Blackbaud + Smart Tuition:
1. Who is Blackbaud?
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The most innovative, mobile-ready solutions
in the cloud for K-12 private schools.
Serving the worldwide philanthropic
community for more than 30 years, Blackbaud
(NASDAQ: BLKB) combines innovative
software and services, and expertise to help
organizations achieve their missions.
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A connection to the industry’s largest
community of thought leaders, resources,
and support professionals.
Blackbaud’s portfolio of software and services
support nonprofit fundraising and relationship
management, accounting, payments and
analytics, grant management, corporate social
responsibility, and education. Using Blackbaud
technology, organizations are able to raise,
invest, manage, and award more than $100
billion each year.
Blackbaud is headquartered in Charleston,
South Carolina and has operations in the
United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, and
the United Kingdom.
2. How will schools
benefit from the
acquisition?
The acquisition brings together two
recognized leaders in two distinct areas of
the K-12 private schools sector. By combining
Blackbaud’s rich portfolio of offerings for the
K-12 private school community with Smart
Tuition’s innovative technology solutions for
tuition management and payment processing,
we are uniquely positioned to deliver:
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Solutions that help K-12 private schools
manage and connect information,
streamline internal processes, and improve
the parent/family user experience.
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One well-integrated solution that fully
connects schools — from enrollment
management, to student information,
billing and tuition management,
to learning systems and content
management.
3. What are the future
plans for Smart Tuition
and Blackbaud products?
We are strategizing on ways to best integrate
our products with the goal of making the
experience for school administration, teachers,
and families easy, efficient, and secure. We
are listening closely to our clients as part of
this process, and will communicate updates as
we have information to share.
4. Will there still be
integration offered with
Smart Tuition Partner
products?
Yes. All existing partner integrations will
continue to be available. Some of the
partnerships that Smart currently has include
Intuit Quickbooks, ParishSoft, Chalkable,
Renweb, and Sycamore.
5. Will there be any
personnel changes as a
result of the sale?
All Smart Tuition staff transitioned to
Blackbaud.
6. Will Smart Tuition
headquarters remain in
New Jersey?
The Smart Tuition office in Woodbridge,
New Jersey will continue to operate as a
Blackbaud office.
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