Media Coverage - Kintera
Media Coverage Highlights
Following is a sampling of excerpts from the numerous media features that
Kintera received this past year:
February, 2005
Kintera Launches Giving Communities Website
Energize, Inc.
February 27, 2005
Kintera launched its Communities of Giving Website designed as an
interactive community that connects individuals with each other, and with their
favorite causes and charities.
Zachs.com Announces that Ian Wyatt Highlights the Following Stocks:
YouBet.com, Kintera, and Tivo
Yahoo Finance
February 26, 2005
Kintera revenue for Q4 of 2004 was $7.8 million, a 176 percent increase
from $2.8 million in the same quarter a year ago. For the full year, revenue
almost tripled to $23.7 million from $8 million in 2003. Wyatt and his team’s
outlook for Kintera continues to be positive. The company appears to be on
track.
Philanthropy Journal
February 25, 2005
Greg Kostello, former executive vice president, technology, MP3.com, was
named senior vice president, product management at Kintera. Kintera also
launched a Communities of Giving website to drive new donors and volunteers to
nonprofits.
Kintera Directed Giving Program Offers White Paper for Free Download
Freshnews.com
February 24, 2005
URL: http://www.freshnews.com/news/computers-internet/article_22219.html?Kintera
Kintera, a San Diego company that provides software and computing services
for nonprofit groups, said roughly a dozen of its clients such as Doctors
Without Borders and U.S. Fund for UNICEF have raised a combined $20 million in
the past three days (for tsunami victims).
New Tax Law Generates Contributions for Tsunami Disaster Relief
FRM Weekly
February 23, 2005
In a preliminary study of hundreds of thousands of transactions made to
more than a dozen organizations involved in tsunami relief efforts, Kintera
reported the new tax law generated a flurry of last-minute donations to its
clients at the end of January 2005. On January 31, the amount given to tsunami
causes was more than four times the average daily amount contributed to tsunami
causes between January 21 and January 27.
Kintera Starts Community Charity Site
DM News
February 22, 2005
Kintera, Inc. announced last week the launch of its Communities of Giving
website. The site was created as a directory of charities for consumers,
according to Kintera. Consumers can learn about each organization and its
mission as well as make donations and connect with others through the site’s
online community tools.
Kintera Names Schenck to Accelerate Accounting Software Development
Accounting Today
February 21, 2005
Kintera, Inc., the company that brought FundWare from Intuit, has named Jim
Schenck as ice president of accounting and membership to direct the development
of the company’s accounting solutions.
Kintera Names Former MP3.com Executive as a Senior Vice President
San Diego Daily Transcript
February 21, 2005
Kintera named Greg Kostello, a former executive of MP3.com, as senior vice
president of product management. Bloomberg News reported company shares traded
higher because of the company on Wednesday announced a smaller loss per share
than expected.
Kintera Names Former MP3.com Executive as a Senior Vice President of Product
Management
Hoovers Online
February 18, 2005 Online
Technology veteran Greg Kostello built online marketing platform that
attracted over 100 million registered users. Kintera today announced the
appointment of Kostello as senior vice president of product management.
Online Fundraiser Kintera Posts Record Revenue
San Diego Union Tribune
February 18, 2005
Online donations spurred by the Asian tsunami tragedy and the US
presidential election generated record revenue for San Diego based Kintera,
which provides Web-based fundraising services for charities. Internet donations
for politics, disaster relief and other causes made 2004 “a very influential
year for the future of online giving,” said Harry Gruber, Kintera’s chair and
chief executive.
New Website Connects Donors, Volunteers with Nonprofits
TechSoup.org
February 18, 2005
URL: http://www.techsoup.org/news/news_article.cfm?newsid=1699&cg=searchterms&sg=kintera
This week, software provider Kintera launched a new “Communities of Giving”
website aimed at connecting donors and volunteers with nonprofit organizations.
The service is free for all users.
Kintera’s Purchase Gives New Life to Austin-based CharityGift
Austin Business Journal
February 18, 2005
CharityGift has found a new home. Publicly traded Kintera, Inc. bought
Austin-based Gold Box, Inc., which does business as CharityGift, for an
undisclosed amount. Founder Randi Shade will join San Diego-based software
company Kintera as vice president of its gift card division.
Kintera Partners with Association of Fundraising Professionals
DM News
February 17, 2005
Kintera, Inc., a provider of software and services to nonprofits, said
yesterday that it partnered with the Association of Fundraising Professionals
to provide the 26,000-member group with Internet technology. Kintera will offer
its Kintera Sphere enterprise-level platform to the international nonprofit
organization and is more than 170 chapters in the US, Canada, Mexico and East
Asia.
Kintera Partners with AFP to Provide 26,000-Member Group with Innovative
Internet Technology
FreshNews.com
February 16, 2005
URL: http://www.freshnews.com/news/computers-internet/article_21951.html?kintera
Kintera’s web-based tools will take leading nonprofit professional
organization and over 170 chapters to next level in online communication,
education, advocacy and fundraising.
Alumni Giving: Data Mining Helps Target Donors
The NonProfit Times
February 15, 2005
Americans will transfer between generations at least $41 trillion between
1998 and 2052, according to a 1999 study by the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy
at Boston College. At least $6 trillion of that funding will be bequests to
charity … But how do institutions go about finding out this information? It’s
not as difficult as it may seem, said Peter B. Wylie, a Washington, D.C.-based
analyst/teacher and a data mining consultant for Prospect Information Network
(P!N), a division of Kintera. According to Wylie, most universities don’t
realize that there is already a lot of information in their database that is
highly related to whether or not people will give.
Friends Asking Friends Patent Pending
Computor Edge
February 11, 2005
Kintera, has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and
Tradmark Office for a patent application regarding its core online technology,
Friends Asking Friends fundraising service. The patent is expected to be issued
in the first half of 2005.
Kintera National Users Conference Set April 17-19, 2005
CharityWire
February 10, 2005
Kintera announced that its first Users Conference is scheduled April 17-19
at the Hyatt Regency in La Jolla, Calif. The inaugural conference is open to
all current Kintera customers and partners.
Kintera Builds Next Generation P!N Electronic Screening into Kintera Sphere
Software Platform
BlackEnterprise.com
February 9, 2005
A service of Kintera, Prospect Information Network (P!N) enables
fundraisers to more easily and cost-effectively identify prospects with giving
capacity and affinity. P!N offers powerful data mining and prospect
identification software to the nonprofit sector. For the first time, Electronic
Screening is fully unified into a complete web communication platform to help
nonprofits find, profile and communicate with their best donor prospects.
Kintera up 5%; Tsunami Spurs Online Fund Raising Kintera Gets Fundraising Boost After Asian Disaster Dow Jones News Service Online Donations Surge Television Interview Kintera Tallies AIDS group funds Report: Visits to Charity Sites Down This Year MediaPost – Daily News Kintera, AB&C Group Jointly Offer Services to Nonprofits Online Charities Offer Alternatives to Traditional Holiday Presents North American Mission Board Disaster Relief Efforts Aided by Kintera’s
Online Technology Kintera Creates Brain Trust Environment Where Entrepreneurs Thrive Kintera Announces the Closing of its Private Common Stock Financing of
$17.5 Million Kintera Closes American Fundware, Inc. Acquisition Local Firm Builds Brain Trust Through Acquisitions Special Report: The Year in Review American Fundware Bought by Kintera A Decade of Online Fundraising |
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Kintera Partners Benefit From Enhanced Network
E-ChannelNews.com
November 29, 2004 Online
Kintera Inc. today announced the addition of enhanced benefits through its Kintera
Partner Network including a proven business model to help connect best of breed
solution and service providers with the nonprofit community. Nearly 200
companies serving nonprofit organizations have already joined the Kintera
Partner Network to embrace new technologies, increase revenue opport6unities
and expand product and services offerings.
Emmitt Smith’s Run for Young
Arizona
azcardinals.com
November 29, 2004 Online
Fans who are interested in joining “Emmitt’s Run For Young America” should visit
RunForYoungAZ.com to register and make their pledge. This program is managed by
Advantage Marketing Group. The website, created by technology provider Kintera,
Inc. (NASDAQ: KNTA), offers fans their own personal and customizable website
with an easy-to-use email system to encourage friends and family to also
pledge.
Software Company Expands Its Reach
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
November 23, 2004 Online/Print
Kintera, a San Diego company that provides Web-based software for nonprofit
organizations, has signed an agreement with Intuit to acquire American
Fundware, which makes accounting software designed for charities and government
agencies. Intuit, a Mountain View, Calif., company that produces personal
finance and business software—such as TurboTax and QuickBooks—purchased
American Fundware in 2002.
Oprah Winfrey First African-American in ‘Americas Top Philanthropists’
PNN Online
November 22, 2004 Online
To create the overall ranking, BusinessWeek analyzed public records and
conducted scores of interviews with community foundations, nonprofit experts,
billionaires, fund-raisers, and wealth watchers. To qualify for the Top 50,
philanthropists had to have given or pledged $116 million in the past five
years-$21 million more than the minimum last year. BusinessWeek relied heavily
on news reports, foundation filings, and interviews to compile this year's
ranking. Resources included The Chronicle of Philanthropy, the Forbes 400
Richest Americans, Prospect Information Network, and nonprofit
GuideStar's online database of IRS foundation filings. Using these data, the
magazine ranked the 50 Most Generous Philanthropists by what they've pledged
and given in the past five years (2000-2004).
Workstream and Kintera Create Marketing
Alliance to Offer Workforce Management and Workplace Giving Applications
TMCnet.com
November 22, 2004 Online
Workstream Inc. ™ (NASDAQ : WSTM), a provider of Enterprise Workforce
Management software, and Kintera® Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA), a provider of web-based
solutions for workplace gibing and donor-advised funds, have entered into a
marketing alliance that will offer both company’s workforce applications. The
alliance will help corporations not only better manage their workforce, but
also engage their employees in community outreach initiatives via easy-to-use,
web-based tools.
Kintera Nonprofit Client, Life Rolls On, Receives $25,000 Grant from Nike
Charity Channel
November 18, 2004 Online
Life Rolls On (www.liferollson.org),
a Foundation that raises awareness about living with spinal cord injuries
within the youth culture through action sports athletes, was recently awarded a
$25,000 grant as part of Nike’s 2004 Casey Martin Award ceremony. This year’s
Casey Martin Award Ceremony. The Nonprofit organization counts on technology
provided by Kintera® Inc. (NASDAQ: KNTA).
The Changing NFP Landscape
Web CPA
November 18, 2004 Online
The basic facts are that Intuit sold Intuit Public Sector Solutions, the
unit that marketed Fundware, for $11 million in cash, after having acquired the
product in the spring of 2002 for $23 million in stock and $4 million in cash.
It was not exactly a successful endeavor for Intuit. But what's more important
is that the sale brought Kintera, a new player, into the market. Kintera, which
went public in December, has made a series of acquisitions to help it develop
its Internet-based systems for the market.
Cashing in on Donations
Philadelphia Business Journal
November 17, 2004 Online/Print
[This also appeared in 13 other Business Journals throughout the U.S.]
The two biggest companies making software expressly for nonprofits, Kintera
in San Diego and Blackbaud in Charleston, S.C., both went public in the past 12
months and have seen their share prices rise. Companies catering to
nonprofits are "one of the few bright spots in the greater software
world," said Christopher Swindle, a senior vice president at Pacific
Growth Equities in San Francisco. "These companies are ... growing
significantly and are cash flow positive."
Kintera’s Acquisition Pushes Stock Up 11 Percent
Sandiego.com
November 19, 2004
Online
Kintera Inc.’s shares rose nearly 11 percent today after the company said
late yesterday it intends to acquire the accounting software firm American
Fundware Inc. from Intuit Inc. fro $11 million in cash. Kintera provides
Web-based software that allows nonprofit organizations to use the Internet to
increase donations and reduce fund-raising costs.
People & Groups, U.S./World
Philanthropy Journal
November 19, 2004 Online
New York Masterplanner, online event calendar service, will provide daily
event content to New York Sun. Service, run by San Diego-based Kintera, now
available in Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, Boston and Philadelphia.
Kintera buys Intuit unit for $11 million
San Diego Daily Transcript
November 15, 2004 Online/Print
Intuit Corp., which makes software programs such as Turbo Tax and
QuickBooks, on Tuesday said it will sell a unit that specializes in financial
management for nonprofit organizations to Kintera Inc. in an $11 million cash
deal.
Kintera and The Alford Group Enter Into Strategic Alliance
The NonProfit Matrix
November 11, 2004 Online
Through the alliance with Kintera, Alford can also offer its clients leading
edge data mining and prospect identification technologies pioneered by Prospect
Information Network (P!N(tm)), a service of Kintera. The Kintera Sphere
enterprise-grade platform incorporates P!N Central, allowing nonprofits access
to vast external data resources whenever needed. In addition, organizations can
update previously matched records to ensure profiles contain the very latest
information, saving hours of valuable staff time.
Hosting and the 2004 Election
Web Hosting Industry News
November 9, 2004 Online
Ephraim Feig, Chief Technology Officer of Kintera Inc. (Kintera.com), a company
that specializes in hosting and developing sites for nonprofit organizations,
recently oversaw development of the Web site for the 2004 Democratic National
Convention, which put its technological capability at the center of the US
presidential election. “There was a lot of new stuff we put on there,” Feig
says of the site dems2004.org (dems2004.org). Kintera provided database
management, email communications, customer relationship management and reporting
for the Democrats, and handled a heck of a lot of traffic. “It was massive,” he
says.
Kintera sees revenue increase
San Diego Union-Tribune
November 6, 2004 Online/Print
Kintera, a software developer that offers Internet-based fund-raising
services, reported $7 million in revenue for the quarter that ended Sept..
30. The company said it was a 218 percent increase over the $2.2 million
in sales reported in the third quarter of 2003.
Survey of 1,066 Voters Also Shows Majority Support Reduced Dependence on
Foreign Oil, but No Changes to Electoral College, According to Kintera/Luth
Survey
Associated Press Alert
November 5, 2004 Online
While pundits are interpreting Bush’s re-election as a shift towards
conservatism, a survey released today shows that among a representative sample
of 1,006 U.S. citizens, many hold what might be termed “progressive” views on
several topical subjects.
Democratic Pollster Stan Greenberg Poll Release
CSPAN
November 5, 2004 Broadcast Television, 2:00 p.m./4:00 p.m.
Kerry-Edwards campaign advisor and Democratic Party pollster Stan Greenberg
presents the first major post-election poll on Friday at the National press
Club. Featured in the segment about voter attitudes is the Kintera/Luth
Survey of 1,006 voters that shows majority support reduced dependence on
foreign oil, but no changes to Electoral College.
Quadriplegic surfer received Nike’s Casey Martin Award
The Business Journal of Portland
November 4, 2004 Online/Print
"Through the Life Rolls On Foundation [a Kintera client], I have tried
to motivate others to appreciate their abilities but recognize their
fragility," Billauer said. "Being honored today by Nike with the
Casey Martin Award in turn motivates me to continue educating the public about
spinal cord injuries and continue encouraging athletes of all abilities to face
their challenges."
Prostate Cancer Foundation Launches ‘Monument Park’ Web Site
DM News
November 3, 2004 Online/Print
URL: Not Available
The Prostate Cancer Foundation announced yesterday the launch of “Monument
Park”, an online area for tributes and memorials for the hundreds of thousands
of men in the United States who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Using
Internet tools developed by technology solutions provider Kintera Inc., Web
visitors can create their own Monument Park mini-site featuring photos and
memories of those who have been diagnosed with the disease, or post a message
on an individual’s site.
Morning News
KPBS Radio
November 1, 2004 PBS Broadcast Radio
The Prostate Cancer Foundation’s recent launch of “Monument Park” was
featured. The technology for the online area featuring tributes and
memorials for men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer is provided by
Kintera.
Vote ASP! Hosted Software in an Election Year
ASP Street.com
November 1, 2004 Online
Dan Carol, VP of Strategy at Kintera notes that increasingly, politics is
driven by interest groups rather than by parties or candidates. These
organizations will continue as though nothing had happened after the election,
and they’ll need specialized software and services. His firm has been able to
take that further, to for-profit companies that want to use causes to help
promote their own products. “Politics isn’t a weird thing over in the corner, carol
says. “It’s people acting on their values.”
Technology Spending is Picking Up
The NonProfit Times
November 1, 2004 Online/Print
The organization [National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS)] engaged Web
developer Little Tornadoes [a Kintera acquired company] to write code to
provide content management, online event registration and online donation tools
for each of its chapters. NMSS currently counts 56 of its 62 chapters as
involved and using those tools. As a result, the organizations’ online
donations have jumped dramatically.
Acquisitions/Mergers
Fitness Management
November , 2004 Print
Kintera Inc., San Diego, Calif., acquired London-based BNW Software Inc., a
developer of recreational/athletic facilities management software designed
specifically for colleges, universities and community centers.