industry software publishing founded new york 1981 headquarters 2000 daniel island drive charleston south carolina united states 29492 7541 key people anthony bakker founder michael gianoni ceo revenue us 564m fy 2014 1 operating income us 39.2 m fy 2014 1 net income us 28.2 m fy 2014 1 total assets us 943m fy 2014 1 total equity us 185.9 m fy 2014 1 number of employees 3 033 december 2014 1 website http www.blackbaud.com blackbaud inc. nasdaq blkb is a supplier of software and services specifically designed for nonprofit organizations . its products focus on fundraising website management crm analytics financial management ticketing and education administration . 1 2 3 4 5 blackbaud s flagship product is a fundraising sql database software the raiser s edge . 1 revenue from the sale of the raiser s edge and related services accounted for thirty percent of blackbaud s total revenue in 2012 . 1 other products and services include blackbaud enterprise crm the financial edge the education edge blackbaud netcommunity etapestry luminate online luminate crm friends asking friends altru museum management software and target analytics . 1 in addition blackbaud offers consultancy services to nonprofit organizations . 1 blackbaud was founded in 1981 by anthony bakker . 1 6 the company is headquartered in daniel island charleston south carolina on a site shared with the charleston battery a professional soccer club founded and owned by bakker . it has additional offices in cambridge massachusetts ; indianapolis indiana ; miami beach florida ; alexandria virginia ; san diego california ; austin texas ; emeryville california ; washington d.c. ; overland park kansas ; lincoln nebraska ; toronto ontario ; glasgow scotland ; london england ; chesham england ; sydney australia ; and almere netherlands . 1 michael gianoni is blackbaud s ceo . 7 contents 1 history 2 products 3 philanthropy 4 references 5 external links history edit blackbaud s history traces back to 1981 when blackbaud founder anthony bakker developed a computerized billing system for the nightingale bamford school in manhattan new york city . 6 8 by 1982 bakker s expanded client list allowed him to quit his day job as a banker and he incorporated blackbaud microsystems . 6 8 bakker s new company was headquartered in new york city . 6 8 blackbaud s first product was student billing an accounts receivable system geared toward private grade schools . 6 the company s flagship product the raiser s edge was developed from its student billing product . 6 8 the company had 75 employees in 1989 when it decided to relocate from new york city due to high operational costs . blackbaud relocated to mount pleasant south carolina with the help of a 750 000 business loan . 8 of the company s original 75 employees 30 remained in a support and training office in new york city and 15 relocated to blackbaud s new south carolina headquarters . in 1992 the company outgrew its mount pleasant headquarters and relocated to north charleston south carolina . 8 in 1994 blackbaud converted its software offerings from dos to windows 95 . 6 8 this decision led to a sales increase from 19 million in 1995 to 26 million in 1996 . 6 during this time blackbaud acquired multiple dos based competitors including acoms of burlington massachusetts ; master systems inc. of pinole california ; and blackbaud s chief challenger master software of indianapolis indiana . 6 8 blackbaud s acquisition of master software doubled its customer base . 6 in 1998 blackbaud began using value added resellers which further expanded the company s customer base . 6 9 in 2000 robert sywolski became ceo of blackbaud . 9 sywolski had previously served as ceo of north american operations for cap gemini an international consulting firm . 6 9 blackbaud successfully completed its initial public offering in 2004 . sixteen months later in november 2005 marc chardon replaced sywolski as blackbaud ceo . 10 11 chardon had previously served as chief financial officer of microsoft s information worker group which developed microsoft office among other products . 10 11 in 2006 blackbaud acquired campagne associates . 12 13 the company added both target software and target analysis group in 2007 . 14 target software developed large scale database management solutions while the target analysis group focused primarily on data mining for nonprofits . 14 later that year blackbaud also acquired etapestry an online donor management tool . 15 blackbaud acquired kintera in 2008 . 16 in 2012 the company acquired convio . 5 13 in early 2013 blackbaud announced that ceo marc chardon would leave the company by the end of that year . 17 anthony boor became blackbaud s interim ceo in august 2013 . 18 19 boor joined blackbaud as the company s chief financial officer in 2011 . 19 he was credited with leading blackbaud s acquisition of convio . 19 in november 2013 michael gianoni was named the new president and ceo for blackbaud . 7 products edit blackbaud creates software that helps nonprofits with crm marketing campaigns fundraising and analytics . 20 the company has three customer relationship management crm offerings the raiser s edge blackbaud crm and luminate crm . 21 blackbaud crm is a web based platform that is the company s lead offering for larger organizations that need to handle complex tasks . 21 22 luminate is blackbaud s offering for mid tier organizations and is fully integrated with salesforce.com . 21 22 philanthropy edit blackbaud has an extensive corporate citizenship and philanthropy program . volunteer for vacation is an employee initiative where the company gives paid vacation to employees who participate in volunteer community service . 23 24 the company s reward your passion initiative allows employees to apply for company funded grants that help a charity of their choice . 24 25 in 2013 the company expanded its grant program to include locations beyond its charleston south carolina headquarters . 26 later that year blackbaud launched business doing good a website that is focused on providing information for small and medium sized businesses to create their own corporate philanthropy programs . 27 the company also hosts volunteer fairs and other community service events throughout the year . 25 references edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m blackbaud inc form 10 k . securities and exchange commission . retrieved february 25 2015 . a facebook founder begins a social network focused on charities . new york times . retrieved january 24 2014 . making a new appeal using vintage items . new york times . retrieved january 24 2014 . charities get cash boost from givingtuesday . usa today . retrieved january 24 2014 . a b blackbaud to acquire software company convio . wall street journal . retrieved january 24 2014 . a b c d e f g h i j k l jay p. pederson ed . 2007 . blackbaud inc. . 85 . international directory of company histories . pp. 34 37 . a b blackbaud names new president chief executive officer . 13 november 2013 . a b c d e f g h john p. mcdermott october 13 1997 . blackbaud carves out its own corner of competitive computer market . the charleston sc post and courier . a b c john m. covaleski may 22 2000 . new ceo to take blackbaud to the next level . accounting today . p. 26 . a b blackbaud names microsoft exec as ceo . crn . retrieved january 24 2014 . a b j. kyle foster . microsoft executive leaves for blackbaud . bloomberg news . retrieved january 24 2014 . blackbaud buys campagne associates . philanthropy journal . retrieved january 24 2014 . a b holly hall . blackbaud software company buys a struggling competitor . the chronicle of philanthropy . retrieved january 24 2014 . a b blackbaud acquires target software and target analysis group . direct marketing news . retrieved january 24 2014 . blackbaud s acquisition of etapestry . the non profit times . retrieved january 24 2014 . blackbaud to acquire convio for 275 million . the non profit times . retrieved january 24 2014 . outgoing blackbaud ceo marc chardon talks about his tenure departure . the post and courier . retrieved january 24 2014 . updated charleston software giant blackbaud names interim leader as ceo steps down early . the post and courier . retrieved january 24 2014 . a b c blackbaud appoints interim ceo . the non profit times . retrieved january 24 2014 . lori hawkins 2 6 2013 . software maker blackbaud continues to grow austin presence . austin american statesman . retrieved 2014 03 31 . check date values in date help a b c paul greenberg 2014 01 29 . crm watchlist 2014 for the 1st time ever the watchlist elite part i . zdnet . retrieved 2014 03 31 . a b blackbaud inc. 10 k . united states securities and exchange commission . 2013 . retrieved 2014 03 31 . taking a year round approach to corporate philanthropy . charleston regional business journal . 2012 12 17 . retrieved 2014 03 31 . a b blackbaud ; blackbaud launches new corporate citizenship initiatives . computer weekly news . 2 12 2010 . check date values in date help a b from politics to philanthropy sally ehrenfried . charleston regional business journal . retrieved 2014 03 31 . blackbaud announces global expansion of grants program . costal community foundation of south carolina . 2013 05 20 . retrieved 2014 03 31 . blackbaud launches businessdoinggood.com to help small to mid sized businesses build give back programs in their organizations . charleston chronicle . 2014 03 12 . retrieved 2014 03 31 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to blackbaud . blackbaud business doing good retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title blackbaud & oldid 739279161 categories software companies based in south carolinacompanies established in 1981crm software companiesfinancial software companiesbusiness software companiescompanies listed on nasdaqhidden categories cs1 errors datesuse mdy dates from november 2011commons category with local link same as on wikidata 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