Service to Others Makes the World a Better Place

Blackbaud is a community of people who care, who seek to help nonprofits drive positive change in this world. Our focus on corporate citizenship is an acknowledgement that we strive to make a difference both through what we do as a company and how we serve as individuals, professionally and personally. It encompasses our commitment:

• To deliver products and solutions that help do good
• To govern our business ethically
• To be a good employer who cares about its people
• To be a good steward of our environment
• And to serve others both through good business practices and through our philanthropy.

Check out our 2010 Corporate Citizenship Year in Review.

Our corporate citizenship comes to life through a diverse portfolio that encompasses our expertise as a technology provider, our pledge to serve others, and a commitment to preserve the environment.

We put these values into action a number of ways, including:

• Community grants
• Employee volunteer impact grants
• Employee-led initiatives
• Programs promoting volunteerism

While you're here, read our blog, or see how we are serving others:

Technology & Insight

Blackbaud is proud to work with nonprofits around the world, representing a wide array of missions and truly seeking to drive positive change.  Both as a technology provider and a good corporate citizen, we seek to give back to the nonprofit sector by sharing our expertise, industry knowledge and passion for service, including:

• Free technology solutions used by more than 8,000 nonprofit organizations (Blackbaud Now)
• The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and the Blackbaud Index on Online Giving
• NetHope partnership, supporting efforts to deploy technology to aid in disaster relief
• Promise Neighborhood partnership, focusing on the deployment of technology to measure outcomes and identify true drivers of change

Serving Others

Blackbaud has a value that service to others makes the world a better place.  Our employees work, every day, to bring this value to life both through their work as technology experts and as individual members of the communities where they live.

Volunteerism at Blackbaud – A Snapshot

• 95% of employees think volunteerism is important
• 90% of employees have volunteered within the past 12 months totaling almost 100,000 volunteer hours
• 85% of employees said that Blackbaud’s focus on nonprofits was a key factor in their decision to join the company

We actively encourage volunteerism through a variety of programs, including:

• Volunteer for Vacation, providing employees extra vacation days as an incentive to volunteer
• Participating in the Trident United Way Day of Caring (150 people, 9 teams)
• Supporting Team Blackbaud, our grassroots employee volunteerism program
• Offering Reward Your Passion grants to nonprofits where employees volunteer

Preserving the Environment

Blackbaud strives to be a responsible member of the community, doing our part to protect our natural resources.  We work, both as a company and through individual effort, to preserve the environment by:

• Implementing green business practices
• Educating and encouraging employees about green practices
• Serving as volunteers in our community

Programs include:

• 2010 Charleston Green Business Challenge
• Sprouts, our employee-run community garden
• Greenbaud, our grassroots employee environmental team