Leading Higher Education Institutions Partner with Blackbaud
July 14, 2011
Blackbaud to sponsor and present at CASE Summit for Advancement Leaders
CHARLESTON, SC – July 14, 2011 – Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB)today announced that in the first quarter, Beloit College, theUniversity of Connecticut Foundation, University of Richmond, and WakeForest University each selected the company’s higher education solutionto optimize advancement operations. Additionally, Blackbaud announcedthat it will serve as the platinum sponsor of the CASE Summit for Advancement Leaders, kicking off on Sunday.
“We’re excited to partner with these leading institutions and toprovide the technology that will support their future growth,” saidCharlie Cumbaa, Blackbaud’s president of the enterprise customerbusiness unit. “We are also pleased to once again support CASE – anorganization that is committed, as we are, to serving the highereducation sector.”
Founded in 1834, Wake Forest University is a private, coeducationalcollegiate university with a liberal arts curriculum located inWinston-Salem, N.C. and is ranked among the best colleges in the nation.Wake Forest recently selected Blackbaud CRM to empower end-users,reduce data silos, and enhance prospect and campaign management tools.
Blackbaud CRM is the perfect solution to meet our needs as we scaleour operation for an upcoming campaign, said Mark Petersen, vicepresident of university advancement at Wake Forest. The robust toolsetsoffered to both our frontline fundraisers and our development servicesteam will elevate our capabilities in critical areas like prospectresearch and management, gift processing and stewardship, proposaltracking and our major gift pipeline. We simply could not be successfulwithout a comprehensive management software like Blackbaud CRM.
With 30 years of experience serving higher education institutions,Blackbaud has partnered with over 2,300 universities, colleges andfoundations worldwide by providing solutions and services that helpsecure funding, demonstrate accountability and build strongrelationships with alumnae/alumni, students, parents and supporters.
Blackbaud to feature technology and research at CASE Summit
Blackbaud will demonstrate its solutions for higher educationinstitutions and present a session on benchmarking at the CASE Summitfor Advancement Leaders to be held July 10 to 12 in Chicago, IL. Theevent, which is held annually for senior-level higher educationadvancement professionals, offers a unique chance to come together toengage in meaningful discussion about the issues affecting the future ofadvancement.
“We’re very grateful for Blackbaud’s support of the Summit forAdvancement Leaders, which attracts senior-level advancementprofessionals and college and university presidents from across NorthAmerica,” said CASE President John Lippincott. “Blackbaud’s engagementwith the Summit helps CASE bring leading thinkers together to explorethe relationship of strong, strategic advancement programs to thesuccess of higher education.”
As part of the Summit’s lineup of expert speakers, Jenny Cooke,Blackbaud’s director of higher education donorCentrics Benchmarking willbe joined by Shaun Keister, annual giving consultant with Campbell& Company to present “Benchmarking to Drive Advancement Strategies.”
The presentation will focus on key annual fund trends revealed by Target Analytics 2010 Index of Higher Education Fundraising Performance.Each year, Target Analytics, a Blackbaud company, compiles actualfundraising data from a broad sample of private and public schools toevaluate overall annual fund trends such as acquisition, retention,giving levels, and much more. In addition to key annual fund metrics,the presentation will share results of a unique longitudinal studytracking donor behavior both before and after making a $1000 gift. Formore information about the CASE Summit for Advancement Leaders, visit www.case.org/summit.
For more information on Blackbaud’s solutions for higher education institutions, visit www.blackbaud.com/highered.
About Blackbaud
Blackbaud is the leading global provider of software and servicesdesigned specifically for nonprofit organizations, enabling them toimprove operational efficiency, build strong relationships, and raisemore money to support their missions. Approximately 24,000 organizations— including The American Red Cross, Cancer Research UK, Earthjustice,International Fund for Animal Welfare, Lincoln Center, The SalvationArmy, The Taft School, Tulsa Community Foundation, Ursinus College, theWGBH Educational Foundation, and Yale University — use one or moreBlackbaud products and services for fundraising, constituentrelationship management, financial management, website management,direct marketing, education administration, ticketing, businessintelligence, prospect research, consulting, and analytics. Since 1981,Blackbaud’s sole focus and expertise has been partnering with nonprofitsand providing them the solutions they need to make a difference intheir local communities and worldwide. Headquartered in the UnitedStates, Blackbaud also has operations in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong,the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.blackbaud.com.
