Blackbaud NetCommunity Universal provides a CRM database-agnostic option for marketing-driven organizations

Blackbaud, Inc. has announced the availability of an exclusively-SaaS version of its website management solution Blackbaud® NetCommunity™. The “Universal” version will provide a Blackbaud solution for Internet marketing and communications to nonprofits with third-party CRM databases without sacrificing the vital holistic view of constituents. Read more...

Firstgiving, a leader in providing Web-based fundraising services for individuals and charities, today announced the ability for its users to add YouTube™ video and Flickr photos to their personal Web pages. Mark Sutton, Chief Executive Officer of Firstgiving stated, “Experience shows us that the more personal the appeal, the more successful the fundraiser. Therefore, we made it easy for people raising money on Firstgiving to add their personal videos and photos to their fundraising pages.” The end result he says is more people raising more money for their favorite charitable causes. Read more...

More than 200 charitable organizations as well as consulting firms and professionals working in the philanthropic community now have downloaded MPower - the most open, flexible, and powerful, constituent relationship management (CRM) software for nonprofits - since it became available as an open source offering without licensing fees on March 11. (MPower is available for free downloading and use at http://www.mpoweropen.com .) Read more...