Auctionpay Partners with Kintera to Provide Nonprofits With Integrated Online and On-Site Event Fundraising Solutions.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- Auctionpay and Kintera(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:KNTA KNTA Korean National Tuberculosis Association ) today announced a strategic alliance that will power Auctionpay's on-site event management solutions with Kintera's online tools, providing an integrated, live event management solution to nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. . Kintera is the leading provider of "software as a service" to nonprofit and public sector organizations. Auctionpay is a leader in offering fundraising solutions for on-site benefit events such as auctions and galas. "Partnering with Kintera is a significant step forward in our mission to help nonprofits fundraise fund·raise or fund-raise also fund raise intr.v. fund·raised, fund·rais·ing, fund·rais·es To engage in fundraising. Verb 1. more effectively," said Auctionpay's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president, Jeff Jetton Jet´ton n. 1. A metal counter used in playing cards. . "Integrating Kintera's online donor management services with our event fundraising solution will create the first fully integrated live event fundraising solution for nonprofits. Now we can offer our clients specific functionality tailored to their size and needs." Auctionpay offers event management software to manage all aspects of a benefit event, registration and donation services, and a payment-processing product designed for nonprofit events. Auctionpay noted that since 2002, the company has helped more than 2,500 nonprofit clients. Through this new alliance, Auctionpay can now offer to its clients the Kintera Sphere(TM) software platform, providing organizations with contact relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ), a web content management system (CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. ), eMarketing and other applications. In turn, Auctionpay's live event solution, which includes event management software and on-site payment processing, will be offered to Kintera's customer base of over 15,000 accounts. The Kintera-Auctionpay alliance will soon enable nonprofits using Auctionpay's products and services, including on-site credit card terminals Several types of credit card terminals are available to merchants nowadays. Most have the same basic purpose and functions. They allow a merchant to swipe or key in required credit card information and transmit such data to the merchant service provider. , to access and process all of their donor data through Kintera Sphere. This one, integrated database will automatically capture on-site donor data into the organization's Kintera Sphere database for greater efficiency and more effective donor communications. "We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial Adj. 1. mutually beneficial - mutually dependent interdependent, mutualist dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" relationship with Auctionpay," said Kintera's CEO, Harry Gruber, M.D. "A benefit event offers an excellent opportunity for charities to raise critically needed funds. Combining Auctionpay's live event solution with Kintera's web-based tools will give nonprofits a comprehensive event fundraising solution, and their supporters an enhanced giving experience." To learn more about Kintera and Auctionpay, please visit www.kintera.org/AuctionpayAlliance. About Auctionpay Auctionpay works with nonprofits to automate and improve key fundraising processes, both online and benefit event-related. Auctionpay offers a complete event fundraising solution that includes event management software to manage all aspects of a benefit event, an online registration and donation service, and payment processing the day of the event. Auctionpay products and services are easy to use, improve donor experiences and help increase revenue. Since 2002, Auctionpay has helped more than 2,500 clients in all 50 states, including chapters of the March of Dimes
n.pr a national voluntary health agency that has the goal of increasing public and medical awareness of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and thereby reducing the number of associated deaths and disabilities. , National Kidney Foundation Not to be confused with American Kidney Fund. The National Kidney Foundation, Inc. (NKF) is a major voluntary health organization in the United States. Its mission is to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and and Ronald McDonald House. Auctionpay is headquartered in Portland, Ore., with offices in Seattle, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , San Diego, Austin, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago and Washington, D.C. For more information, call 800-276-5992 or visit www.auctionpay.com. About Kintera, Inc. Kintera(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:KNTA) provides an online solution to help nonprofit organizations deliver The Giving Experience(TM) to donors -- including giving convenience, financial transparency, feedback about the social impact of their gifts, and a sense of belonging and appreciation. Kintera recently launched The Giving Communities(TM) interactive website at www.kintera.org where consumers can connect with thousands of causes and organizations, and purchase the CharityGift(TM) card to give a unique gift that also supports worthy organizations with a donation to charity. More than 15,000 accounts in the nonprofit, government and corporate sectors use Kintera's "software as a service" innovations, including the Friends Asking Friends(R) fundraising program and Kintera Sphere(TM), an enterprise-grade software system that provides customer relationship management (CRM), a web content management system (CMS), eMarketing and directed giving applications. For more information about Kintera's software and services, visit www.kintera.com. Kintera, Kintera Sphere, Friends Asking Friends, The Giving Experience, The Giving Communities and Charitygift are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Kintera, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Forward-Looking Statements In addition to historical information, this press release contains forward-looking statements (including, without limitation, express or implied statements regarding the adoption of software solutions by nonprofit organizations) that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date hereof. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: our limited operating history; our history of losses; our dependence on increased acceptance by nonprofit organizations of online fundraising Online fundraising is the use of Internet-based technology, marketing and communication techniques by non-profit organizations to bring in revenue, frequently as donations. ; lengthy sales cycles for major customers; our need to manage growth; risks associated with accounting for and processing large amounts of donations; the rapidly changing technologies and market demands; and other risks identified in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. |
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