CHARLESTON, S.C., Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbaud
(NASDAQ: BLKB), the world's leading cloud software company powering
social good, today announced a three-year transformative
partnership with The Resource Alliance, a global leader in
fundraiser events, education and networking, to develop content and
collaboration opportunities that address the needs of the global
social good community.
"Cross-sector partnerships like the one we are forming with
Blackbaud are redefining how social impact is enacted around the
world," said Kyla Shawyer, CEO of
The Resource Alliance. "We are excited to have access to
Blackbaud's resources, tools, and people to help us leap forward in
our commitment to transforming the social sector."
The Resource Alliance's signature event, the International
Fundraising Congress (IFC), has brought together tens of thousands
of fundraisers and social impact leaders over the course of nearly
40 years. Blackbaud has already participated in the IFC Asia
conference in Thailand earlier
this year and will be an active participant in the upcoming IFC
event in the Netherlands. These
IFC events bring together nonprofit, NGO, and INGO leaders from
across 60 countries representing more than $42 billion in revenue.
"The Resource Alliance is a trusted partner in the global INGO
and NGO community - it has a tremendous focus on quality
educational programs and provides an inspiring platform for sharing
best practices," said Catherine
LaCour, Blackbaud's senior vice president of global
marketing. "We are excited to collaborate with The Resource
Alliance to help organizations enact their influence on social
change. Together we know we can bring new technologies and
techniques to this new day we all face in fundraising and mission
building."
Blackbaud and The Resource Alliance were both created in 1981.
For more than three decades, they have been helping create a
network of knowledge and inspiration for the social good community,
bringing key ideas, strategies and insights to fundraisers and
organizations of all sizes, regions and missions. It seems fitting
that these two organizations would come together for a
transformative partnership to take the social good community into
the future.
About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the
world's leading cloud software company powering social good.
Serving the entire social good community—nonprofits, foundations,
corporations, education institutions, healthcare institutions and
individual change agents—Blackbaud connects and empowers
organizations to increase their impact through 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 and the United Kingdom. For more information,
visit www.blackbaud.com.
Media Contact
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Public Relations
843.654.3307
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