Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Expands Relationship with Kintera; Kintera Will Provide Big Brothers Big Sisters with Comprehensive Enterprise Fundraising and Web Marketing Tools.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. -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that have a measurable impact on youth. (BBBSA BBBSA Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (founded in 1914 by Ray Coulson) ) today announced it has signed a multiyear agreement with technology partner Kintera(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:KNTA KNTA Korean National Tuberculosis Association ), the leading provider of software as a service to the nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. industry. Under the terms of the agreement, Kintera will serve as the donor database of record for BBBSA. "Our new agreement is a natural evolution that will allow us to use Kintera's comprehensive technology to expand our reach, enhance our major gifts program and support our fundraising efforts more efficiently," said Judy Vredenburgh, president and 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. of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. "Big Brothers Big Sisters doubled the number of children it served in the last four years and with plans to double that number again, we are pleased to partner with Kintera," said Vredenburgh. "Their technology solution will help fuel the required fund development and growth, allowing us to bring our proven service to many more children." Highlights of the Big Brothers Big Sisters' online technology package provided by Kintera include: --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. ) tools designed to enable secure storage, management and use of millions of constituent records, as well as customized email and web communication with donors and participants. The tool suite includes contact and registration forms and a task manager built on a unified database. --Technologies that enable fundraisers to identify top prospects for major gifts. --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. ) technology that provides a sophisticated yet simple-to-use editor that allows the efficient creation and delivery of web content for the national organization and the local agencies' websites. --Tools for email and e-newsletter communications that enable Big Brothers Big Sisters to effectively communicate targeted and personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. messages to its supporters. --Kintera's Friends Asking Friends solicitation solicitation In criminal law, the act of asking, inducing, or directing someone to commit a crime. The person soliciting another becomes an accomplice to the crime. The term also refers to the act of obtaining bribes, as well as to the crime of a prostitute who offers sexual system designed to maximize donations by offering supporters personalized websites and an email system to encourage contributions. For the past three years, Kintera has provided the infrastructure for the organization's national web site, www.bigbrothersbigsisters.org, and provided online, event-based fundraising and marketing tools. The partnership between BBBSA and Kintera has resulted in increased awareness and participation in the organization's "Bowl for Kids' Sake" event that is Big Brothers Big Sisters' signature fundraiser among some 450 agencies around the country. Many local Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies have increased event participation and donations by offering participants Kintera's Friends Asking Friends(TM) service, which includes customizable websites and easy-to-use Internet tools to send solicitation emails to friends and family. This tool enhances the reach and efficiency of solicitation that traditionally had been done on paper. "Our relationship with Big Brothers Big Sisters has been extremely successful over the last three years," said Dr. Harry Gruber, CEO and founder of Kintera. "We are excited to continue partnering with them to reach their fundraising goals as well as further their overall mission to mentor even more youth throughout the U.S. in the coming years." About Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Big Brother Big Sisters is the oldest, largest and most effective youth mentoring Youth mentoring is the process of matching caring, concerned adults with young people who may be at risk. The adult is usually unrelated and works as a volunteer through a community, school or church based social service program. organization in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . It helps children reach their potential through one-to-one relationships, professionally supported, with measurable results. The organization serves 225,000 children, ages 6 through 18, in all 50 states. National research has shown that the positive relationships between youth and their Big Brothers and Big Sisters have a direct, measurable and lasting impact on children's lives. The national office is located in Philadelphia. For additional information, visit www.bigbrothersbigsisters.org. About Kintera, Inc. Kintera(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:KNTA) provides an online solution to help 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. 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. 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 platform that provides a secure, scaleable and reliable system for customer relationship management (CRM), a web content management system (CMS), eMarketing and directed giving applications. Additionally, Kintera FundWare(R) provides award-winning financial management software developed for nonprofit organizations and governments. Kintera recently introduced the Kintera GivingFund(TM) payment option offering donors Internet convenience for Donor Advised Funds A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) is a charitable giving vehicle set up under the tax umbrella of a public charity, which acts as sponsor to many Funds. A Donor-Advised Fund offers the opportunity to create an easy-to-establish, low cost, flexible vehicle for charitable giving as an (DAF) financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . Nonprofits may now provide higher customer service to philanthropists through this new, innovative way to make major gifts online. A one-time DAF, CharityGift(TM), is available for purchase at Kintera's The Giving Communities(TM) interactive website at www.kintera.org. The site is also a destination for consumers to connect with thousands of causes and organizations. 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, GivingFund, CharityGift and FundWare are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Kintera, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. 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 Big Brothers Big Sisters of America) 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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