CHARLESTON, S.C., Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world's leading cloud
software company powering social good, is accepting applications
for the Blackbaud Social Good Startup Program, a unique,
yearlong program designed to drive innovation outside of the
company's walls that was announced at bbcon 2020.
Through the program, Blackbaud will support the early-stage
growth of companies that have the potential to impact the Ecosystem
of Good® with their innovative solutions. The program
builds on last year's Social Good Startup Challenge.
Participants will receive curated access to Blackbaud resources,
marketing opportunities and nondilutive grant funding.
Blackbaud shared that, in alignment with its commitment to
diversity, it will focus its January
2021 cohort on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
(BIPOC) founders. Blackbaud is honored to partner with Opportunity
Hub, a leading technology, startup and venture ecosystem building
platform, to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive Ecosystem of
Good ®.
"The social good community has massive opportunity and
meaningful challenges before us that will take diversity of thought
and experience to solve," said Rosalyn
Lemieux, senior director of platform product management at
Blackbaud. "It's our goal to help drive innovation in this space by
partnering with emerging companies that are strengthening the
social good community, so that together we can build a better
world."
Participants in the inaugural 2020 cohort shared highlights of
their experience in a recent blog post. Sangeeth Peruri, CEO of OutreachCircle, a
California-based supporter
management, relational organizing and P2P texting platform, said,
"Working with Blackbaud has been great. We've learned a ton; the
Blackbaud Labs team is great to work with, and having
OutreachCircle's integration with Raiser's Edge NXT listed in
the new Blackbaud Marketplace has been a great tool in our shed
while growing our nonprofit business."
Blackbaud is accepting applications now through December 15 for the January 2021 cohort. Applicants must be
early-stage software companies with at least one BIPOC founder and
a product that extends or complements Blackbaud's vertical
solutions. Up to 10 startups will be considered for this
cohort.
About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the world's leading cloud
software company powering social good. Serving the entire social
good community—nonprofits, higher education institutions, K–12
schools, healthcare organizations, faith communities, arts and
cultural organizations, foundations, companies and individual
change agents—Blackbaud connects and empowers organizations to
increase their impact through cloud software, services, expertise
and data intelligence. The Blackbaud portfolio is tailored to the
unique needs of vertical markets, with solutions for fundraising
and CRM, marketing, advocacy, peer-to-peer fundraising, corporate
social responsibility, school management, ticketing, grantmaking,
financial management, payment processing and analytics. Serving the
industry for more than three decades, Blackbaud is headquartered in
Charleston, South Carolina, and
has operations in the United
States, Australia,
Canada, Costa Rica and the United Kingdom. For more information,
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