Re:e-commerce charity (Score 1)

Totally agree -- NPs have enough to worry about without having to build up a great technical team. While technology can give them an excellent way to reach people who may be interested in helping or in their mission, it can also be a big distraction (not to mention a time and money sink).

I'm working for a company which is trying to help non-profits by putting together a team of great technical people to build services that NPOs can incorporate into their web sites (we'll soon be doing site hosting as well). These let NPOs collect donations (credit card and stock) online, offer sign-up for volunteer opportunities, handle event registration, etc.

While getting a web site up with services like this is a good first step, it leaves a lot to be desired in terms of getting traffic to their site, so we're also building things which will help internet companies include charitable offerings in their sites.

If we can get sites like Amazon, Ebay, and Yahoo to promote charitable activity, then maybe this internet thing will finally be worth all the effort!

If anyone wants to know more... 4charity.com