Online Fund-Raising Groups Merge
Network for Good, a Bethesda, Md., organization that helps charities raise money on the Internet and runs an online giving site, has acquired the ePhilanthropy Foundation, an organization that promotes ethics in online fund raising. In addition to providing online fund-raising services, Network for…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: eBay Giving Works Passes $150-Million Mark
United Way of America has sold its employee-giving campaign software, United eWay, to CreateHope, an online-giving company in Washington, to start a new company, Truist. United Way will be the largest shareholder. For more information: Go to http://www.truist.com. eBay Giving Works, a program that…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Microsoft Site Offers Donation Guidelines
NGO Connection, a new Web site created by the Microsoft Corporation, brings together information about the company’s grant making and software-donation program with case studies that show how nonprofit organizations have used technology to improve their operations. The site is scheduled to be…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Effort Links Charities With News-Media Sites
A new Internet service, Good2gether, seeks to connect people and causes by distributing nonprofit information to high-traffic Web sites, such as those run by newspapers and television stations. Information from the service currently appears on The Boston Globe’s Web site, Boston.com. Nonprofit…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Mutual Fund Offers Philanthropic Twist
New mutual fund offers philanthropic twist
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Fund-Raising Consulting Companies Merge
Fund-raising consulting companies merge
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Mich. Hospital Offers Online Wish List to Donors
An online effort to assist entrepreneurs in developing countries served as inspiration when a hospital foundation in Grand Rapids, Mich., decided to expand its Internet fund raising. Officials at the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital and Spectrum Health Foundations say they looked to the successful…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Red Cross Experiments With Disaster Blogs
As flood waters inundated large swaths of the Midwest, the American Red Cross used two blogs to get information out to the public. The organization used blogging software to create an online newsroom that brought together information about shelter locations and feeding programs, news alerts, and…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Organization Tries New Approach to Building Ties With Donors
New approach to building ties with donors: outsourcing
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Microsoft Donates to the National Fund for Workforce Solutions
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is holding a workshop entitled “Amassing a Grass-Roots Army to Engage in Election 2008" in Washington on June 17. Another workshop, “Intelligence, Media Monitoring, and Tracking the Buzz,” is scheduled for September 30. For more information: Go to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor