdaq under BLKB since July 2004., Supports users in more than 100 countries.

## Products & services

- **Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT** — Cloud fundraising CRM for donor records, gifts, campaigns, stewardship, analytics and AI-assisted workflows.
- **Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT** — Nonprofit fund accounting, reporting, budgeting, payables and financial controls.
- **Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM** — Fundraising relationship management for large and complex advancement operations.
- **Blackbaud Grantmaking** — Tools for managing grant applications, review, awards and reporting.
- **YourCause from Blackbaud** — Corporate employee giving, volunteering and grants management.
- **Blackbaud Education Management** — K-12 admissions, student information, learning, tuition and billing workflows.
- **Blackbaud Altru** — Ticketing, membership and fundraising tools for arts and cultural organizations.
- **JustGiving and TeamRaiser** — Peer-to-peer fundraising and online giving tools.
- **Blackbaud Integrated Payments** — Payment services connected to fundraising, tuition and other Blackbaud workflows.
- **Development Agent** — AI donor-engagement agent with human oversight; generally available to U.S. Raiser’s Edge NXT customers from March 17, 2026.
- **Platform for Good** — Shared data, intelligence and action architecture announced at bbcon 2026.
- **Lantern** — Fundraising-specific language model developed with Databricks; announced in 2026, with initial product capabilities planned for 2027.
- **SKY API and SKY UX** — Developer APIs, interface components and tools for integrations and extensions.
- **Implementation, training and consulting** — Services supporting setup, adoption, operations and product expertise.

## Achievements

- Built a social-impact software business reporting $1.128365 billion in FY2025 revenue.
- Publicly traded on Nasdaq under BLKB since July 2004.
- Supports users in more than 100 countries.
- Company reports more than $100 billion raised, granted or invested through its software annually.
- Development Agent reached general availability for U.S. Raiser’s Edge NXT customers in March 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — October 20: celebrated the first Social Good Startup Program cohort in India.
- **2026-10** — October 14: announced the available Raiser’s Edge NXT integration with Intuit Mailchimp.
- **2026-10** — October 6: published bbcon recap covering Platform for Good, Lantern, Data Health Agent early access, finance workflows and education partnerships.
- **2026-09** — September 29: announced Lantern with Databricks; initial embedded capabilities planned for 2027.
- **2026-07** — July 29: reported Q2 GAAP revenue of $290.6 million, up 3.0% year over year.
- **2026-03** — March 17: launched Development Agent general availability for U.S. Raiser’s Edge NXT customers.

## Links

- Website: https://www.blackbaud.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackbaud
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/blackbaud
- GitHub: https://github.com/blackbaud
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/blackbaudinc
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackbaud
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blackbaud

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Last updated: 2026-10-24