BiddingForGood, the leading cause related e-commerce platform solely for organizations engaged in auction fundraising for nonprofit causes, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnMedia 100 winners. Inclusion in the OnMedia 100 signifies major developments in the creation of marketing tools, services, venues, and advertising, branding, and public relation campaigns. BiddingForGood was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and other industry experts across the globe, based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz. Read more...

Online registrations, donations and fundraising per participant increasing in Blackbaud and Event 360 analysis of 30,000 donors and 4,000 individual fundraisers In a time when overall fundraising is on the decline, independent fundraising events are raising more money and growing in participation and donors, according to a recent Blackbaud, Inc., (Nasdaq: BLKB) and Event 360, Inc. study. Independent fundraising events (IFE) are activities designed and run by volunteers to raise money on behalf of a specific nonprofit organization. Read more...

Blackbaud, Inc., (Nasdaq: BLKB) announced today that the Arthritis Foundation San Diego, the first nonprofit to use its Friends Asking Friends® technology when it launched nine years ago, held its 17th annual Jingle Bell Run/Walk on Saturday,and achieved unprecedented success by integrating social media channels with the solution. Read more...