Technology Campaign Raises $94-Million
The United Negro College Fund, in Fairfax, Va., has raised $94-million for its Technology Enhancement Capital Campaign, with cash gifts accounting for $28-million and in-kind donations totaling $66-million. The goal of the campaign is to help the fund’s member institutions, 39 historically black…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Gateway to Donate Computers, Software for Grass-Roots Groups, and a New Foundation
Gateway plans to give nonprofit organizations as many as 4,500 of the computers the company supplied to the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for use during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. The application for the donation program will be available online from April 2 to July 31. Before then, charities…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Programs Offer Discounts to Charities
Two new programs provide discounted technology products to nonprofit organizations. CompuMentor, a San Francisco charity that provides technology assistance to other nonprofit groups, has opened an online store on its TechSoup.org Web site. DiscounTech (http://www.techsoup.org/discountech) builds…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Help With Technology Volunteers, and Computer Power Against Anthrax
During the week of February 25, TechSoup, a Web site that provides technology information for charities, will hold an online discussion about managing volunteers who work on technology projects and volunteers who do their assignments online. To get there: Go to http://www.techsoup.org. The Anthrax…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Patients’ Questions Fielded on Internet
A nonprofit medical practice in Maine allows patients to use the Internet to ask their doctors questions, schedule appointments, request prescription renewals, and search for sound medical data. When Martin’s Point Health Care, in Portland, introduced the Patient’s Personal Points service at its…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Survey Measures Computer Security
Slightly more than half of the charities that responded to an online survey on computer-security practices report that they back up their data every day, but 49 percent of the groups say they don’t have a data-recovery plan in place in the event of a serious loss of data. A new report, “Computer…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Effort to Link Charities Adds Offline Network
A nonprofit organization that has spent the past six years helping charities and individuals connect online is now trying to build a worldwide network to connect them offline as well. The Idealist Web site currently offers a searchable database of more than 25,000 nonprofit organizations around the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity’s Campaign Seeks Used Computers
A San Francisco charity hopes its new press campaign and research project on computer recycling will put more usable donated computers in the hands of nonprofit organizations and schools while keeping older machines out of landfills. For more than five years CompuMentor has maintained a list of…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Seattle Charity Announces 6 Affiliates Nationwide
NPower is going national. The Seattle nonprofit organization, which provides technology assistance to other charities, has announced six new affiliates in cities across the country. The Microsoft Corporation, in Redmond, Wash., made a commitment of $10-million in cash and $15-million in software…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: EBay Raises Money for Victims of Terrorist Attacks; Technology Conference Announced
EBay has announced that its Auction for America raised $10-million for charities helping victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The total fell far short of the company’s goal of raising $100-million. The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network will be holding Roundup 2002 April 11-14 in…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
What Failed Dot-Coms Can Show Charities
A new report argues that charities can learn from the mistakes of failed dot-coms and build Internet ventures that serve a social purpose and earn revenue for their organizations. “After the Bubble: Investing in Internet-Based Social Enterprise in Challenging Times” identifies seven Internet…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Reports Made Available on Charities’ Finances
Detailed reports on individual charities’ financial data are now available through Philanthropic Research, the Williamsburg, Va., nonprofit group that runs the GuideStar Web site. GuideStar Analyst Reports are currently available on approximately 160,000 charities, and are based on data from Forms…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Study Tracks Recipients of Technology Grants
Human-service organizations don’t fare as well as other types of nonprofit groups when it comes to securing information-technology grants, according to a new report. “Beyond Access: A Foundation Guide to Ending the Organizational Divide” also found that grant makers were much more likely to make…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Conference Rescheduled, Social-Services Newsletter, and a 990 Primer
The third annual e-Philanthropy conference, which was cancelled in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, has been rescheduled for March 4-5 in McLean, Va. For more information: Go to http://www.independentsector.org for registration materials, as well as to view a summary of the 2000…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Discussion List Limited to Association Members
The National Committee on Planned Giving has decided to restrict participation on its popular e-mail discussion list, GIFT-PL, to the organization’s members. The Indianapolis organization announced the decision in an e-mail message to list subscribers on December 17. “NCPG has operated the list…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Most Charities in Study Find Technology Essential
More than 80 percent of executives at human-service organizations say that information technology has changed their organizations’ daily operations over the past five years, with 87 percent calling information technology either important or essential, according to a new survey. The study also…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor