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People giving donations online. Easy as 1-2-3 for givers and non-profits.

Being online has a benefit after all

This article describes the trend in online giving which is becoming more popular since Haiti. Online giving represents a considerable amount of donations, and has grown by 35% in 2010.

Target Analytics, a Blackbaud (Nasdaq: BLKB) company, today released the 2008 donorCentrics™ Internet Giving Benchmarking Analysis. Key findings from the Analysis indicate that over the past few years, online giving has become an increasingly significant source of new donor acquisition, and integrating online and offline fundraising channels is key to long term success.

* Online is the fastest-growing fundraising channel for nonprofits. In 2010, Convio's clients raised more than $1.3 billion online, up 40 percent from 2009. * The median growth rate in online giving was 20 percent. The median growth rate was 14 percent in 2009.

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A new, small organization giving out $1000 grants to awesome ideas. The press coverage of it online is bound to help it grow and increase the amount of application requestions. You can apply online at this website to recieve grant money for any idea they find "awesome"

Amazon launched it's Cloud Player and Cloud Drive service today, which lets you store files online and stream music to your computer or Android phone. We spent some time with it this morning, and despite some missing features, the service is an amazing value and pretty easy to use. Right off the bat, Amazon gives you 5 GB of free storage, which is already more than the free 2 GB Dropbox has.

BiddingForGoods an e-commerce connects nonprofit auctions through online, raises million of dollars.

Had no idea that this website was top e-commerce for charitable giving.

Using this new program allows non-profits to connect with their donors better. It also gives donors a personalized URL so that they can track their interactions with the organization and be in communication with the organization.

This article gives five easy ways to draw in members to their organizations using the web.

This report from a Californian NPO resource company indictes some of the problem hindering board efficacy. Of note: Half of questioned board members are uncomfortable soliciting donations for their NPO. Can online giving help?

A survey about mobile text messaging found that 86% of donors said they would donate again in the future, either through text messages or some other form of online giving. Most people had a positive experience with donating through a mobile phone and would like to recieve notices about the charity they were donating to. Future predictions say mobile phone donating is going to continue to grow in popularity.