What's New In Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT® — May 5, 2026

Lindsey White · May 5

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Here are the latest changes in Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT for May 5, 2026.

The following features are generally available to everyone!

Use Chat for Blackbaud AI to save time building Optimized Donation Forms

To help you build an Optimized Donation Form with less effort, Chat for Blackbaud AI provides a guided, conversational experience. From Raiser's Edge NXT, open Chat for Blackbaud AI and enter the prompt "Help me build a donation form". The chat will ask targeted questions and use the responses to shape the donation form as it is created.

Automatically assign gift subtype from donation forms

To reduce manual updates when processing batches and improve gift classification, you can now assign a gift subtype on Standard and Optimized Donation Forms from the Hidden fields tab. After approving a batch, the gift subtype writes directly to the gift record.

Build email sign up forms to save time and drive engagement

Online constituent forms help you drive engagement and streamline data entry. To make it easy for constituents to update their profile, choose communication preferences, and collect additional information on your website, create a form from Online Giving, Constituent forms.

Statistical Reports now available in Raiser's Edge NXT

You can now access Statistical Reports in Raiser's Edge NXT to get a single-period snapshot of constituent counts, gift activity, and total giving grouped by key fields like constituency, fund, campaign, or appeal. As in database view, this report is found under Demographic and Statistical Reports and offers a familiar way to summarize giving — similar to Comparisons and Summaries, but focused on a single period rather than multi-period analysis.

Better duplicate prevention with expanded Online data review for Events

A workflow change is coming for events users in web view. Online data review is expanding to include event registrations. If you have an active web view event registration form, review and update your Online data review settings to ensure these transactions are included.

Training: See a quick overview of Online data review in this micro learning video.

Read the blog article that walks through how event registrations were handled before and how they are handled now.

Updates began rolling out March 31, 2026, in waves.

The following features are available for some or more of you:

Access newly relevant Prospect Insights Pro candidates via the Home page

For those in the US

Now you can easily access newly relevant prospects in the Top Prospects queue by selecting the link from Prospect Insights on the Home page.

Tip: If you don't see Prospect Insights on the Home page, customize your Home page to display it. For more information, see Customize the Home Page.

Access newly relevant Prospect Insights candidates via the Home page

For those in the US and Canada

Now you can easily access newly relevant prospects in the Untapped Candidates queue by selecting the link from Prospect Insights on the Home page.

Tip: If you don't see Prospect Insights on the Home page, customize your Home page to display it. For more information, see Customize the Home Page.

Create legacy recognition programs for giving societies (for some of you)

Recognition goes beyond saying "thank you" — it allows you to steward lasting relationships with your most engaged supporters. From Constituents, Recognition, you can create legacy programs, the first of four distinct program types to be offered, for your legacy donors that have given your organization a planned gift or bequest. You can define rules based on your program's needs, automate qualification, and manage recognition lists.

Karen Diener · May 6

I was eager to try the Recognition program and just set one up. A record that absolutely should qualify says it is not qualified. I also see an error on the program when I try to set it up, so that may be the issue?

This environment has the Planned Gift add-on module, so I'm not sure what is going on with the configuration. I hope this is an isolated issue!

Amber Salvage · May 8

@Karen Diener Mine is doing that as well!

Karen Diener · May 13

@Amber Salvage - While reviewing today's "what's new" blog, I tested the Recognition program setup again and now it is working. No idea if it was a temporary glitch or it was quietly fixed.

Jeannie Goings · May 13

@Karen Diener it would appear they are building the plane while flying the plane. I set up three recognition programs and am disappointed by the one-size-fits all approach that was applied to this feature. Blackbaud should KNOW that not all clients have the same configuration for campaigns, funds, and appeals. There should be more functionality with this feature. A date range would be nice; filtering by campaign, fund, or appeal category would be nice. Fingers crossed that some elf magic will happen as Blackbaud continues to refine the recognition utility. Building while flying—on May 8 when manually adding a constituent to a recognition list there was no requirement to select a giving level; on May 13 when manually adding a constituent to the same recognition list selecting a giving level was required. :-)