SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MCCONNELL JOHN P (Last) (First) (Middle) 2000 DANIEL ISLAND DRIVE (Street) CHARLESTON SC 29492 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/16/2006	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BLACKBAUD INC [ BLKB ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
No securities beneficially owned	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

	/s/ Donald R. Reynolds, Attorney-in-Fact	03/24/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Known all by these presents, that the

undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Timothy V. Williams,

Andrew L. Howell, Heidi Strenck and Donald R. Reynolds, and each of them

acting alone, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact to:  (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in
the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or 10% or more

stockholder of Blackbaud, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 and

Schedules 13D or 13G (and any amendments thereto) under Section 13(d) and

16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act")

in accordance with the 1934 Act, and the rules promulgated thereunder;
(2)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form
or
Schedule (and any amendments thereto) and to file timely such Form or

Schedule with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any
stock exchange or similar authority; and (3) take any other action of
any
type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which in the opinion
of
such attorney-in-fact may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or
legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the

documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned

pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants
to each
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform
any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to
be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted,
as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 13(d) or 16(a) of
the 1934 Act.

	This Power of
Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file such Forms
or Schedules with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked
by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this 24th day of March 2006.



						/s/ John P. McConnell

						John P. McConnell