The two have been in business since 1997, according to internal documents notified through TechCrunch, who recently turned 25 years together. It is classified as “Cause
With records showing annual recurring bills to Blackbaud of at least $1 million, the NRA is one of the few consumers (less than 0. 1%) that the company designates as a “strategic business” and provides the white-glove remedy:
Customized technique designed separately for the consumer with the highest ARR and impact: strategic integration and implementation, then normal partnership meetings with control and other proactive commitments with GM’s direct involvement, supported through a highly strategic individual goodwill plan.
This service point naturally encompasses elements included in other points, such as “sentiment management”, direct engagement with customers, cohort selection for fundraising and awareness campaigns, etc. In other words, the NRA doesn’t just use Blackbaud as a payment processor. or accounting solution: it is a deep and collaborative partnership.
Neither Blackbaud nor the NRA to requests for comment.
It must be said that objectively speaking, lobbyists for Second Amendment rights can be and are considered, through many, supporters of civil liberties. hands of as many other people as possible with as few restrictions as possible regarding the weapon or person. Their influence is directly similar to the alleviation or obstruction of even the lightest gun control laws.
Whether and how it is ethical, as an organization that supports civil liberties, doing business with the NRA is confusing, and one that you don’t want to mention again here, as the point of involvement between Blackbaud and Blackbaud is obviously contrary to the latter’s statement. . Priorities.
Blackbaud speaks loudly and transparently about his commitment to social and ESG, or environmental, social and governance issues. And, in fact, he promotes himself and cares about many establishments and commendable efforts.
Blackbaud provides objectives: gun rights are listed. Image credits: Blackbaud
Like many organizations, it is careful not to make statements that are easily identifiable as political in nature, focusing on the principles in question. And nowhere does the company imply that combating the proliferation of firearms is one of its priorities. However, it’s hard not to feel a deep hypocrisy in statements like this.
“Our hearts go out to the victims of horrific acts of violence in our nation,” and at the same time to the NRA, which is helping to fight for the right to dedicate those acts as well as possible and without any annoying paperwork.
But you may not find the NRA on the list of organizations Blackbaud suggests visiting or sending, or that the company is taking millions from the gun advocate. In fact, you may not find the NRA indexed anywhere on the site as a customer, recipient donation, advised charity, or in any form you can see – searches are also empty. Although internally, Blackbaud affiliates donations with the NRA Foundation, as well as charities and groups.
In an email to employees, Blackbaud’s chief executive wrote after the mass shooting in Uvalde that he “provided his shock, anger and grief over the series of horrific and violent acts in the United States,” and under the heading “What Blackbaud is Doing. “he has indexed a victims’ fund to which he has donated. There is no mention of the fact that the NRA is more lucrative than 99. 9% of its other consumers and this presents some sort of ethical or professional conundrum.
Again, strictly defining civil rights and absolutely excluding weapons from the category is not the concept; it is simply unethical to publicly help victims of gun violence while helping and receiving private help through the NRA. In fact, the Uvalde School District is also a visitor to Blackbaud, a source within the company said, following the acquisition of Everfi.
In the internal threads noted through TechCrunch, workers express their dismay at this more recent development and the fact that Blackbaud coincides with the NRA’s support. While one executive explains that this is a matter of free choice, he does not mention that the NRA is one of the company’s main customers, of which workers do not seem to be aware.
In 2020, TechCrunch reported that Blackbaud also counted far-right organizations, the Heritage Foundation and the Center for Security Policy, among its clients. Both remain active users of the service, with Heritage generating an ARR of $169,000, putting it at the current point. of service, with a “highly personalized approach”.
Blackbaud’s cloud for ‘social good’ serves consumers who paint against human rights
As I wrote then, Heritage “has been lobbying efforts that oppose climate replacement action, equivalent rights for LGBTQ Americans, and immigration modernization efforts. He worked on behalf of the oil and tobacco industries, opposed physical care reform, and advised Betsy DeVos and Scott Pruitt to the administration. CSR focuses on anti-Muslim propaganda, selling concepts like “sharia supremacists” infiltrating Hollywood.
These consumers have led workers at the cloud facilities company to ask Blackbaud to abandon those and other companies whose moves contradict the concept of supporting social good, according to a source within the company. But unlike the recent standoff at Salesforce, where workers referred to co-founder Marc Benioff’s top progressive positions on many issues justifying the cessation of business with the NRA, Blackbaud’s control has no applicable political leanings.