Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB)
today announced its new Accountant
Referral Program, providing software incentives and additional
resources to accountants that choose to refer The
Financial Edge®, its comprehensive fund accounting
solution, to their nonprofit clients.
“As a member of Blackbaud’s new Accountant Referral Program, we can feel
good about presenting our nonprofit clients with an accounting solution
that works the way they do,” said Stuart C. Rosenberg, CPA and president
of Solutions@MBAF, LLC. “With The Financial Edge, we are choosing to
recommend a platform that comes with unparalleled expertise in
reporting, grant and restricted giving management, and workflows
designed specifically for nonprofit organizations.”
In addition to a referral bonus (with the ability to pass this along to
nonprofit clients), all accountant members receive access to free
educational trainings, "sandbox" demo environments and sneak peeks at
upcoming product launches.
“CPAs represent a very important professional workforce whose assistance
nonprofits continually rely on,” said Scott Bechler, who leads
Blackbaud’s partnership program. “Blackbaud’s new Accountant Referral
Program will provide CPAs the knowledge and resources they need to help
advise nonprofit organizations on financial software that best meets
their unique needs.”
Blackbaud will feature the accountant referral program at the 2012 AICPA
National Not-for-Profit Industry Conference, which will be held June
21 to 22 in Washington, D.C. As one of the event sponsors, Blackbaud
will also lead the educational session “Leveraging Accountability:
Enhance Your Value to Nonprofit Clients” at 7 a.m. E.T. on Thursday,
June 21 and will offer demonstrations of The Financial Edge and the new
Blackbaud Strategic Benchmarking service in booth 206.
The
Financial Edge is a comprehensive fund accounting solution designed
to transform data by supporting advanced reporting, grant management,
restricted fund management, nonprofit-specific workflows and
collaboration with the fundraising department. Blackbaud Strategic
Benchmarking is a new service that helps nonprofits quickly analyze the
financial health of their organizations and compare themselves against
sector peers using real-time benchmarking.
Free resources for nonprofit financial professionals
Blackbaud recently released a new white paper, Why
Nonprofits Need Nonprofit Accounting Software, focused on
managing unique revenue streams. The paper covers regulations and
standards nonprofits face, how to support distinct nonprofit business
processes, nonprofit reporting and budgeting, accountability, donor
stewardship and intent, and internal controls. In addition, Blackbaud is
hosting a series of web seminars If
You Were Using the Financial Edge, You'd be Done by Now! to
introduce how The Financial Edge can meet the unique needs of nonprofits.
To download the white paper or to register for a free web seminar, visit www.blackbaud.com/donebynow.
About Blackbaud
Serving the nonprofit and education sectors for 30 years, Blackbaud
(NASDAQ: BLKB) combines technology and expertise to help organizations
achieve their missions. Blackbaud works with more than 27,000 customers
in more than 60 countries that support higher education, healthcare,
human services, arts and culture, faith, the environment, independent
education, animal welfare, and other charitable causes. The company
offers a full spectrum of cloud-based and on-premise software solutions,
and related services for organizations of all sizes including:
fundraising, eMarketing, social media, advocacy, constituent
relationship management (CRM), analytics, financial management, and
vertical-specific solutions. Using Blackbaud technology, these
organizations raise more than $100 billion each year. Recognized as a
top company by Forbes, InformationWeek, and Software Magazine and
honored by Best Places to Work, Blackbaud is headquartered in
Charleston, South Carolina and has employees throughout the US, and in
Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Mexico, the Netherlands, and the United
Kingdom.
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.
