CHARLESTON, S.C., Nov. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbaud,
Inc. (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world's leading cloud software company
powering social good, expects continued growth in online and mobile
giving this #GivingTuesday. As a founding partner of the movement,
Blackbaud uses its exclusive access to the world's most robust
philanthropic data to provide reporting and trends associated with
this global day of giving.
"Online giving has grown more than
500% since #GivingTuesday began in 2012, and we
expect that trend to continue this year," said Steve MacLaughlin, vice president, Data &
Analytics at Blackbaud. "Blackbaud is proud to process a majority
of online donations made in the
United States on #GivingTuesday—including a record
$60.9 million last year. From natural
disaster relief to episodic giving, donors continue to respond to
causes that are important to them. With the continued rise of
mobile and social giving, #GivingTuesday could once again put up
record-breaking numbers this year."
Blackbaud's Chief Marketing Officer Catherine LaCour and Vice President of Corporate
Citizenship & Philanthropy Rachel
Hutchisson will lead a command center throughout the day and
ring the closing bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City on #GivingTuesday, along with
organizations that serve a variety of missions in the Ecosystem of
Good™.
"Blackbaud is proud to work with charitable partners like
Central Park Conservancy, Doctors Without Borders, High Point University, JetBlue, New York Transit
Museum, World Vision and more to help power their missions on this
#GivingTuesday," said Hutchisson. "Blackbaud not only powers
the technology behind #GivingTuesday—we have been active
participants in this important movement since its inception. We are
grateful to our community across the globe,
including our customers, our employees, our partners and our
shareholders, for joining us in championing this
movement that not only
showcases our individual causes but unites us
in making a difference."
Doctors without Borders and Central Park Conservancy will be
among a group of Blackbaud customers celebrating at the company's
#GivingTuesday command center in New
York.
"Doctors Without Borders USA
takes no government funding and relies exclusively on funds from
private donors, so events like Giving Tuesday are especially
important for us," said Thomas
Kurmann, director of Development at Doctors Without Borders.
"This Giving Tuesday, it is our aim to raise $1 million to support the lifesaving work of
Doctors Without Borders around the world. From conflict-torn
Syria and Yemen to the remote mountains of Democratic Republic of Congo, unrestricted
donations give us the independence to save lives where few others
will go."
"On Giving Tuesday, millions of people come together as a
community to make the world a better place," said Elizabeth W. Smith, president and CEO, Central
Park Conservancy. "The Central Park Conservancy is excited to be
part of this important global movement. All donations made in
support of the Conservancy on this day will be matched by generous
donors and will help protect New York
City's greatest living work of art so that it stays clean
and beautiful for the next generation of Park users and
visitors."
For more information about #GivingTuesday,
visit www.blackbaud.com/givingtuesday.
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About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the
world's leading cloud software company powering social good.
Serving the entire social good community-nonprofits, foundations,
companies, education institutions, healthcare organizations 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 and the United Kingdom. For more information,
visit www.blackbaud.com, or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn,
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Blackbaud Media Contact
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Kosoy
Director, External Affairs
843.654.3004
brian.kosoy@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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