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Special Report: Nonprofit Technology.
Philanthropy Journal (23.7.2007)

• Nonprofits using new media to engage.
  With technology more widespread and easily accessible, nonprofits are finding innovative ways to use it to spread their message and engage constituents in fundraising, advocacy and the delivery of services and information.
• The spread of viral fundraising.
  Based on the passion and energy of one individual, an idea can catch on and spread like wildfire – with minimal help, or control, from nonprofits.
• Online mobilization magnifies voice.
  Whether through dynamic, multi-media web pages, networking in online social communities, or leveraging the latest wiki and widget tools, nonprofits are using technology to engage their supporters and dynamically transforming their capabilities.
• Capitalizing on the human network.
  Dow Bauknight and Chris Meade of NPower Charlotte Region offer tips for smaller nonprofits contemplating the world of social media.
• Harness the social web before it harnesses you.
  Change is afoot in the nonprofit sector, with new tools connecting users to powerful applications and, perhaps more importantly, to one another.
• The three greatest lies about technology and philanthropy.
  Ongoing investment in the right technology can advance a nonprofit’s mission.

How charities are campaigning online.
Thought-provoking blogs, hard-hitting YouTube videos and social networking sites are raising money and awareness of UK charities, making the most of cutting-edge web tools to reach new audiences.
Guardian Unlimited (17.5.2007)

Chinese Messenger users barred from donating to charity.
When Microsoft recently launched a charity donation program for Windows Messenger Live, participation was limited to U.S. users only, but it’s taken China by storm and now they want in.
BizReport.com (21.7.2007)

Großer Spendenerfolg für kleine Internetseite.
openPR (5.3.2007)

Microsoft lässt Messenger-Nutzer Spenden sammeln.
Derzeit läuft eine Kampagne, bei der Microsoft für jede Anfrage, die über seine Suchmaschine Live.com gestellt wird, einen Centbetrag an UNICEF spendet, den Kinderfond der Vereinten Nationen.
WinFuture (2.3.2007)

Whiz kid opens cyberspace to charity.
CTV.ca (21.9.2006)

eBay reduces minimum donation to charities.
UK Fundraising (21.9.2006)

Second life fundraising: philanthropy dips its toe into virtual worlds.
Philanthropy is sweeping the world's largest virtual 3D community and big-name organizations like the American Cancer Society, TechSoup, Global Kids, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society are getting involved, creating virtual "chapters" and holding online fundraising events.
onPhilanthropy (26.7.2006)

Computer-Rechenleistung spenden für einen guten Zweck.
Forscher aus Basel und Genf haben für ein Forschungsprojekt ein noch wenig bekanntes Spendenmodell angewendet: Wer ihnen im Kampf gegen die Infektionskrankheit Malaria helfen will, kann ihnen die Rechnerleistung eines Computers statt Geld zur Verfügung stellen.
Klein Report (18.7.2006)

Mit Handy-Spende gleich dreifach helfen.
ORF.at (29.5.2006)

Domain name gifts: Dot-com boon for charities.
Domain name donations are the latest twist in charitable giving, after nonprofit organizations and charities saw their coffers filled with stocks of soaring technology companies in the late 1990s.
International Herald Tribune (30.3.2006)

Give to charity by searching the Web.
An Internet search engine aims to make philanthropy as easy as surfing the web.
Fortune (22.3.2006)

50.000 "Cyber-Kioske" für Indien.
"Tue Gutes und verdiene daran" könnte der Leitspruch vieler Entwicklungshilfe-Projekte lauten: Unter dem Strich entpuppt sich manche Hilfeleistung als Deal zu beidseitigem Vorteil. So auch in diesem Falle: Microsoft will Indiens ländliche Regionen vernetzen - und daran verdienen.
Spiegel Online (3.2.1006)

Top Providers to Philanthropic Marketplace Announce Agreement to Merge Software and Services.
Neulogic Media, LLC: Neulogic, Provider of Seamless eCommunications Solutions, and Stellar Financial, Provider of Enterprise Software Solutions and Financial Services, Announce the Completion of a Definitive Agreement to Merge Their Products and Services Into a Single Offering dBusinessNews.com (1.11.2005)

Neues Fundraising Internet-Portal geht 2006 online.
openPR.de (Pressemitteilung) (30.10.2005)

New Fundraising Website RestoreTheSpirit Founded With Commitment to Raise Over $1 Million.
Funds are raised through the sale of uniquely designed ribbon magnets and wristbands. The site’s first initiative is to raise over $1 million to support survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Habitat for Humanity will be among the first to receive funds. Fundraising partnerships with churches and other non-profits are also being developed. 
PR Web (29.9.2005)

Internet scams exploit generosity.
Donations for Katrina relief are approaching $600 million and scam artists are angling for a share of the money.
Philanthropy Journal (9.9.2005)

FDP weitet Spendenkampagne im Internet aus.
Ein Wettbewerb, in dem kreative Internetnutzer mit selbst entworfenen E-Cards um attraktive Preise konkurrieren können, ist ab sofort auf den Seiten des FDP-Bürgerfonds online.
Presseportal (18.8.2005)

Schmalband: Spenden durch surfen.
teltarif.de (5.8.2005)

Online Giving Grows.
Online giving is growing dramatically with estimates of donations now reaching $2.7 to $3 billion annually.
About (29.6.2005)

Software firm reports $9.9 quarterly loss, $63 million accumulated deficit.
San Diego-based Kintera, which provides software to nonprofits and government, reported a net loss of $9.9 million for the first quarter ended March 31 and an accumulated deficit of $63 million.
Philanthropy Journal (27.6.2005)

The Fundraising Office Of The Future.
Many of the tools are now available for the 21 st century fundraising office, from databases to accounting applications that don’t require software to be on your computer to wealth matching services.
The NonProfit Times (15.6.2005)

Breaking The Bottleneck.
When the South Asia tsunami struck this past December, an unprecedented number of people turned to the Internet as their avenue to provide financial support. Nonprofits swiftly responded with online content and appeals. And while the rapid influx of cash was a welcome boon, some nonprofits were technologically ill- prepared for the relentless traffic that responded to the natural disaster.
The NonProfit Times (15.6.2005)

Special Report: Nonprofit Technology.
Philanthropy Journal (Juni 2005)

Giving online: Part 4
Virtual relief speeds cash, materials to stricken areas.
Aidmatrix, a nonprofit in Dallas, that operates a web site on which relief agencies can post their needs and donors can make cash or in-kind donations to meet those needs, raised more than $340,000 through virtual aid drives for tsunami relief in the first two weeks, a total that had grown to $450,000 by late January.
Philanthropy Journal (26.5.2005)

Survey Reveals Nonprofits and Associations Succeeding with Email Marketing.
Nonprofits and associations using an email service for member communications reported higher open, click-through, and overall response rates over the last twelve to twenty-four months, according to a recent survey
Investors Business Daily (o. D.)

Giving online: Part 3
Workplace contributions, technology donations flow.
Two days after South Asia tsunami hit, Booz Allen Hamilton in McLean, Va., decided to launch a special workplace drive, and sent two email messages over one week to its 16,000 employees saying it would partially match their gifts. The appeals generated over 1,100 employee contributions totaling more than $200,000.
Philanthropy Journal (19.5.2005)

Giving online: Part 1
Tsunamis unleash Web philanthropy.
Online giving, which showed steady but modest gains after a big surge following 9/11, finally hit the “tipping point” after the tsunamis, and is here to stay, experts say.
Philanthropy Journal (6.5.2005)

Philanthropy, with a Google twist.
Google may put a spin on charity by backing for-profit and non-profit "social" entrepreneurs. In a switch from conventional philanthropy, where money is donated to non-profit charities, the Google Foundation is considering investments in for-profit firms that also pursue creditable causes.
CNN Money (27.4.2005)

Blogging as an Effective Fundraising Strategy. 
Roughly 8 million Americans are blogging. Blogs, journals posted on the web, are quickly becoming the new “it” of the internet. But do blogs have a role in an effective fundraising strategy, or are they still too new for the nonprofit sector?
OnPhilanthropy.com (8.4.2005)

Information exchange.
Several well-known nonprofits have joined the call for freer access to innovative technology for charities.
Philanthropy Journal (6.4.2005)

Charity donors hit by new scam.
A new breed of email scams is exploiting the generosity of people who have rushed online to donate money to the relief effort, an internet watchdog warned last night.
Guardian Unlimited (6.1.2005)

Alert on charity scam while lending a hand.
The China Charity Federation (CCF) has warned tsunami donors to be on guard against fraudulent Web sites after it found a Web site bearing its name.
Xinhua News Agency (6.1.2005)

Spendenaktion über das Handy - Abbuchung über Rechnung.
"Nachbar in Not"-Aktion: Handybesitzer können relativ unkompliziert mit dem Drücken weniger Tasten ihre Spende abschicken.
Der Standard (30.12.2004)

Recycle your old mobile for charity.
Marie Curie Cancer Care, the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, the Royal National Institute of the Blind, the Children's Hospice Association Scotland and Northern Ireland Hospice Care have teamed up to run the eco-friendly fundraising appeal, ensuring that every mobile donated generates vital funds for good causes.
Out-Law.com (22.12.2004)

E-Fundraising: Da wird Masse bewegt.
Weihnachtszeit ist Spendenzeit: Immer mehr Non-Profit-Organisationen nutzen das Netz, um an milde Gaben zu kommen. Neue, kreative Strategien und eine zahlungskräftige Klientel treiben die Zahlen im E-Fundraising nach oben.
Der Spiegel (21.12.2004)

Fundraising Goes Wireless.
Emediawire (2.12.2004)

Back to school Time Means High Tech Fundraising Methods for Many Groups.
The start of the new school year also means the start of fundraising plans for many school and youth groups looking for something easy to administer that will bring in need cash for activities. CellForCash.com has added a new tool for groups to raise cash by collecting used cell phones, which enables organizations to effectively coordinate their fundraising using this on-line tool to manage their efforts from start to finish in a turn key system.
Onlypunjab.com, Indien (25.11.2004)

High-tech philanthropy.
Global grid aims to harness donated computer power to address social ills.
Philanthropy Journal (17.11.2004)

Charities add e-giving to their arsenal of fundraising tools.
E-philanthropy is expected to account for about 20 per cent of giving by 2008, Mr. Bouza says, adding that one of his clients hit the 20-per-cent mark for online returns on a single special event this year.
Ottawa Business Journal (17.11.2004)

Not Your Ordinary Fundraising Idea.
When it comes to traditional fundraising campaigns their are literally thousands of ideas that organizations seeking to start a program can utilize. Traditional fundraising has always been to present the program, get groups to sign up, and get patrons to purchase the product. But, with the advent of the Internet, many such programs that have been a traditional face-to-face method have become more updated and accessible and even more creative. Even though the means has changed, the methods have not.
Emediawire (17.11.2004)

FileMaker Donations 2.0 Upgrades Easy-to-use Fundraising Management Software.
PR Newswire (15.11.2004)

Open-Source Browser Firefox: Spendenkampagne erfolgreich!
Die am Dienstag vergangener Woche auch in Deutschland gestartete Spendenaktion zum Start der Version 1.0 des Open-Source-Browsers Firefox ist ein voller Erfolg. Die von Mozilla Europe und der Berliner skilldeal AG initiierte Spendenaktion hat zum Ziel, den Start des Browsers mit einer deutschlandweiten Anzeigenkampagne zu begleiten. Bis Donnerstag haben sich bereits mehr als 1.500 Spender registriert. Auch die ersten Firmenspenden wurden bereits getätigt. In nur zwei Tagen erhielt die Aktion damit fast 50 Prozent der erhofften 3000 Spenden.
net tribune (8.11.2004)

As was and Adam Hersh Auctions Assist with New York Public Library Fundraising Auctions on Ebay.
The New York Public Library's "Make Noise For the Library" campaign currently has fifteen auctions running on eBay. The Grand Prize and most exciting auction is a dinner for twelve cooked in your home by famous chefs Mario Batali of Babbo, Nobu Matsuhisa of Nobu, and Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin. Each chef will cook a different course for the meal. Other auctions include a private NYC restaurant tour and dinner led by Tim Zagat of Zagat Survey, the world's leading provider of survey-based ratings and reviews of restaurants and other aspects of travel and leisure. One-hundred percent of all winning bids are going to the Library.
Emediawire (14.10.2004)

eBay Consignment Strategy: Helping Non-Profits with Fundraising.
Fundraising, including the collection of donated items, is vital for non-profits. What better place to find goods for consigned auctions, whether you are an eBay drop-off store or a Trading Assistant?
Auctionbytes (10.10.2004)

Digital maps: Part 3
Nonprofits use computer-mapping to make data make sense.
Like the Computer Mapping Assistance Project at the New York Public Interest Research Group, San Francisco-based GreenInfo Network has environmental roots. The organization, which serves nonprofits in fields ranging from public health and social services to the environment and conservation, grew out work at Greenbelt Alliance, a San Francisco nonprofit focusing on regional land use planning and conservation.
Philanthropy Journal (8.10.2004)

Digital maps: Part 2
Nonprofits use computer maps to make their case.
The New York Public Interest Research Group in New York City started using “geographic information systems,” or GIS, in the early 1990s to create visual tools to support its community-organizing work on environmental issues.
Philanthropy Journal (1.10.2004)

Digital maps: Part 1
Nonprofits build geographic perspective into their work.
While computer-mapping remains the main business of only a handful of nonprofits throughout the U.S., it gives their nonprofit clients a powerful tool to improve the way they deliver services, shape policy and communicate, computer mapmakers say.
Philanthropy Journal (24.9.2004)  

Konvent Neue Ideen sollen Spendenbereitschaft erhöhen.
Wertkarten über ein, zwei oder zehn Euro, die der Kirchgänger im Gemeindebüro gegen eine Spendenbescheinigung ersteht, um sie sonntags in den Klingelbeutel zu geben: Ob auf diese Weise das Spendenaufkommen in den Kirchengemeinden steigt? Ja, meint Pastor Paul Dalby aus Hannover. Die Idee mit den so genannten Kollekten-Bons habe sich beispielsweise in Westfalen oder in Thüringen schon bewährt.
Ostfriesen-Zeitung (22.9.2004)

National Public Radio Turns to Online Auctions for Fundraising.
National Public Radio (NPR) is conducting a pilot project with 25 participating member stations to test online-auction fundraising.
Auctionbytes (20.9.2004)

Kartuschen und Patronen sammeln und spenden.
Das Deutsche Rote Kreuz (DRK) geht neu Wege in der Beschaffung seiner Mittel zur humanitären Hilfe.
ka-news.de (19.8.2004)

Cell Phones Targeted In New Fundraising Effort.
Starting in August, 2004, thru the combined efforts of American Cellular Donation Organization (ACDO) and the Macomb County Chamber of Commerce, various groups, churches and organizations will be able to raise money and at the same time provide communication to those in need, all while also helping the environment.
PR Web (14.8.2004)

Blue Sky Collaborative to Launch Grassroots Fundraising Campaign.
PR Web (10.8.2004)

Tech alternative
Open-source technology for nonprofits focus of push.
New applications for nonprofits available or under development.
Philanthropy Journal (12.4.2004)

Unique Resource Center Opens Virtual Doors for Nonprofits.
Miles International, Inc. announced today the launching of the U.S. Sponsorship Resource Center, a unique concept in fundraising and sponsorship resources for not-for-profit groups around the world.
PNN Online (31.3.2004)

New Online-Auction Site Launches, 25% of Proceeds Goes to Charities.
Auctionbytes.com (19.11.2003)

Tech syndicate on track.
A syndicate has met its goal of raising $4 million to develop back-office technology for community foundations, and is moving ahead with its first project to connect its members' accounting systems electronically to their investment managers or custodians.
Philanthropy Journal (17.11.2003)

Technology sparks innovation.
By reaching out to find ways to build technology into their planning and operations, charities can create a new model of enterprise geared to address the urgent needs our communities face.
Philanthropy Journal (12.11.2003)

What Your Mother Can Teach You About Online Fundraising
OnPhilanthropy.com (24.10.2003)

Fundraising through eBay.
York Daily Record (24.10.2003)

Nonprofit Software ... Vexing Technology.
The NonProfit Times (15.10.2003)

Wau-Holland-Stiftung ruft zum Datenspenden auf.
Am 13. September wird sich die Wau-Holland-Stiftung erstmals öffentlich präsentieren und dabei auf dem Berliner Stiftungstag zum Datenspenden aufrufen.
Heise (9.9.2003)

Kintera awarded patent on interactive quiz for online fundraising.
Online solutions provider Kintera Inc., announced it has been awarded with an online mission certification quiz for fundraising campaigns.
Church Executive Magazine (29.8.2003)

Fundraising tool launched.
Telosa markets new software to small nonprofits.
Philanthropy Journal (18.8.2003)

Groups wire nonprofits.
Tech focus expands from basic help to shaping strategy.
Philanthropy Journal (4.8.2003)

Web may revolutionize fundraising.
In race for the presidency, Democrat Howard Dean is turning heads with online money-making prowess.
Christian Science Monitor (31.7.2003)

Online Fundraising - A Dangerous Proposition.
Legal Compliance is Difficult but Necessary.
About.com

Siegeszug der Online-Journale.
Täglich aktualisierte Internettagebücher - so genannte Weblogs - werden zum Massenphänomen. In seltenen Fällen generieren sie auch Spenden.
Financial Times (12.3.2003)

E-Philanthropy Review.
It's a Relational Business.
Charity Channel (24.2.2003)

Betteln im Internet als lukrativer Nebenerwerb. Der Erfolg der "Cyber-Bettler" ruft sowohl Nachahmer als auch Parodisten auf den Plan.
Die Presse (5.12.2002)