Kintera, in Conjunction With Microsoft, Announces Social Constituent Relationship Management Roadshow

Eight-City Tour Highlights Social CRM on a Software as a Service Platform and Its Impact on Constituent Relationships, Fundraising Efforts

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2006--Kintera® Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA - News), in conjunction with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - News), today announced an eight-city roadshow to educate organizations about how social constituent relationship management (CRM) on a software as a service platform can impact fundraising efforts and constituent relationships.

As part of Microsoft's commitment to software as a service technology, the free educational seminars will enable organizations to learn how they can optimize their total relationship with donors and supporters. In addition, attendees will learn how donor knowledge can provide organizations with the data needed for meaningful, personal communications.

Kintera's social CRM system -- launched at the 2006 Association for Fundraising Professionals Conference in early April -- enables organizations to drive all interactions based on comprehensive knowledge of constituents, and provides a single, interactive system to manage relationships. Uniting constituents' online and offline experiences into one database, Kintera's social CRM system provides nonprofits and constituents with a total view of the constituent's relationship with the organization. The system provides nonprofits with critical data needed to build relationships with donors, members, prospects, participants and volunteers.

Held at Microsoft facilities throughout the country, the social CRM roadshow kicks off July 10, 2006 and will visit the following cities:

Boston
New York
Washington
Chicago
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Atlanta
The roadshow will feature industry expert David Lawson, general manager of donor management for Kintera. Lawson is a nationally recognized speaker at nonprofit seminars and conferences, co-founder of the WOW! Institute and founder of P!N. In addition, Lawson is a CASE Steuben Apple Award recipient.

"By providing organizations with a holistic view of their constituent relationships, Kintera's social CRM system enables nonprofits to provide constituents with a better, more personalized experience with their organization," said Lawson. "In addition, the system's interactive platform is both donor and staff-facing, enabling donors to become more active participants in their relationship with the organization."

To register for the social CRM roadshow or for more information, visit www.kintera.com/crmroadshow.

About Kintera, Inc.

Kintera®, Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA - News) provides an online solution to help nonprofit organizations deliver The Giving Experience(TM) to donors -- including giving convenience, financial transparency, feedback about the social impact of their gifts, and a sense of belonging and appreciation.

More than 15,000 accounts in the nonprofit, government and corporate sectors use Kintera's "software as a service" innovations, including the Friends Asking Friends® fundraising program and Kintera Sphere(TM), an enterprise-grade software platform that provides a secure, scaleable and reliable system for social constituent relationship management (CRM), enabling organizations to drive all interactions based on comprehensive knowledge of constituents. Additionally, Kintera FundWare® provides award-winning financial management software developed for nonprofit organizations and governments.

For more information about Kintera's software and services, visit www.kintera.com.

Kintera, Kintera Sphere, Friends Asking Friends, The Giving Experience, GivingFund, and FundWare are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Kintera, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this press release contains forward-looking statements (including, without limitation, express or implied statements regarding the adoption of software solutions by nonprofit organizations) that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date hereof. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: our limited operating history; our history of losses; our dependence on increased acceptance by nonprofit organizations of online fundraising; lengthy sales cycles for major customers; our need to manage growth; risks associated with accounting for and processing large amounts of donations; the rapidly changing technologies and market demands; and other risks identified in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

Contact:
Kintera Inc.
Erin Leventhal, 858-795-8979
erin.leventhal@kintera.com

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Source: Kintera Inc.

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