• Higher Education Accounting Software from Blackbaud

Higher Education Fund Accounting Software

Simplified Financial Management for Your Institution

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Are complex workflows slowing down your
endowment, tuition, and grant tracking?

Hours Back Every Week

AI-powered reconciliation and automation

Stress-Free Compliance

Built-in controls for managing restricted funds and endowments

Faster Decision-Making

Connect tuition, fundraising, and accounting for better visibility

Streamlined workflows for tuition revenue, endowment management, and restricted fund tracking.

Comprehensive solutions for your institution—from full-campus ERP to subledger tools for endowment management and stewardship reporting.

Whole Campus

Through integrations and robust APIs, create a modern ERP/SIS solution tailored for higher education institutions

  • Enable flexibility by letting each department keep its preferred third-party tools without losing integration

  • Centralize finances by tracking tuition, grants, and endowments in one system

  • Reduce administrative overhead with automation and intelligent workflows for better compliance

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Endowment Accounting

Build better relationships with your donors and funders with granular subfund tracking.

  • Answer donor questions quickly by providing gift usage details without waiting weeks for reports

  • Easily collaborate with department heads and department managers on budget scenarios

  • Manage restricted funds easily by eliminating the chaos of multiple spreadsheets

  • Integrate with Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® to reduce duplicate data entry and audit risk

See how fund accounting can simplify your endowment management.

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Foundation

Track endowment fund balances and allocations with a powerful, easy-to-use system.

  • Communicate with beneficiaries, donors, and stakeholders on what has been spent and what is available

  • Track growth and impact by understanding how funds are growing and the difference you’re making

  • Oversee donor restrictions from fundraising to finance

  • Manage foundation operations from budgeting to reporting and everything in between

  • Maintain trust by systematizing internal controls for transparency

  • Streamline day-to-day endowment management tasks with intelligent workflows and native automation

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Simplify
your financial reporting.

A higher education accounting system helps you stay compliant and manage finances across your institution.

Your Business Office

Gets real-time reports for program sustainability and endowment management

Your Development Office

Has visibility into endowed funds for better donor stewardship

Your Department Heads

Can make strategic decisions with unified financial insights

Improve your internal controls.

Maintain trust and transparency by systematizing your internal controls.

  • Simplify document management so you always have access to gift agreements and other important information

  • Integrate with Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® to minimize data entry

  • Control access by role so staff see only what they need and maintain separation of duties

  • Prevent overspending with controls that keep funds within budget and restrict account codes for better compliance

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Streamline your endowment management.

Create an organized workflow for managing the day-to-day tasks related to your endowment.

  • Ensure compliance with UPMIFA and monitor underwater endowment funds
  • Maximize fund utilization to ensure endowment-generated funds are used for their intended purpose
  • Pull audit-ready data for your Form 990 and financial audits with ease
  • Show donor impact by demonstrating how their gifts advance your mission
  • Focus on analysis like fraud detection and variance review instead of manual spreadsheet work
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Using the reporting functionality has saved us so much time because once you export the data, it looks exactly as you want it to. It used to take an entire day to produce a report, but now with Financial Edge NXT, it only takes me seconds.”

Sharon Fraley

Director of Finance, Morehead State University Foundation

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Experience the difference.

Purpose-Built for Higher Education

Because it was built to meet the needs of institutions like yours, Financial Edge NXT simplifies compliance, so you can maintain your reputation as a fiscally responsible institution.

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Proven Higher Education Expertise

Blackbaud experts informing product development include former CFOs, Controllers, and Chief Operating Officers for universities and university foundations.

Support that Drives Outcomes

In-person and online training, a dedicated customer success manager, 24/7 technical support, an extensive knowledgebase, and an online community help you get answers quickly.

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