Technology Bits: Survey on On-Line Donations and the ‘Digital Divide Summit’

November 4, 1999 | Read Time: 1 minute

* In a survey conducted for America Online by Roper Starch, 29 per cent of the 505 participants said they would be interested in making on-line donations to charity. Interest among young people was particularly strong — 53 per cent of respondents between the ages of 18 and 24 said they were inclined to donate on line, compared to only 17 per cent of respondents over the age of 50.

* The U.S. Department of Commerce will sponsor a “Digital Divide Summit” on December 9 in Washington. Participants from the federal government, the technology industry, and non-profit organizations are expected to discuss ways to expand access to technology in poor communities. For more information, go to http://www.ntia.doc.gov.

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NICOLE WALLACE

Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.