Internet Search Company Plans Foundation
Google, the operator of the popular search engine, has announced plans to create a Google Foundation. The foundation is expected to expand on the charitable programs currently run by the company, including efforts to encourage employee volunteerism and to match employee donations. Google has also…
By Cassie J. Moore
Contributor
‘Schindler’s List’ DVD Includes Charity Extras
The DVD of Schindler’s List, which hit stores this week, includes more than the typical director’s commentary and cast biographies: It also features a 77-minute documentary produced by Steven Spielberg’s charity, Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. The documentary, Voices From the…
By Cassie J. Moore
Contributor
Bits: GuideStar and Network for Good Conducting Survey on Diversity and Technology
A conference called “Grassroots Use of the Internet” will be held March 13 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The meeting is sponsored by the Organizers’ Collaborative, a group that promotes the use of computers and the Internet as tools for activism. For more information: Go to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Applications Sought for 2004 Federal Grants
Approximately $12.9-million will be available for grants in the 2004 round of the Technology Opportunities Program. Since 1994, the U.S. Department of Commerce program has awarded grants to nonprofit organizations and state and local governments for innovative technology projects in education,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Benton Foundation Spins Off Technology Unit
The Benton Foundation, in Washington, is spinning off its technology-policy activities to renew its focus on promoting communications policies and programming that serve the public interest. The foundation’s Digital Divide Network -- including its popular Digitaldivide e-mail discussion list --…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: ePhilanthropyFoundation.org Add Ethics Test
A nonprofit organization that offers charities advice on Internet fund raising, ePhilanthropyFoundation.Org, has added an ethics test to its Web site. The self-assessment asks charities 15 questions about the way they conduct their online fund-raising activities, and then provides feedback based on…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Technology Conferences Merge Into One
Two popular technology meetings are being combined into the Nonprofit Technology Conference, which will be held March 25-27 in Philadelphia. In 2003, the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network Roundup and the e-Philanthropy Conference were held consecutively at the same hotel in Oakland, Calif.,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Federal Grant Information Available Online
A new Web site, Grants.gov, provides information about how to find and apply to federal grant programs. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services led the development of the Web site, which includes information about more than 800 grant programs run by 26 federal grant-making agencies that…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Youth Group’s Web Site Offers Architectural Tips
Placing a game room near the entrance of a Boys & Girls Club can help convey a sense of fun from the moment a child walks in the door, while comfy couches, beanbag chairs, and rugs can make a club’s homework and study areas more appealing. These and other tips and information can be found on…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Spam Prevention and Technology Volunteers
On December 12 -- the first annual Spam Prevention Day -- Mailshell, a company in San Francisco, will give any nonprofit organization that visits the Web site http://www.stopspamtoday.org a free one-year subscription for its anti-spam software that can be used by each of the charity’s employees.…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Technology Company Files Plans With SEC
Kintera, a San Diego company that leases software to nonprofit organizations to help them raise money online, plans to sell 4.5 million shares of common stock in its initial public offering, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 28. The company…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Site Offers Charity Gift Options
As shoppers scurry to finish their holiday shopping, a new nonprofit organization hopes to spur charitable giving in lieu of candy, jewelry, and other traditional presents. Visitors to the WhatGoesAround.org Web site can make online donations to any of more than 900,000 nonprofit organizations.…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Site Focuses on Vision Problems
VisionConnection, a new Web site, provides information about vision impairment, its prevention, and vision rehabilitation -- all in a format that makes it easy for people who are blind or have limited sight to gain access to the material. Forty vision organizations from around the world worked…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Study Says News Stories Can Aid Online Appeals
Nonprofit organizations can improve their online fund raising by better timing their appeals to news coverage related to their work or cause, according to a new report. In a survey of visitors to Atlantic Monthly Online this summer, more than 80 percent of respondents -- 493 out of 600 -- said they…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Mapping Technology Links L.A. Charity Services
A new Web site combines a database of health, education, and social-service providers in Los Angeles County with mapping technology to help people find the services they need and to make it easier for policy makers and activists to understand the local social-service landscape. HealthyCity.org…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Survey Tracks Growth in College E-Mail Appeals
In a survey of college fund raisers, conducted by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, in Washington, 51 out of 119 respondents said their institutions have started making some of their annual-fund appeals via e-mail. The study found that e-mail solicitations still make up a very…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor