Blackbaud Unveils Powerful New AI Updates and Integrations in its Impact Edge™ CSR Reporting Tool for Purpose Driven Companies
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) announced significant updates to its Impact Edge™ CSR reporting solution, enhancing its AI capabilities and data integration features. The platform now includes a new Charity Discovery Tool, powered by partnerships with True Impact® and Candid, providing comprehensive nonprofit data analysis capabilities.
Key enhancements include advanced AI-powered features for natural language processing and data visualization, improved dashboard functionality with custom goal tracking, and enhanced group performance monitoring. The platform's new charity discovery dashboard combines True Impact's outcome-based data with Candid's nonprofit intelligence to help CSR professionals make more informed decisions about partnerships and investments.
The update also introduces AI translations for CSRconnect® and an early adoption program for Form Intelligence in GrantsConnect®, streamlining grant application processes.
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) ha annunciato aggiornamenti significativi della sua soluzione di rendicontazione CSR Impact Edge™, potenziandone le capacità di IA e le funzionalità di integrazione dati. La piattaforma ora comprende un nuovo Charity Discovery Tool, supportato da partnership con True Impact® e Candid, offrendo capacità analitiche complete sui dati delle organizzazioni nonprofit.
Le principali migliorie includono funzionalità avanzate basate sull'IA per elaborazione del linguaggio naturale e visualizzazione dei dati, una migliore funzionalità dei cruscotti con tracciamento di obiettivi personalizzati e un monitoraggio potenziato delle prestazioni dei gruppi. Il nuovo cruscotto di discovery delle donazioni unisce i dati basati sugli outcome di True Impact con l'intelligence delle nonprofit di Candid per aiutare i professionisti CSR a prendere decisioni più informate su partnership e investimenti.
L'aggiornamento introduce anche traduzioni AI per CSRconnect® e un programma di adozione anticipata per Form Intelligence in GrantsConnect®, semplificando i processi di domanda di sovvenzione.
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) anunció importantes actualizaciones de su solución de informes CSR Impact Edge™, mejorando sus capacidades de IA y las funciones de integración de datos. La plataforma ahora incluye una nueva Charity Discovery Tool, impulsada por asociaciones con True Impact® y Candid, que ofrece capacidades completas de análisis de datos de organizaciones sin fines de lucro.
Las mejoras clave incluyen funciones avanzadas impulsadas por IA para procesamiento de lenguaje natural y visualización de datos, una funcionalidad mejorada de paneles con seguimiento de metas personalizado y un monitoreo de rendimiento de grupos mejorado. El nuevo tablero de descubrimiento de caridad combina los datos basados en resultados de True Impact con la inteligencia de organizaciones sin fines de lucro de Candid para ayudar a los profesionales de CSR a tomar decisiones más informadas sobre asociaciones e inversiones.
La actualización también introduce traducciones por IA para CSRconnect® y un programa de adopción temprana para Form Intelligence en GrantsConnect®, agilizando los procesos de solicitud de subvenciones.
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB)은 CSR 보고 솔루션 Impact Edge™의 중요한 업데이트를 발표하며 AI 기능과 데이터 통합 기능을 강화했습니다. 이제 True Impact® 및 Candid와의 파트너십으로 구동되는 새로운 Charity Discovery Tool가 포함되어 비영리 데이터 분석 기능을 포괄적으로 제공합니다.
주요 개선 사항으로는 자연어 처리와 데이터 시각화를 위한 고급 AI 기반 기능, 목표 맞춤형 대시보드 기능 개선, 그룹 성과 모니터링 강화가 있습니다. 새 기부 발견 대시보드는 True Impact의 결과 기반 데이터와 Candid의 비영리 인텔리전스를 결합하여 CSR 전문가가 파트너십 및 투자에 대해 더 신중하게 결정하도록 돕습니다.
업데이트에는 CSRconnect®용 AI 번역도 도입되었고 GrantsConnect®의 Form Intelligence 조기 채택 프로그램이 도입되어 보조금 신청 프로세스를 간소화합니다.
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) a annoncé des mises à jour importantes de sa solution de reporting CSR Impact Edge™, renforçant ses capacités d'IA et les fonctions d'intégration des données. La plateforme comprend désormais un nouvel outil Charity Discovery Tool, alimenté par des partenariats avec True Impact® et Candid, offrant des capacités complètes d'analyse des données des organisations à but non lucratif.
Les améliorations clés incluent des fonctionnalités avancées pilotées par l'IA pour le traitement du langage naturel et la visualisation des données, une meilleure fonctionnalité des tableaux de bord avec un suivi des objectifs personnalisés et un suivi amélioré des performances des groupes. Le nouveau tableau de découverte des associations combine les données axées sur les résultats de True Impact avec l'intelligence des ONG de Candid pour aider les professionnels CSR à prendre des décisions plus éclairées sur les partenariats et les investissements.
La mise à jour introduit également des traductions IA pour CSRconnect® et un programme d'adoption anticipée pour Form Intelligence dans GrantsConnect®, rationalisant les processus de demande de subventions.
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) hat bedeutende Updates für seine CSR-Berichtslösung Impact Edge™ angekündigt, die KI-Fähigkeiten und Datenintegrationsfunktionen verbessern. Die Plattform enthält nun ein neues Charity Discovery Tool, das durch Partnerschaften mit True Impact® und Candid unterstützt wird und umfassende Analysen von Non-Profit-Daten ermöglicht.
Zu den wichtigsten Verbesserungen gehören fortschrittliche KI-basierte Funktionen für natürliche Sprachverarbeitung und Datenvisualisierung, verbesserte Dashboards mit individueller Zielverfolgung sowie verbesserte Gruppenleistungsüberwachung. Das neue Charity-Discovery-Dashboard kombiniert True Impact's ergebnisbasierte Daten mit Candids Nonprofit-Intelligence, um CSR-Fachleuten fundiertere Entscheidungen über Partnerschaften und Investitionen zu ermöglichen.
Das Update führt außerdem AI-Übersetzungen für CSRconnect® ein und ein Early-Adoption-Programm für Form Intelligence in GrantsConnect®, das die Antragsprozesse für Zuschüsse optimiert.
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) أعلنت عن تحديثات هامة للحل المسؤولية الاجتماعية للشركات Impact Edge™، مع تعزيز قدراته في الذكاء الاصطناعي وميزات تكامل البيانات. تتضمن المنصة الآن أداة جديدة Charity Discovery Tool، مدعومة بشراكات مع True Impact® وCandid، توفر قدرات تحليل بيانات شاملة للمنظمات غير الربحية.
وتشمل التحسينات الرئيسية ميزات متقدمة مدعومة بالذكاء الاصطناعي لمعالجة اللغة الطبيعية وتصور البيانات، وتحسين وظيفة لوحات العدّادات مع تتبع الأهداف المخصص، ومراقبة أداء المجموعات بشكل مُحسن. يجمع لوحة اكتشاف الأعمال الخيرية الجديدة بين بيانات النتائج لـ True Impact وذكاء Candid لمنظّمات غير ربحية لمساعدة محترفي CSR على اتخاذ قرارات أكثر استنارة بشأن الشراكات والاستثمارات.
تقدِّم التحديث أيضًا ترجمات AI لـ CSRconnect® وبرنامج تبني مبكر لـ Form Intelligence في GrantsConnect®، مما يُبسّط إجراءات التقديم على المنح.
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) 宣布对其 CSR 报告解决方案 Impact Edge™ 进行重大更新，提升其 AI 能力和数据集成功能。该平台现在包括一个新的 Charity Discovery Tool，由 True Impact® 和 Candid 的伙伴关系提供支持，提供全面的非盈利数据分析能力。
主要改进包括用于自然语言处理和数据可视化的 先进 AI 功能，改进的仪表板功能，具备自定义目标跟踪，以及增强的群体绩效监控。新 Charity Discovery 面板将 True Impact 的结果导向数据与 Candid 的非营利情报结合起来，帮助 CSR 专业人士就伙伴关系和投资作出更明智的决策。
更新还为 CSRconnect® 引入 AI 翻译，并为 GrantsConnect® 的 Form Intelligence 提供早期采用计划，简化申请流程。
- Integration with True Impact and Candid provides comprehensive nonprofit data analysis
- New AI capabilities enable natural language processing and enhanced data visualization
- Custom goal tracking and improved dashboard functionality for better performance monitoring
- Streamlined nonprofit research through consolidated charity profiles and impact metrics
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New Updates Simplify and Enhance CSR Reporting and Unlock Deeper Data Insights Through Integrations with True Impact and Candid
Earlier this year, Blackbaud announced an integration with True Impact® to bring predictive, outcome-based impact data into Impact Edge, providing companies with real-time insights on how their CSR initiatives impact society. This integration is now live, and with it, Impact Edge will now feature a new Charity Discovery Tool, powered in part by Candid, the most comprehensive source of nonprofit data in the social sector. With this complimentary, interactive dashboard, CSR professionals can streamline nonprofit research by surfacing detailed charity profiles, program data and impact metrics, all in one view.
"As we approach the end of the year, CSR professionals are focused on reporting and pulling together various metrics to prove the value of their programs and plan their initiatives for next year," said Dale Strange, president of corporate impact, Blackbaud. "We're proud to deliver rapid innovation, AI features and unmatched data insights that solve customer pain points in this process and equip them with a go-to platform that supports their strategic reporting, funding and partnership decisions. With Impact Edge, we're giving CSR professionals the tools they need to not only report on impact, but to drive it."
Enhancements to Impact Edge include:
- Deeper Intelligence Powered by Blackbaud AI
- Impact Edge now features enhanced contextual understanding through Blackbaud AI that enables users to ask natural-language questions and receive rich, narrative responses.
- New AI-powered charts and graphs can transform raw CSR data into dynamic visuals that demonstrate results.
- Dashboard Enhancements
- New custom goal tracking capabilities empower organizations to define what success looks like and track progress and outcomes with precision.
- CSR professionals can gain deeper insights with a new Groups dashboard and upcoming enhancements to the Giving Campaign dashboard to spotlight high-performing groups and track fundraising performance, campaign success and employee engagement trends.
- First-of-its-Kind Charity Discovery Tool
- This interactive dashboard transforms how CSR teams explore and assess nonprofits with combined data insights from True Impact and Candid in a single view, so CSR professionals can make faster, more informed decisions when identifying new nonprofit partners or evaluating grant applicants.
- CSR professionals now have curated information to make data-backed decisions on where and how to direct investments with access to in-depth profiles on vetted charities, detailed community investment data, predicted cost per outcome for investments and more.
"Blackbaud's new Charity Discovery Dashboard for Impact Edge is a leap forward for corporate philanthropy," said Farron Levy, founder and CEO, True Impact. "By integrating our outcome-based data with Candid's nonprofit intelligence, Blackbaud is giving companies the power to see not just where their dollars go—but what they can accomplish."
"CSR professionals need clear information backed by trustworthy data to guide more intelligent decisions," said George Burns, senior director of business development at Candid. "Integrating Candid's nonprofit data into Blackbaud Impact Edge allows CSR teams to more easily surface detailed information on nonprofits, with mission, program data, financials and impact metrics all in one place."
These Impact Edge updates are part of Blackbaud's broader corporate impact innovation. The company has also introduced AI translations for custom text within YourCause® CSRconnect®, as well an early adoption program for Form Intelligence in YourCause® GrantsConnect®, which leverages AI capabilities in the form builder to make it faster and easier for CSR teams to create strategic grant application forms.
Learn more about these latest features for Impact Edge here and stay tuned for more corporate impact innovation to be unveiled during bbcon 2025, happening Oct. 6-8 in
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