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Friend or Foe: Kintera Launches Features for Quality Online Advocacy Communications; Information-Driven Tool Empowers Activists to Send Timely, Targeted Messages to 'Friends' and 'Foes'SAN DIEGO --(Business Wire)-- Oct. 13, 2005 -- Advocacy groups and supporters can now achieve more personalized, quality communications with elected officials and other decision-makers by using Kintera's new "Friend or Foe" feature. Kintera(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA), the leading provider of software as a service to the nonprofit industry, today announced the feature as part of Kintera Advocacy. The first of its kind, the "Friend or Foe" feature helps nonprofits affect legislative outcomes -- not just react to results. The tool allows advocacy groups and supporters to send customized online communications based on a decision-maker's issue stance. For example, the feature enables a user to send different messages to two Senators with opposing positions on an issue -- in a single action. "Friend or Foe" helps nonprofits reach the right legislator with the right message, leading to better advocacy campaign results. "We're very excited about incorporating the new 'Friend or Foe' feature into our advocacy work," said Heather Hoell, vice president of public and political affairs at Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo in California (www.ppshastadiablo.org). "We advocate at the federal, state, and local levels. The flexibility of this tool will allow our activists to send personalized and relevant messages to key decision-makers -- when it matters most." Advocacy groups can load historical voting records, legislative co-sponsorships and custom position information into Kintera Advocacy, creating a simplified experience for Web site users by offering centralized and relevant legislative data. In addition to the new "Friend or Foe" feature, Kintera Advocacy also includes an Elected Officials Search. This feature enables supporters to look up their elected officials directly within the module. "Effective citizen advocacy relies on good information and quality communications," said Greg Nelson, vice president of politics and public policy at Kintera. "The new features provide easy access to the data necessary for effective advocacy -- in a format that enables supporters to immediately advocate for client causes. Kintera is committed to improving the quality and relevance of constituent communications for nonprofits." For more information about Kintera Advocacy, please visit www.kintera.com/friendorfoe. About Kintera, Inc. Kintera(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA) provides an online solution to help nonprofit organizations deliver The Giving Experience(TM) to donors -- including giving convenience, financial transparency, feedback about the social impact of their gifts, and a sense of belonging and appreciation. More than 15,000 accounts in the nonprofit, government and corporate sectors use Kintera's "software as a service" innovations, including the Friends Asking Friends(R) fundraising program and Kintera Sphere(TM), an enterprise-grade software platform that provides a secure, scaleable and reliable system for customer relationship management (CRM), a web content management system (CMS), eMarketing and directed giving applications. Additionally, Kintera FundWare(R) provides award-winning financial management software developed for nonprofit organizations and governments. Kintera also provides the Kintera GivingFund payment option offering donors Internet convenience for initiating grant requests from their Donor Advised Funds (DAF). Organizations sponsoring donor advised funds as well as recipient nonprofits and foundations are now able to provide improved customer service to philanthropists through this new, innovative way to make major gifts online. A one-time DAF, CharityGift(TM), is available for purchase at Kintera's The Giving Communities(TM) interactive website at www.kintera.org. The site is also a destination for consumers to connect with thousands of causes and organizations. For more information about Kintera's software and services, visit www.kintera.com. Kintera, Kintera Sphere, Friends Asking Friends, The Giving Experience, The Giving Communities, GivingFund, CharityGift, and FundWare are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Kintera, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Forward-Looking Statements In addition to historical information, this press release contains forward-looking statements (including, without limitation, express or implied statements regarding the adoption of software solutions by nonprofit organizations) that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date hereof. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: our limited operating history; our history of losses; our dependence on increased acceptance by nonprofit organizations of online fundraising; lengthy sales cycles for major customers; our need to manage growth; risks associated with accounting for and processing large amounts of donations; the rapidly changing technologies and market demands; and other risks identified in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. |