Blackbaud’s Online Marketplace Brings Significant New Value to Customers

New digital community empowers customers to find, acquire and rate products that extend Blackbaud solutions

Charleston, S.C. (March 09, 2015) – Blackbaud, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLKB) today launched Blackbaud Partner Marketplace, the world’s first online marketplace dedicated to the nonprofit, charitable giving and education communities, featuring products that extend and enhance Blackbaud solutions.

The new marketplace, which highlights a rich set of offerings from across the Blackbaud Partner Network, allows customers to compare and select value-added products based on their unique needs. Customers can even browse product reviews from peer organizations, rate their own experiences and directly request follow-up from Blackbaud partners.

“More than 30,000 customers are already benefiting from solutions presented by Blackbaud and its rapidly growing network of partners, said Blackbaud President and CEO Mike Gianoni. “Now, with the Blackbaud Partner Marketplace, innovation by our partners is more accessible than ever to customers and the community model allows them to evaluate their options with confidence.”

Blackbaud Partner Marketplace features products spanning more than 30 vertical markets, including those by launch partners ADP, Attend.com, EverTrue, Graduway, PaperSave, Paramount Technologies, PushUp Social, Small World Labs, SmartTHING, Social Tables, VolunteerHub, WebThriftStore and Zeidman Development.

“Blackbaud Partner Marketplace is an incredible resource for organizations to find trusted partners within the Blackbaud ecosystem,” said Trevor Lynn, chief marketing officer, Social Tables. “It’s a one-stop destination to find specialized products that will further power their Blackbaud solutions, which will save them time and empower them to move their missions forward.”

“It’s exciting that Blackbaud Partner Marketplace is already receiving enthusiastic feedback from customers and partners,” said Chris Clinton, vice president of Blackbaud’s Global Channels and Partner Ecosystem. “We’re already building out phase two functionality and working through a robust pipeline of new marketplace candidates, as we remain committed to adding new products regularly that help more customers and partners connect to make a positive, collective impact on the industry.”

To learn more about Blackbaud Partner Marketplace, visit www.Blackbaud.com/Marketplace. Blackbaud customers may experience the benefits of this new platform immediately by logging in at www.blackbaud.com/partnermarketplace.

About the Blackbaud Partner Network
The Blackbaud Partner Network is a group of leading technology and services firms providing nonprofits with the solutions, applications and strategies they need to make a difference in their local communities and worldwide. To learn more about Blackbaud’s Technology Partner program, visit: www.blackbaud.com/partners.

About Blackbaud

Serving the nonprofit, charitable giving and education communities for more than 30 years, Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB) combines technology solutions and expertise to help organizations achieve their missions. Blackbaud works in over 60 countries to support more than 30,000 customers, including nonprofits, K12 private and higher education institutions, healthcare organizations, foundations and other charitable giving entities, and corporations. The company offers a full spectrum of cloud and on-premise solutions, and related services for organizations of all sizes, including nonprofit fundraising and relationship management, eMarketing, advocacy, accounting, payments and analytics, as well as grant management, corporate social responsibility, education and other solutions. Using Blackbaud technology, these organizations raise, invest, manage and award more than $100 billion each year. Recognized as a top company, Blackbaud is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina and has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Ireland and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit  www.blackbaud.com.

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