Many institutions rely on Blackbaud Award Management™ and Raiser’s Edge NXT® as core platforms for scholarship and advancement management, but enabling fully digital, constituent‑driven workflows often requires extending these systems beyond their out‑of‑the‑box capabilities.

In this session, we’ll share how Tennessee State University used the Blackbaud SKY API and enterprise integration patterns to modernize scholarship creation, donor engagement, and advancement automation across systems. You’ll see a real‑world implementation that enables donors, scholarship sponsors, and partners to securely create and manage scholarships through a constituent‑facing digital workflow—authoring agreements, defining eligibility, linking funds and donor records, and submitting documentation without manual administrative intervention.

We’ll also cover how API‑driven integrations synchronized data between Ellucian Banner and Raiser’s Edge NXT® to improve segmentation, reporting, and fundraising workflows, and how migrating to Blackbaud’s native online giving and donor portal replaced manual batch processes with automated, near real‑time workflows.

Attendees will leave with practical insight into extending Blackbaud Award Management™ and Raiser’s Edge NXT® using the SKY API, integrating enterprise SIS data, and modernizing advancement operations through secure, scalable automation.