Over 3.5 million people in America are homeless and most exist without a voice. Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF), an Austin-based nonprofit providing food and shelter to the homeless and working poor, is changing that with the launch of a dramatic new mobile giving and awareness campaign, “I Am Here.”

Sage North America has announced Sage Fundraising Online, a new flexible fundraising and event management connected service that allows nonprofit organizations of all sizes to more effectively use the Internet to increase giving, participation, and overall support through online donations and registrations. Delivered as a Software as a Service (SaaS), Sage Fundraising Online is part of Sage’s strategy to deliver online connected solutions that support specific areas of market demand.

Nonprofits that change with their younger donor pools and those that prove their value to constituents will be the big winners in the years to come, according to a list of the Top 10 future nonprofit trends released today by Blackbaud. The list from Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB), the leading global provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, also indicates that nonprofits will be placing renewed emphasis on constituent stewardship and will continue to see growth in peer-to-peer fundraising, powered by technology and social media.

Blackbaud, which pulled its Financial Edge product of the reseller channel a few years ago, is testing the product with its Fundware resellers. That’s part of the new Connect program, which started as an ISV program, according to Scott Butler, VP of public sector solutions. He said some of the FundWare resellers are starting to see volume with Financial Edge. Blackbaud also plans to start using the channels to reach governmental markets, which Butler said would help the company promote existing accounting relationship and the next generation product that goes into release early this year. The Connect program includes several elements such as the referral program, via which participants can get referral fees on products from Financial Edge and the Raiser’s Edge to its e-Tapestry and Kintera applications.

Microsoft has begun selling Dynamics CRM (Constituent Relationship Management) for nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations, the first specialized CRM product from the vendor.  This new offering was described as having out-of-the-box CRM functionality and customizations for features peculiar to these organizations such as donation and pledge management, basic membership management, basic volunteer tracking, campaign management, dashboard reports, and support for online payment solutions. It is available both as on- premise software and though Dynamics CRM online. If I had thought about this more when the release hit my email, I would have asked whether Microsoft is moving into an area that has produced a lot of ISVs (Independent Software Venor) offering specialized CRM.

AccuFund, Inc., provider of financial reporting and accounting software for non-profit, municipal and government organizations, has announced the recipients of its Partner Leadership Awards for sales success in 2009. Presented at a special dinner held the first evening of AccuFund’s annual reseller meeting, the awards recognize the volume sales leaders for the AccuFund Accounting Suite.

SofTrek Corporation, a leading provider of donor management software and fundraising solutions for nonprofit organizations, announces the release of a suite of online marketing tools. The online marketing suite provides nonprofit organizations with essential fundraising tools to enrich and build one to one relationships with their donors.