Cloud-native software platform for nonprofits, education, and social impact organizations
Blackbaud is a public SaaS company (NASDAQ: BLKB) serving nonprofits, educational institutions, and socially conscious enterprises with dedicated software for fundraising, grantmaking, donor management, and impact reporting. The stack is Salesforce-native (Apex, LWC, CLI) with enterprise infrastructure (Kubernetes, ServiceNow, Workday, Azure Entra) and growing security/compliance surface (CrowdStrike, Tenable, Qualys). Hiring velocity is accelerating across engineering and sales in equal measure, with active projects spanning platform modernization, AI literacy programs, and vulnerability scanning — signaling both technical debt remediation and a push toward AI-assisted features in the social impact space.
Notable leadership hires: Chief of Staff, Director Awareness Revenue, Business Portfolio Lead, Marketing & Business Development Director
Blackbaud operates software exclusively for the nonprofit, education, and corporate social responsibility sectors. The platform facilitates fundraising, donor relationship management, grant administration, and financial operations for millions of users, processing over $100 billion annually across its customer base. The company operates as a remote-first organization with engineering and support presence across the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, and the United Kingdom, serving users in 100+ countries. Core pain points include RFP compliance, third-party system integration, qualified pipeline generation, and pipeline velocity — typical operational friction for mid-market SaaS with complex, regulated customer bases.
Blackbaud's stack centers on Salesforce (Apex, Lightning Web Components, Lightning Design System), GitHub, Kubernetes, and SQL Server. Infrastructure tooling includes ServiceNow, Workday, Active Directory/Azure Entra, and security platforms (CrowdStrike, Tenable, Qualys). Data visualization via Tableau and Qlik Sense.
Blackbaud is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina. As a public company (NASDAQ: BLKB), it maintains operations across the US, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, and the United Kingdom.
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