Technology Bits: California Puts Data On Line; Shopping Site Offers Bonus
* The California Attorney General’s Office has added to its Web site a searchable data base of Forms 990 filed by non-profit organizations in the state. The Form 990 is the informational tax return that charities are required to file with the I.R.S. To get there: Go to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Conferences Focus on Technology
Several forthcoming conferences will discuss the future of technology use by non-profit organizations. * The National Charities Information Bureau is holding an invitation-only conference entitled “E-Philanthropy: Technology and the Nonprofit Community” on October 22 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Site Provides Assistance With Special Events
A new Web site helps non-profit organizations automate many of the tasks that go into organizing special events. Non-profit organizations can use seeUthere.com to send invitations and reminders about events, tally R.S.V.P.'s, sell tickets, and accept donations. The seeUthere.com service is designed…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Internet Helps Radio Station Set Fund-Raising Record
With the help of the Internet -- and some snazzy prizes -- WAMU, a Washington public-radio station, had its most successful fund-raising campaign ever. During a one-week membership drive this month, the station raised $1,147,690. Of that total, $367,000 came in through WAMU’s Web site. The station…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity Receives Grant to Build New Technology Web Site
Compumentor, a non-profit organization in San Francisco that helps other charities make better use of technology, has received a $150,000 grant from the Surdna Foundation, in New York, to build a comprehensive Web site on non-profit technology. One of the main goals of the site -- which is…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
America Online Starts a Site for Donors
The AOL Foundation -- the giving arm of America Online -- has started a new Web site that brings together information for donors, volunteers, and charities. The site, called Helping.org, allows visitors to learn about the activities of any of the more than 650,000 charities listed in the GuideStar…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Workbook Issued in Spanish, Portuguese; Newsletter on Internet Resources
* The CompuMentor Year 2000 Workbook for Nonprofits is now available in Spanish and Portuguese. CompuMentor is a non-profit organization in San Francisco that matches volunteers who have computer skills with schools and non-profit groups in need of help. It also promises to answer via e-mail…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Form 990 Is Focus of New Web Site
Information on efforts to improve the accuracy of financial data that charities report to the Internal Revenue Service is available on a new Web site. The Quality 990 site features information on the Form 990 -- the informational tax return that charities with annual revenues of more than $25,000…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
2 New Web Sites Serve Shoppers With a Conscience
Two new Web sites cater to consumers who want to buy socially and environmentally responsible products. Both plan to donate part of their proceeds to charity. EthicalShopper.com, a Los Angeles company, uses a detailed questionnaire to determine whether companies that want to sell products through…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Fund-Raising Software Is Subject of New E-Mail List
An independent e-mail discussion list has been formed for people who use Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge fund-raising software. The new e-mail forum, called the Raiser’s Edge Users Group, was started by a charity fund raiser who wishes to remain anonymous. He said he was frustrated that the company’s…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor