Kintera: a good big brother

Kintera Inc. once again proved to be a responsible older sibling to those very providers of such. Today, Kintera representatives announced the launch of a new national website for all extant client Big Brothers Big Sisters of America outlets and several pilot sites for local Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies. (It’s certainly nice. And colorful. See for yourself at www.bbbs.com.)

Kintera’s social CRM system on the Kintera Sphere technology platform was leveraged in the projets. Using a virtual account structure within Kintera Sphere, the new websites feature consistent branding across the organization and agencies, employing the Kintera social CRM system in seeking to enable and capture online donations, recruit volunteers, and enroll children in the mentoring program. Until now, each local Big Brothers Big Sisters agency had housed its own individual website.

The eight pilot sites are local agencies in San Francisco, San Diego, Cleveland, Charlotte, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Puget Sound, Wash., North Texas and southeastern Pennsylvania. Over 450 Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies operate in the United States, and the far majority are expected to join the Kintera Sphere technology platform following pilot phase completion. The project builds on a past relationship between the organization and the CRM providers, as Big Brothers Big Sisters of America also recently launched an organization-wide intranet known as Agency Connection, which uses the Kintera Sphere technology platform.

Big Brothers Big Sisters is the oldest and largest youth mentoring organization in the U.S. In 2005, Big Brothers Big Sisters served 234,000 children, ages 6 through 18. Kintera Inc. is an online solution provider for nonprofit organizations. Kintera’s trademarked innovations such as the Friends Asking Friends program and the software platform Kintera Sphere, and claims over 15,000 accounts. Kintera FundWare provides award-winning financial management software developed for nonprofit organizations and governments.