The newest cohort of participants in Blackbaud’s Social Good Startup Program have been announced. 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 focused on mission-driven tech startups using generative AI to increase impact for companies and nonprofits focused on social responsibility.
“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,” said Kevin McDearis, executive vice president and chief technology officer, Blackbaud. “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 – It 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: It 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 helps to create personalized campaigns that resonate with the target audience to maximize engagement and conversion rates.
Fundwriter.ai: It 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’sB2B 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: It is a 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: It 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: It is ChatGPT for nonprofit fundraising content creation. ImpactWriter is designed allow fundraisers 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: It is a tool that leverages 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, it’s transforming the way nonprofits communicate and engage with their audiences.
b.world: It 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.
“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,” said Lizzie Schaffer, general manager, Social Good Startup Program, Blackbaud. “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.”
Founders are invited to participate in the annual Blackbaud Social Good Startup Showcase, where they can pitch their ideas to Blackbaud leaders for a chance to create networking opportunities and ultimately win cash prizes. This year’s showcase will take place at bbcon, Blackbaud’s annual tech conference happening in Denver, Oct. 22-24.
