Eleven Startups Showcase AI-Powered Innovation for Social Impact in Blackbaud's 2026 Social Good Startup Pitch Competition
Blackbaud hosted the annual showcase for its Social Good Startup Program, where eleven AI-focused startups from the 2026 cohort pitched solutions spanning grantmaking, donor intelligence, volunteer engagement and nonprofit operations. The cohort's tools integrate with Blackbaud products such as Raiser's Edge NXT, extending customer outcomes inside Blackbaud's ecosystem; Judges' Choice and People's Choice winners will be announced at bbcon 2026 on Oct. 1. Since launching in 2020, the program has supported more than 95 startups across 12 cohorts, bringing more than 40 integrated apps to the Blackbaud Marketplace with an 84% success rate — 80 of the 95 alumni still operating.
Key figures
- Cohort size
- 11
- Program cohorts
- 12
- Voting deadline
- 11:59 p.m. ET on Sept. 30
- Winners announced
- bbcon 2026, Oct. 1
- Program success rate
- 84%
- Alumni still operating
- 80 of 95
- Startups supported since 2020
- 95+
- Integrated apps brought to marketplace
- 40+
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