The Nonprofit Matrix is an online directory and guide to Application Service Providers (ASPs) and portals offering web-based services for nonprofits and charities.
July 31st, 2007 at 08:39am
A new profile has been added to the NonProfit Matrix:
We specialize in assisting non-profit charities, foundations & organizations to maximize fundraising opportunities. Our goal is to implement a practical “Turn-Key” application solution, designed to give charitable foundations and organizations alike, a value added resource for success.
July 30th, 2007 at 12:52pm
A new profile has been added to the NonProfit Matrix:
Dabble DB lets you build online database applications for easy data management. It’s easy to use yet extremely flexible and powerful.
July 25th, 2007 at 05:13pm
Microphilanthropy blogger Peter Deitz has released a benchmarking study (published on the TechSoup website) on how much non-profits can expect to raise through a group fundraising event or strategy. The study looked at five popular platforms for group fundraising (ChipIn, Firstgiving, GiveMeaning, SixDegrees, and JustGive.org) and compared data from a variety of group fundraising campaigns achieving High/Low and Average benchmarks.
Aggregate results reported include: (1) the average donation size to group fundraising campaigns; (2) the average number of donors; and (3) the average amount raised by individual campaigns.
From the report’s conclusion: Group fundraising is an exciting technology rising from the social-networking sphere, offering organizations a unique opportunity to reach new donors while still engaging the most steadfast supporters. If you can invest the time and effort necessary to meet the benchmarks referenced in this article, it might be time for your nonprofit to take its first step into the promising world of group fundraising.
>Read the report (on TechSoup)
A detailed comparison of Group Fundraising service providers is available here:
> About Microphilanthropy’s Group Fundraising comparison chart
July 24th, 2007 at 04:36pm
Convio has announced a new online organizing tool to support online/offline 3rd party events and grassroots fundraising initiatives.
The Personal Events tool is designed to help an organization’s supporters or members to organize and market their own personal events around a cause, theme or campaign. Using Personal Events, individuals will be able to schedule, post and promote an event, manage RSVPs and create opportunities to donate, all within the official “web presence” of the organizations or causes they support.
According to Tom Krackeler, Vice President, Product Management for Convio, Inc., the scalability and flexibility of the product creates opportunities for a wide variety of events and opportunities. “Animal welfare advocates could host dog walks, environmental organizations might create nature hikes, a public radio show focused on jazz might have individuals host listening parties, still others might have birthday parties, reading groups, legislative call parties or movie nights”
July 23rd, 2007 at 10:51am
TechSoup, the popular resource for all things tech and nonprofit has taken the wraps off a new blog. According to lead blogger Britt Bravo, the new blog will be offering “more about projects, ideas, resources, and events related to Web-based innovations with a social impact, and less on how-to’s.”
Current top posts on the blog are:
July 23rd, 2007 at 09:25am
Papilia has announced the immediate availability of social network fundraising within their solution for donor-centered communication for nonprofits. Papilia recently completed an integration of the popular peer-to-peer fundraising tool ChipIn into their Fundraising Toolkit.
From Papilia’s press release:
“Donor to donor fundraising with Papilia is the online version of throwing a house party for your friends and asking them to contribute to a cause. With the availability of My Fundraising Toolkit on the Papilia platform, fundraising staff are no longer alone in their fundraising efforts.”
Read the full press release here.
For a demonstration of Donor-to-Donor fundraising with Papilia, click here.
July 18th, 2007 at 09:29am
Idealware has released another in their “A Few Good Tools” series of compact overview guides of online tools for nonprofits. This new guide focuses on tools for running online auctions.
Real-life auctions have a long history in the nonprofit sector and online actions have been a popular fundraising tool for some online charities since the rise of eBay in the early days of the Internet. eBay is a popular tools for running online charity auctions, but there are a wide variety of other web services available to meet the diverse needs of the nonprofit sector.
Idealware’s guide covers the basics of how to organize and run a successful online auction, including:
The guide also profiles several of the leading online charity auction service providers such as MissionFish, cMarket, Benefit Events and others.
July 10th, 2007 at 01:37pm
Kintera has announced plans to open its propriety Kintera Sphere data management system to allow 3rd party partners to provide enhanced online services direct to Kintera users.
Dubbed Kintera Connect, the new platform is intended to open the doors to a broader choice of services such as e-commerce, short message services (SMS), call center technology, and more.
According to Kintera’s press release:
The Kintera Connect platform not only increases the choices available to nonprofits to meet their technology and business needs, but expands the reach and capabilities of industry partners by enabling them to take advantage of the information captured in Kintera Sphere.
Kintera is currently assessing technology providers and partners to be included in the launch of Kintera Connect, expected in Sept 2007.
