ELIXIR CONSUMERS + Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT
Sync foundation opportunities, awards and actions with Raiser's Edge NXT.
Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXTDonor CRM- Setup
- About 30 minutes
- Connection
- Blackbaud SKY API with OAuth 2.0. A Raiser's Edge NXT administrator approves the ELIXIR CONSUMERS application in the Blackbaud Marketplace or via SKY application settings, and ELIXIR CONSUMERS reads constituents, opportunities, gifts and actions and writes opportunity updates and actions.
Larger development shops track institutional asks as opportunities in Raiser's Edge NXT. ELIXIR CONSUMERS reads those opportunities and the funder's gift history through Blackbaud's SKY API, opens a proposal workspace for each one, and writes the proposal status and submitted amount back so prospect research and finance work from the same pipeline.
What syncs
| Direction | Object | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| <> Two-way | Opportunities | Ask amount, expected date, status and purpose. ELIXIR CONSUMERS updates status and submitted amount when a proposal moves stage. |
| <- Inbound | Organization constituents | Foundations, corporations and government funders with their relationships and assigned fundraiser. |
| <- Inbound | Gift history | Prior grant gifts from each funder, used in renewal proposals and funder briefs. |
| -> Outbound | Actions | Submission, report-filed and decision-received actions logged on the funder record with the responsible staff member. |
Grant workflows it powers
- Have a new foundation opportunity in Raiser's Edge NXT open a ELIXIR CONSUMERS proposal with the funder's guidelines attached.
- Show prospect managers real proposal status in the opportunity list instead of asking the grants team for updates.
- Prepare a funder renewal with ten years of gift history pulled from Raiser's Edge NXT and cited in the draft.
Data security posture
- OAuth tokens are scoped to the environment your administrator approves and can be revoked from Blackbaud at any time.
- ELIXIR CONSUMERS does not create or edit gift records, so batch entry and receipting stay in your existing process.
- Every write is recorded in the ELIXIR CONSUMERS audit log with the record ID it touched.
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Questions, answered
Does this work with Raiser's Edge 7 (the database view)?
The integration uses the SKY API, which serves Raiser's Edge NXT environments. Organizations still on a database-view-only setup should talk to Blackbaud about NXT access first.
Will ELIXIR CONSUMERS write gifts into Raiser's Edge NXT?
No. It writes opportunity updates and actions. Gifts stay with your gift processing team.
Who needs to approve the connection?
A Raiser's Edge NXT environment administrator approves the application once. After that, users connect with their own Blackbaud ID.
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