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Blackbaud Culture of Innovation Recognized on Fast Company's 2025 Best Workplaces for Innovators List
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leader in AI for social impact, has been named #20 on Fast Company's list of the 2025 Best Workplaces for Innovators. This honor underscores Blackbaud's unique culture of experimentation, investment and bottom-up innovation that has allowed it to bring game-changing AI capabilities to the people and organizations who change the world.
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