Blackbaud's Raiser's Edge NXT Launches

Raiser's Edge NXT is the new online fundraising and relationship management software for nonprofits by TechSoup donor partner Blackbaud. Like most cloud-based software, it is available anywhere, anytime, and on any device.

Raiser's Edge NXT (pronounced N.X.T. instead of "next" and often abbreviated RE NXT) automates ongoing online fundraising, events, campaigns, membership, email marketing, payment processing, and even crowdfunding. It also helps manage volunteers. The service is a new product and not an upgrade of Raiser's Edge 7. NXT publicly launched in July of 2015.

Nifty Features

Some current features of the new software include

• A redesigned interface that is supposed to be intuitive for both frequent and occasional users.
• Analytics and reporting features that help target fundraising. For instance, it targets your best potential major gift candidates and then recommends a dollar amount to request as a donation.
• Different views of donor data for different audiences. For example, it provides summary views of fundraising events that are easy to understand by executives and board members.
• Branded donation forms for your website.
• Mobile access to data.
• Creating and sending customizable, mobile-optimized emails.
• Enhanced data security.
• An all-new and more open API (application programming interface), which means that web developers and a charity's own IT team can get data in and out of the system much more easily.
• Instant help and support options, such as embedded support and training, chat support, and user community access.

Blackbaud plans to release software upgrades every one to two months, and all RE NXT subscribers are automatically updated.

Raiser's Edge NXT Pricing Information

Raiser's Edge NXT pricing is based on the total number of constituent records that an organization has stored in its database. The service is geared to mid-sized and large nonprofits.

Here is the reasoning on the new cloud pricing by Mary Pat Donnellon, vice president of marketing at Blackbaud:

"We carefully designed the pricing model for Raiser's Edge NXT based on feedback from customers and industry experts. Our goal was to provide a fair and modernized pricing structure that puts nonprofits in the driver's seat, while ensuring it is accessible and affordable to organizations of all sizes. With Raiser's Edge NXT, we give nonprofits the tools to grow. And as their database grows and they turn on more advanced capabilities, the pricing scales up."

Blackbaud has special loyalty pricing for Raiser's Edge 7 customers. Call Blackbaud at 1-800-468-8996 or connect with Blackbaud via its website to get a specific pricing quote for RE NXT.

Other Fundraising Resources

• The Blackbaud Donation Program at TechSoup also offers a prospect database called NOZAsearch.
• See a comparison of other fundraising software available through TechSoup.

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