{"id":25791,"date":"2025-01-28T09:59:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/?post_type=news&p=25791"},"modified":"2025-07-29T15:12:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:12:24","slug":"yourcause-from-blackbaud-and-true-impact-to-offer-companies-advanced-ai-driven-insights-and-storytelling-for-social-impact-reporting","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/newsroom\/article\/yourcause-from-blackbaud-and-true-impact-to-offer-companies-advanced-ai-driven-insights-and-storytelling-for-social-impact-reporting","title":{"rendered":"YourCause\u00ae from Blackbaud\u00ae and True Impact\u00ae to Offer Companies Advanced AI-Driven Insights and Storytelling for Social Impact Reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Integration of True Impact Measurement Data into Blackbaud Impact Edge\u2122 Will Provide Companies with Real-Time, Evidence-Based Insights that Reveal How Their CSR Initiatives Impact Society<\/em><\/p>\n

Charleston, S.C. (January 28, 2025)<\/strong> \u2014 Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of software for powering social impact, has announced an industry-leading partnership with True Impact\u00ae<\/a>, a social impact measurement platform that helps social change leaders at purpose-driven enterprises demonstrate how their cash, volunteerism and in-kind donations translate into concrete results. Through a first-of-its-kind integration with True Impact, Blackbaud will bring predictive, outcome-based impact data into Blackbaud Impact Edge\u2122<\/a>, its AI-powered social impact reporting and storytelling solution for YourCause\u00ae from Blackbaud\u00ae corporate customers. Available to all YourCause corporate clients later this year, this integration will enhance the ability for companies to easily contextualize and narrate the impact of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs\u2014from action to outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to roll out this latest innovation to help purpose-driven companies move beyond simply tracking data points to instead gain evidence-based insights that reveal how their CSR initiatives actually improve people\u2019s lives,\u201d said Dale Strange, president of corporate impact, Blackbaud. \u201cWe\u2019re already hearing great feedback from companies using Impact Edge to track and evaluate their impact. This new layer of reporting will be a gamechanger as purpose-driven companies like these continue connecting their employees and resources to communities all around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The marriage of True Impact\u2019s data with Impact Edge\u2019s AI technology will redefine what\u2019s possible in CSR reporting to deliver a truly comprehensive philanthropic outcome-focused and user-friendly solution making multi-layered insight investigation and reporting accessible and easily digestible, all in one view.<\/p>\n

YourCause corporate clients will be able to benchmark, track, and tell their entire impact story, shifting from static reporting to real-time intelligence that empowers smarter decision-making, predictive modeling and strategic planning. With enhanced accountability and transparency, CSR practitioners can better align with stakeholder expectations by providing clear, credible and outcome-driven reports on philanthropic investments.<\/p>\n

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