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Blackbaud's 13th Annual YourCause CSR Industry Review Shows Stable Employee Giving and Volunteering Trends in 2024
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of software for powering social impact, today released its 13th annual YourCause CSR Industry Review, analyzing corporate social responsibility (CSR) program data and employees' philanthropic behavior. This unmatched industry report provides insights and trends from more than 300 companies and their 7M+ employees, using data collected between January and December 2024 within Blackbaud's YourCause® CSRconnect®, GrantsConnect® and NPOconnect® solution
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