Salsa Labs
Software as a service company based in Bethesda, Maryland, US
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Salsa Labs, Inc. is a Bethesda, Maryland–based software as a service (SaaS) company that provides donor management, digital marketing, online fundraising, online advocacy, and peer-to-peer fundraising tools to more than 3,000 nonprofit organizations in North America and around the world.
| Formation | 2003 |
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| Type | Private |
| Headquarters | Bethesda, Maryland |
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| Website | www |
It was founded as a nonprofit, DemocracyInAction.org (DIA), in 2003. WiredForChange.com (founded in 2005), a sister company, catered to political and 501(c)6 organizations until WiredForChange.com and DemocracyInAction.org united efforts and intentions by establishing Salsa Labs in 2007.
On August 1, 2011, Salsa Labs received a $5 million Series A investment from the New Jersey–based investment firm Edison Ventures.[1]
In 2013, Salsa Labs partnered with Lobbyit, a bipartisan lobbying firm, to roll out its new Tier 4 service, which combined Lobbyit's lobbying services with Salsa Labs’ advocacy platform.[2]
In May 2014, Salsa Labs received another $5 million from Edison and Maryland Venture Partners.[3] Later that year, in October 2014, Salsa Labs acquired social fundraising and events platform Givezooks!.[4] In November 2015, Salsa Labs merged with leading donor management platform DonorPro.[5]
In April 2018, Salsa Labs was acquired by private equity firm Accel-KKR.[6]
In June 2021, Salsa Labs was acquired by EveryAction.[7] Three months later, Apax Partners acquired EveryAction from Insight Partners and Social Solutions from Vista Equity Partners, combining them with CyberGrants, a company it agreed to acquire in June from Waud Capital Partners.[8]
Salsa Labs is now Bonterra. EveryAction, along with CyberGrants, GiveGab, Network for Good, Salsa Labs, and Social Solutions, all fall under the Bonterra name.
