{"id":14487,"date":"2023-10-30T12:13:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=14487"},"modified":"2023-11-20T12:22:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T17:22:02","slug":"blackbaud-receives-2023-nspa-keystone-award","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/newsroom\/article\/blackbaud-receives-2023-nspa-keystone-award","title":{"rendered":"Blackbaud Receives 2023 NSPA Keystone Award for Advancing the Scholarship Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The National Scholarship Providers Association (NSPA) has recognized Blackbaud with their 2023 Keystone Award in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">their <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Awards of Excellence program. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scholarshipproviders.org\/page\/awards\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">NSPA Awards of Excellence<\/span><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"none\">acknowledge and celebrate organizations and individuals contributing to student success and advancements in the scholarship industry. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">The <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Keystone Award recognizes a partner company or consultant engaged in the sale of products or services to members of NSPA that has made especially outstanding contributions to the advancement of the scholarship community.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As a leading software provider for educational institutions, Blackbaud has revolutionized scholarship management. One university leveraging Blackbaud to support scholarship management is <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), which serves nearly 40,000 students annually, 76% of whom receive some form of financial aid. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/solutions\/grant-and-award-management\/award-management\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Blackbaud Award Management\u2122<\/span><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"none\">empowered their team to bring all available scholarship awards into one centralized location and provided administrators key insights to help match students with scholarships. \u201cPrior to implementing Blackbaud software, we did not have the tools and data to manage our scholarship funds effectively, and thousands of dollars went unused,\u201d said Oliver Mamangun, Assistant Director of University Scholarships at CSULB. \u201cSince implementation, our fund<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> utilization has been close to 100%, allowing us to award more than $11 million in scholarships and grants each academic year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Blackbaud Award Management streamlines scholarship management for higher education. This platform helps:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Expand access to scholarships, providing unique recommendations to students highlighting available scholarships and awards for which they qualify.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Streamline the review process, giving stakeholders one central location where protected student data can be shared and reviewed.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Engage with donors through one unified database for donor profiles, data, and reporting.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cWe have an unwavering commitment to higher education, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">not just as software providers, but as partners dedicated to helping drive impact for students<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u201d said Mark Davis, Vice President, Head of Education Products, Blackbaud. \u201cBlackbaud Award Management helps our customers save time, increase fund utilization, improve donor relations, and ensure that funds are used effectively so these institutions can enhance financial transparency and enroll more students. We\u2019re honored to receive this recognition from NSPA.\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">More information and the full list of winners can be found <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scholarshipproviders.org\/general\/custom.asp?page=2023awards\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Scholarship Providers Association (NSPA) has recognized Blackbaud with their 2023 Keystone Award in their Awards of Excellence program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":14488,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"news-category":[481],"news-topic":[],"class_list":["post-14487","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-announcements"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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