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April 20, 2006
Community Renewal Society Moves to Kintera Social CRM; Consulting Partner Leads Integration Project
SAN DIEGO --(Business Wire)-- April 20, 2006 -- Kintera(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA) today announced that the Community Renewal Society completed its integration to the Kintera social CRM system. The Alford Group, a consulting group to the nonprofit sector and certified Kintera partner, integrated more than 50,000 records and 23,000 financial transactions from multiple sources into the Kintera Sphere social CRM system.
Founded in 1882, the Community Renewal Society is a progressive faith-based organization that strives to build a just society in Chicago, free of racism and poverty and in which all of its members live with dignity. Community Renewal has multiple units including news magazines, organizing, training and advocacy -- each with different data needs and structures. The organization wanted to consolidate all of its components onto the Kintera Sphere database platform as it moves to Kintera Sphere as a system of record. The combined data sets and other in-house files, such as data from Community Renewal's legacy donor management system, were integrated into Kintera Sphere from more than 50,000 records, and included a coding accuracy support system (CASS) address validation to standardize records.
"Community Renewal has a complicated data structure, and integrating and consolidating on the Kintera Sphere database platform enables us to better manage information at our organization," said Marsha S. Clesceri, chief operating officer for the Community Renewal Society. "The Alford Group's integration has allowed us to synchronize data between Kintera Sphere and our existing data sources and accounting software."
In addition to integrating more than 50,000 records into Kintera Sphere, The Alford Group also was responsible for migrating nearly 23,000 historical financial transactions from the organization's existing database. As a result, Community Renewal has been able to capture subscriber information, including renewals and billing, in its Kintera Sphere database.
"In today's competitive environment, nonprofits are increasingly required to streamline their operations and increase philanthropic revenue. The decision Community Renewal made to improve its efficiency and streamline information and knowledge management utilizing Kintera Sphere will position it strongly for the future," said Brian M. Worrall, senior consultant for The Alford Group.
"The Kintera Sphere social CRM system provides a comprehensive platform for both storing and managing information at organizations ranging from small to complex," said Steve Johnson, vice president of channel sales for Kintera. "Nonprofits are increasingly reliant on Kintera's robust solutions to integrate data from existing sources into the Kintera Sphere database."
About The Alford Group
The Alford Group Inc. was founded in 1979 to provide leadership in improving the quality of life by strengthening not-for-profits. Today, the firm has offices in Boise, Chicago, Detroit, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, D.C. The Alford Group utilizes a nationwide network of senior staff and strategic partners to deliver the most effective and experienced counsel. Staff expertise is based on years of experience working as not-for-profit staff members, volunteers, leaders and consultants. The firm has worked with over 1,500 diverse not-for-profits with budgets and missions ranging from grassroots social service agencies to well-established museums, colleges, healthcare facilities and other organizations in the sector.
Services are customized to the needs and budget of each client, and include Organizational Development, Fundraising/Resource Development, Executive Search and Knowledge Management Solutions. For more information about The Alford Group, visit www.alford.com.
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 social constituent relationship management (CRM), enabling organizations to drive all interactions based on comprehensive knowledge of constituents. Additionally, Kintera FundWare(R) provides award-winning financial management software developed for nonprofit organizations and governments.
For more information about Kintera's software and services, visit www.kintera.com.
Kintera, Kintera Sphere, Friends Asking Friends, The Giving Experience, GivingFund, 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.
(source: http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-community-renewal-society-moves-kintera-social-crm-consulting-/2006/04/20/1590031.htm)
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