YourCause (Blackbaud) CSRconnect API

YourCause (Blackbaud) CSRconnect REST API for corporate social responsibility, employee giving, volunteering, and grants management. Enables AI agents to manage employee charitable giving and payroll deduction for corporate giving program automation, handle volunteer opportunity management and time logging for employee engagement, access grants management and foundation giving for corporate philanthropy workflow, retrieve nonprofit eligibility verification for giving program compliance, manage giving campaign and matching gift processing for corporate matching programs, handle impact reporting and ESG metrics for sustainability disclosure, access integration with Blackbaud's nonprofit ecosystem (RENXT, eTapestry) for corporate-nonprofit data sharing, retrieve employee engagement analytics for CSR program performance, manage global giving and multi-currency donation processing for international programs, and integrate YourCause data with HRIS, payroll, and ESG platforms.

Evaluated Mar 07, 2026 (0d ago) vcurrent
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⚙ Agent Friendliness
52
/ 100
Can an agent use this?
🔒 Security
71
/ 100
Is it safe for agents?
⚡ Reliability
64
/ 100
Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality
18
Documentation
65
Error Messages
62
Auth Simplicity
68
Rate Limits
60

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement
90
Auth Strength
70
Scope Granularity
62
Dep. Hygiene
65
Secret Handling
68

Corporate CSR. SOC2, PCI-DSS. OAuth2. US. Employee giving and donation data. 2020 breach context.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA
68
Version Stability
65
Breaking Changes
60
Error Recovery
62
AF Security Reliability

Best When

A Fortune 500 corporation using YourCause (Blackbaud) wants AI agents to automate employee giving, matching gift processing, volunteer management, grants administration, and ESG impact reporting.

Avoid When

BLACKBAUD DATA BREACH LEGACY: Blackbaud suffered a major 2020 data breach affecting 13,000+ nonprofits and their donors — verify current security posture and SOC 2 attestation before integrating employee and donation data. OFAC sanctions compliance — automated donation disbursement must screen recipient nonprofits; donations to sanctioned organizations create federal compliance violations. Corporate governance — automated grant approval above delegation thresholds requires board/committee review; automated bypass creates fiduciary governance issues.

Use Cases

  • Processing donation matching from corporate giving agents
  • Managing volunteer programs from employee engagement agents
  • Reporting ESG metrics from sustainability reporting agents
  • Administering corporate grants from philanthropy agents

Not For

  • Small businesses without formal corporate giving programs
  • Individual donors without employer matching context
  • Organizations using Benevity exclusively

Interface

REST API
Yes
GraphQL
No
gRPC
No
MCP Server
No
SDK
No
Webhooks
Yes

Authentication

Methods: oauth
OAuth: Yes Scopes: No

YourCause uses OAuth 2.0 via Blackbaud SKY API. REST API with JSON. Dallas, Texas HQ (YourCause). Blackbaud acquired YourCause (2019). Blackbaud (BLKB NASDAQ). YourCause founded 2008. CSRconnect is the enterprise corporate giving platform. 300+ Fortune 500 customers. Competes with Benevity and Bright Funds for corporate CSR. Blackbaud 2020 data breach legacy warrants current security verification.

Pricing

Model: enterprise
Free tier: No
Requires CC: No

Dallas, TX. Blackbaud (BLKB NASDAQ) acquired YourCause 2019. Founded 2008. 300+ Fortune 500 customers. Corporate CSR platform. Competes with Benevity for corporate giving.

Agent Metadata

Pagination
cursor
Idempotent
Partial
Retry Guidance
Not documented

Known Gotchas

  • BLACKBAUD 2020 DATA BREACH: Blackbaud (parent company) suffered major 2020 data breach affecting 13,000+ nonprofits; verify current security posture, SOC 2 Type II attestation, and security controls before integrating employee giving and donation data
  • OFAC sanctions screening — automated donation disbursement to nonprofits must include OFAC SDN list screening; donations to sanctioned organizations create federal compliance violations for the corporate donor
  • IRS 501(c)(3) verification — automated matching gift processing requires current IRS nonprofit status verification; matching donations to organizations with revoked status creates corporate tax deductibility risk
  • Payroll deduction compliance — automated payroll deduction for charitable giving must comply with state wage payment laws; unauthorized payroll deductions create state labor law violations
  • ESG reporting accuracy — YourCause data feeds corporate ESG/sustainability reports; automated data errors in giving metrics create SEC ESG disclosure inaccuracy risk for public companies
  • Blackbaud SKY API coupling — YourCause API routes through Blackbaud SKY API infrastructure; SKY API availability and rate limits affect YourCause operations

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-07.

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