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Blackbaud TeamRaiser

Score10 out of 10

6 Reviews and Ratings

What is Blackbaud TeamRaiser?

Blackbaud's TeamRaiser is a peer-to-peer fundraising platform, support event fundraising with registration, analytics, and campaign management tools.

Categories & Use Cases

TeamRaiser for Peer to Peer

Pros

  • Monitor fundraising progress online and offline
  • Track fundraising historically for each participant and event
  • Makes registering easy for the participant
  • Make fundraising convenient and organized

Cons

  • Sometimes it's clunky to use on the back end
  • It's not easy to set up
  • Can be confusing and meticulous to update

Most Important Features

  • Facebook Fundraising Compatibility
  • YOY Fundraising Comparisons

Return on Investment

  • Helps us track our fundraising to make sure we're staying on track for increasing

TeamRaiser for DIY fundraising

Pros

  • Allows supporters to independently fundraise.
  • Simple website design that can be adapted for a DIY website.
  • Allows for easy updates and changes.

Cons

  • Too many options so it can be hard to navigate.
  • Requires a deeper HTML understanding to really get the most out of it.
  • Would be better if the interface was similar to other original Blackbaud products.

Return on Investment

  • Increased revenue.
  • More engagement from supporters.
  • Reached a new audience.

Alternatives Considered

Blackbaud Sphere (Discontinued)

Other Software Used

The Raisers Edge, Raiser's Edge NXT

Usability

TeamRaiser at a glance

Pros

  • Offers the ability to really customize a campaign on TeamRaiser.
  • Provides milestones/badges that can be earned for participants.
  • Provides custom pages that can be easily linked to a campaign.
  • Gives the ability to send coaching emails to participants and for participants to send emails through the TeamRaiser system.
  • Has a big support community.

Cons

  • Has a difficult learning curve to make campaigns customizable.
  • Does not offer any drag and drop interfaces.
  • A lot of details and settings that can be confusing.
  • No automatic recognition for returning participants.
  • When copying from a previous campaign, everything is a manual update.

Return on Investment

  • Introduced our constituents to DIY fundraising.
  • Provided another revenue stream that provides nearly $100,000 extra a year.
  • Gets our constituents involved in the cause in another way.
  • We've found a niche by using TeamRaiser in companies.
  • Has provided more donor interaction for lower-tier giving groups that might otherwise receive little communication and stewardship from us.
  • Seen returning participants raise more money year-after-year.

Alternatives Considered

everydayheroPro and CrowdRise