BLACKBAUD, INC.
2000 Daniel Island Drive
Charleston, South Carolina 29492
February 22, 2005
Via EDGAR Delivery
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Loryn Zerner, Esq., Mail Stop 4-6
Re:
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Acceleration Request | |
| Blackbaud, Inc. Registration on Form S-1 | ||
| File No. 333-122122 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Blackbaud, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as the registrant of the above-captioned registration statement, hereby respectfully requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission take appropriate action to make the registration statement effective at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, February 24, 2005, or as soon thereafter as practicable. Please advise our corporate counsel, Donald R. Reynolds at (919) 781-4000, of any questions.
| Very truly yours, | ||||
| BLACKBAUD, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Timothy V. Williams | |||
| Timothy V. Williams | ||||
| Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||