AWARDS
Winners will be announced at bbcon in Columbus and will receive a bbcon 2027 sponsorship, a dedicated partner webinar spot in 2027, and executive coaching with Blackbaud leadership to help further their business goals.

People's Choice
We want to hear from you! Anyone who attended the showcase in-person, virtually, or on-demand will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite startups. Voting closes September 30.
Judges' Choice
After hearing from the 2026 cohort, our judges will vote on the startup they believe offers the most impactful service. They will consider the viability of ideas, presentation quality, and opportunity for growth.
THE COHORT

AppsNXT develops add-ins for Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT, including Naming Opportunities for enhanced fundraising and stewardship management and Advanced Events Management for streamlined event planning, seating, check-in, and attendee engagement without requiring a separate third-party event platform.

Bridgit streamlines the flow of supporter data from Blackbaud and third-party platforms into Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT and Blackbaud CRM, reducing manual work, improving data accuracy, and giving nonprofit teams more time to focus on donor engagement and fundraising.

DonorAtlas brings AI-powered prospect research directly into Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT. By using the DonorAtlas x Raiser's Edge NXT integration, fundraising teams can see cited, verified deep-dives into the prospects that matter most so they can focus on building relationships, not gathering data.

Givalgo layers real-time grantee prospecting, due diligence, and continuous monitoring onto Blackbaud's grantmaking workflows, helping foundations research, verify, and track potential grantees at speed and scale.

Grasshopper Signup lets Blackbaud customers spin up free, AI-powered signup and event-registration forms in seconds and collect payments through Blackbaud Merchant Services, so event and activity revenue settles straight into their Blackbaud ecosystem instead of a disconnected third-party tool.

Kindora adds an AI-powered funder intelligence layer to Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT, automatically matching foundation constituents to 219,000+ funders, scoring fit, surfacing warm introductions, and writing vetted prospects back into Raiser's Edge NXT to dramatically accelerate prospect research and pipeline building without requiring teams to switch tools.

With MatchNice, turn any donor into a matching donor directly on your website to increase donor acquisition, conversion rates, and fundraising revenue.

NetOutlook builds focused Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT solutions that reduce reporting gaps, manual workflows, and scattered-tool friction for nonprofit teams.

PlanPerfect supplies the strategy, giving leaders and boards a finished, trackable plan so the fundraising and reporting work flowing through Blackbaud is pointed at clear priorities rather than guessed at.

Untapped runs the front line: AI-powered case management that moves clients through their journey and gives caseworkers time back, so the dollars Blackbaud solutions help raise turn into outcomes you can actually track and show funders.

Vitalcy works alongside Blackbaud to turn the donor records you already manage in Raiser's Edge NXT into active, recurring supporters, automating alumni and lapsed-donor re-engagement so your Blackbaud investment produces more sustained giving, without extra staff.




