Blackbaud's accelerator program welcomes 10 startups building generative AI solutions

Blackbaud, the provider of software for powering social impact, announced the newest cohort of participants in its Social Good Startup Program. The program is a tech accelerator designed to support diverse, early-stage software companies focused on solving the problems that matter to the social good community.

The July 2023 cohort is specifically focused on mission-driven tech startups using generative AI to increase impact for companies and nonprofits focused on social responsibility. This is one way that Blackbaud is delivering on its commitment to make AI more accessible to customers - by accelerating the availability of AI-driven partner solutions in the Blackbaud Marketplace. Through this partner ecosystem, Blackbaud customers can easily find and integrate AI solutions into their Blackbaud tech stack to meet their specific needs. 

Kevin McDearis, Executive VP and CTO, Blackbaud: "In addition to the product innovation and AI capabilities we're delivering to our customers, Blackbaud is also investing in our partner ecosystem to give customers a range of ways they can integrate intelligent solutions to drive greater impact in the world. We're thrilled to invest in this new cohort of startups that are bringing meaningful AI applications to the social impact industry."

The startups in the July 2023 cohort include:

ChangeFinder: ChangeFinder is ChatGPT for grants. The SaaS grant writing solution (GrantMachine) is focused on increasing efficiency and grant application success rates for nonprofits. ChangeFinder develops Large Language Models (LLM's) for specific nonprofit grant verticals and grant funding categories, such as housing or health equity, empowering customers to drive meaningful change in their communities.

Donor360: Donor360 is an ethical eCommerce platform that enables charities and their advocates to fundraise by vending Fair Trade, organic and cruelty-free products. Donor360 is an eCommerce ecosystem of nonprofits, advocates, organic and sustainable brands, corporations and conscious consumers. Donor360 eShops are fast, free and easy to set up and manage.

eSimpleIT: With a mission to double the impact of philanthropic organizations worldwide, eSimpleIT is actively developing an advanced marketing studio tool designed to transform fundraising and philanthropy. With AI-driven targeting and segmentation, this tool empowers marketing professionals to identify and engage with potential donors and sponsors effectively, while its prescriptive insights help to create personalized campaigns that resonate with the target audience to maximize engagement and conversion rates.

Fundwriter.ai: Fundwriter.ai is an AI-powered platform for the social good sector, empowering every member of the team to become a fundraising powerhouse. Teams leverage their organization's data, content and other resources to create targeted proposals, appeals, prospect outreach and strategy documents.

FundMiner: FundMiner's B2B software simplifies fund management and automates gift administration for large fundraising organizations like higher education institutions, academic medical centers and community foundations. FundMiner's AI-powered platform aggregates data from siloed systems and automates manual processes to provide organizations with tools like reporting and analytics, workflow automation and compliance monitoring, to ensure that resources are maximized. FundMiner helps clients stay compliant with internal and external regulations and better honor donor intent, driving more effective capital utilization, greater staff productivity and increased fundraising revenue.

Hatch: Hatch is the first-of-its-kind giving intelligence platform powered by Altruistic Intelligence™. Hatch provides organizations with new information on each individual donor, allowing fundraisers, marketers and volunteers to streamline and maximize their impact, providing a new home for a new world of giving. 

Humanitas AI: Humanitas AI is building smart assistants and in-kind fundraising tools to help nonprofits and companies accomplish and raise more. Humanitas AI believes a first-principles socio-economic data platform (one that includes social sector data that often are excluded from major algorithms) will be critical to ensure a safe, just and equitable future for everyone. The platform offers various tools, including an AI assistant and a marketplace to better help companies connect with local nonprofits, and strives to serve as the trusted intermediary between all stakeholders in the impact ecosystem.

ImpactWriter from LifeLegacy: ImpactWriter from LifeLegacy is ChatGPT for nonprofit fundraising content creation. ImpactWriter is designed to give fundraisers the power to create expert content in seconds, saving time, resources and money—allowing organizations to focus on the most critical day-to-day tasks. Whether it's creating fundraising campaigns, donor thank you letters, social content, board letters, newsletters, or impact stories, ImpactWriter elevates a nonprofit's fundraising capabilities.

Nonprofit Operating System: Nonprofit Operating System is a revolutionary tool that leverages the power of generative AI to assist nonprofits in creating compelling fundraising appeals, engaging social media content, and everything else a nonprofit might need. Designed by experienced nonprofit professionals, this system understands the unique challenges and opportunities in the nonprofit sector. With nearly 200 customers already benefiting from its capabilities, it's transforming the way nonprofits communicate and engage with their audiences.

b.world: b.world is an AI-powered impact measurement and storytelling app for corporate and social impact teams. It makes impact program design, measurement and storytelling easy, fast and cost-effective so impact teams can focus more on their mission.

Lizzie Schaffer, General Manager, Social Good Startup Program, Blackbaud:  "In keeping with Blackbaud's commitment to make AI more accessible to social impact organizations as part of our Intelligence for Good strategy, we're thrilled to welcome these 10 outstanding companies into the July 2023 cohort. Partnering with the most innovative startups using AI to power social impact technology allows us to provide even more opportunities for purpose-led organizations to experiment with some of the newest products and solutions in the market, and we can't wait to see all the good we can do with the companies in the July 2023 cohort as AI technology continues to advance."

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