Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM

Score7.6 out of 10

116 Reviews and Ratings

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What is Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM?

Designed for large, complex organizations as well as federated and international nonprofits.

Categories & Use Cases

Role-based user permissions
Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration
Category average: 7.5
Integrations
The software includes or integrates with nonprofit marketing, fundraising, donor prospect, accounting, payment, event management, and/or grant management solutions.
Category average: 6.4
Constituent engagement and marketing
Email, text, phone, print mailings, digital ads, and/or social media communications capabilities are available for constituent engagement and marketing.
Category average: 6.2

Reporting and data visualization
Track donor retention and acquisition, campaign success, and incoming donations recommendations for ask amounts, donors at risk of lapsing.
Category average: 6.4
Online donation options
Online avenues for donation are available, including landing pages, forms, donation buttons, etc.
Category average: 7
Volunteer shift management
The software allows volunteers to sign up and check in for event shifts.
Category average: 4.9

#1 most frequent

Educational Services

32.3%

445 installations of 1,376

#2 most frequent

Other Services (except Public Administration)

24.0%

330 installations of 1,376

#3 most frequent

Health Care and Social Assistance

14.7%

202 installations of 1,376

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM (BBCRM) for our supporter management, events and volunteer management. For fundraising it is an excellent system and includes the majority functionality an NFP needs, out of the box. It has API connections to many systems if required and the support is excellent. It is used across the organisation and has been our 'single source of truth' for managing the relationships with our all-important supporters.

Pros

Data management
Support
Org wide functionality

Cons

Website integration
Internal reporting

Return on Investment

More control over communications resulting in more/higher donations

Usability

Alan Weinberger

Executive Director of technical Systems and Services at Syracuse University (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use BBCRM to track all gifts by Alumni, Donors and friends to the University. This includes actual cash gifts, pledges, matching gifts, planned gifts etc. We populate the system with in depth bio, personal and financial data and then use the system to sort and highlight potential prospects. The system is available to all staff at the University although access to certain data is restricted by use case. Currently we have about 500 active users across campus. The system is available 24/7 and is reachable via any internet connection through a series of secure firewalls and MFA. It is also available on IOS devices.

Pros

Accessing in-depth data for a single constituent is easily done and customizable by user working with "tiles" on the home screen
Generating lists of possible prospects with specific similarities can be done with a few clicks and then stored for more research later
well designed relationship options allow for a a look at specific constituents and how they might relate to other constituents in the system leading to more effective prospecting
Screens can be easily customized by user or user group eliminating irrelevant data and presenting only truly relevant information

Cons

Tighter integration with other BB products like Award Management would be nice
Better emailing and event modules within BBIS would allow us to do more within CRM and not have to support extra software
More and better API will allow users to build more sophisticated interface to external products

Return on Investment

Our ability to provide consistent accurate performance numbers has improved dramatically. Anyone, at any time, can hit a single button and know what our fundraising goals are and how we are performing against those goals. Very popular with upper management
Implementing different modules within the system has save us time and cost using outside options. NCOA is a good example. We run t quarterly for all records. Any school or subunit can then send mailing out at any time without dealing with another cleanse and the associated cost. We've saved over $200,000 doing it once for all instead of piecemeal.
The system provides more accurate data faster for major gift research and solicitation. Our staffing levels have dropped (not recommended) but our actual funds raised and gifts processed have increased by 25%

Other Software Used

Anthology Encompass, EverTrue Engage, OnBase

Tara Michaels View profile

Assistant Director at Bucknell University (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use it to look up data on constituents I work with and keep others in the loop by recording my interactions with constituents. It is helpful to have one place to look for all information about a constituent.

Pros

Allows me to link my email interactions directly into the system
Has areas to store all information about a person
Easy to pull just the information I need

Return on Investment

I do not have access to the costs, but I know finding info in Blackbaud is MUCH easier than it was in our last CRM.
It is an efficient platform.
I can run reports myself rather than having to requesting information from another department.

Betsy Schmidt-Gullett View profile

Executive Director in Research & Development at University of Cincinnati foundation (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We utilize it for donor records, prospect management, bbis, wealth screening, donor information

Pros

Analytics
Wealth screening
Sophisticated functionality

Cons

Customer service
New development

Return on Investment

Ability to store a lot of details… historical accuracy

Other Software Used

WealthEngine, iWave, Lexis Advance Quicklaw

Verified User

Analyst (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Blackbaud CRM to house the data on all of our donors and constituents. It tracks information on them such as giving history, contact information, education info, events attended, and employment information. I use many data points when pulling in constituents to mass communication efforts. I also use data points to do prospect research and refer major gift prospects to major gift officers.

Pros

Easy to edit data points (address, etc.)
When viewing a constituent you can see a lot of data points at once
Giving history is fairly easy to navigate and understand

Cons

When querying data, it will double count gifts (self credit and spouse credit)
Unable to delete prior contact info, can only end date it
Unable to list preferred pronouns

Return on Investment

The easier we can update personal data the easier we can reach people
We have streamlined our workflows of who can edit what areas
Our data is secure

Other Software Used

Smartsheet, Trello, Atlassian Confluence

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What is Blackbaud Enterprise Fundraising CRM?

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