Some Tips for Charities Looking to Lease Software
By NICOLE WALLACECharities increasingly are receiving offers from companies, and even some nonprofit groups, that tout the option of leasing software systems that can be used via the Internet. ALSO SEE:Remote PossibilitiesInternet-Based Software Suppliers: a SamplingA Guide to Technology Resources…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Internet-Based Software Suppliers: a Sampling
ALSO SEE: Remote Possibilities Some Tips for Charities Looking to Lease Software A Guide to Technology Resources for Charities All Aboard Nonvirtual Reality Hits Giving Sites The Richest Link MULTIPLE-PURPOSE SYSTEMS4charity (San Francisco) BACKGROUND: Founded in 1998 as a charity shopping site by…
A Guide to Technology Resources for Charities
Cybergifts Application service providers have been a frequent topic of conversation on Cybergifts, an e-mail discussion list about Internet fund raising. ALSO SEE:Remote PossibilitiesSome Tips for Charities Looking to Lease SoftwareInternet-Based Software Suppliers: a SamplingAll AboardNonvirtual…
Rather than buy sophisticated software systems, some charities find it pays to lease them via the InternetFor years, Ted Allison, the one-man membership department at KBEM-FM in Minneapolis, kept track of the public-radio station’s membership list using simple word-processing software. ALSO…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How Much Big Charities Are Raising Online
ALSO SEE:All Aboard How Chronicle Conducted Online Fund-Raising Survey Nonvirtual Reality Hits Giving Sites Remote Possibilities The Richest Link Organization Amount raised via the Internet Total private support Campus Crusade for Christ International (Orlando, Fla.) $2,500,000 $350,000,000…
How Chronicle Conducted Online Fund-Raising Survey
To conduct its online fund-raising survey, The Chronicle contacted 402 nonprofit organizations, 181 of which responded. Of those, 100 said that they had received online donations in the 2000 fiscal year. ALSO SEE:All AboardHow Much Big Charities Are Raising OnlineNonvirtual Reality Hits Giving…
Nonvirtual Reality Hits Giving Sites
As online companies fail, others seek ways to click with donorsAs one of scores of dot-com entrepreneurs who hoped to make money by raising money over the Internet for nonprofit groups, Tracey Pettengill counts her company among the lucky ones still standing. ALSO SEE:All AboardRemote…
By Janet L. Fix
Contributor
More and more large nonprofit groups are raising money online, new Chronicle survey findsA growing number of large nonprofit groups raise money online, according to a new Chronicle survey. ALSO SEE:How Much Big Charities Are Raising OnlineHow Chronicle Conducted Online Fund-Raising SurveyNonvirtual…
By Laura Hruby
Contributor
Each spring, a parade of young players in baseball uniforms marches through Boston’s South End neighborhood to mark the beginning of the season for South End Baseball, a recreational league for youths ages 5 to 18. Adult volunteers for the nonprofit organization teach kids how to hit and catch,…
Slow start for online giving leads to new Internet approachesMore than a dozen Internet companies that served nonprofit groups have gone out of business. High-technology donors whom many charities had been wooing for major gifts have sustained major stock losses. Virtually no charity has persuaded…