This just in: Blackbaud announced yesteday that it will acquire Target Software, a Boston-based software company for high-end nonprofit fundraising. A more detailed article on the acquisition is here.

Meanwhile, Get Active announced today that it is bought by Convio. In a letter to its clients and partners, NTEN boad member and Get Active CEO Sheeraz Haji writes:

"GetActive is to be acquired by Convio, Inc. This is a significant milestone for the nonprofit sector, our company, and our product. But most important of all, this is great news for our partners and clients.

This agreement with Convio combines the resources of the two leading software companies serving nonprofits to create a clear leader in this fast evolving market. GetActive has the best Advocacy and Website management products available and Convio is recognized as the industry leading eCRM and Fundraising solution.

The client focus and market understanding you’ve come to expect from GetActive will not go away. Our staff will become employees of Convio -- virtually doubling the new company’s ability to develop new features and offer new services.

We expect you to have many questions and we will do our best to provide information as it becomes available.

For our DC-based partners, Gene Austin (CEO, Convio) and I will be holding a breakfast on Friday, January 26 at the DMANF conference next week.

Consolidation in the nonprofit software market was to be anticipated but both of the mergers will have significant implications for nonprofits in the fundraising and CRM markets. We will post as we learn more.