Nonprofit Software Giant Makes Another Acquisition
Blackbaud, the nation's largest provider of fund-raising software to charities, has announced that it will acquire Kintera, a San Diego based pioneer and leading provider of a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution to the nonprofit and government sectors. This is the fourth acquisition for the company in the past two years. There is concern that these mergers will negatively impact the nonprofit community as organizations are left with unsupported software. Other concerns are that lack of competition will lead to higher prices for these products with few alternatives.
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Read an article from the Chronicle of Philanthropy about the acquisition...

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