This has been an interesting thread.
We have a pretty sophisticated presence online for a small organization,
with a popular online "store." We offer our event tickets, membership,
and products for sale online. We also have giving opportunities listed,
but they are not heavily used.
Are there benefits to participating with an online donation vendor, if
your organization is already set up for e-commerce?
Cindy Boyer
Director of Museums and Education
The Landmark Society of Western New York
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Rochester NY 14608
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Phillips, Amy
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 8:57 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Online Giving
One of my colleagues is a consultant who works a great deal with helping
nonprofits assess and implement technology tools. When posed with this
question he offered the following response:
TechSoup has lots of articles on this topic in their Learning center:
http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/funding/index.cfm
In particular, check out "Selecting an Online Donation Tool" Parts 1 &
2,
and "Online Donations: Sorting Out the Chaos." I also recommend Affinity
Resources' chart of online donation vendors:
http://www.affinityresources.com/pgs/awz55Online2.shtml
The Affinity Resources site has links to the vendors. Some of the
options,
like JustGive, Network for Good, and Paypal's basic service, have no
monthly
or startup fees, though they tend to be bare-bones services. Google
Checkout is completely free for now but will start charging at some
point
(their web site says 2009, but one site using them told me it would be
early
2008). Note that the Affinity Resources site links to info about the
commercial version of Google Checkout. The nonprofit version is at
http://checkout.google.com/seller/npo/?gsessionid=i-TT1h5-KoM
I have a checklist of questions to consider when choosing an online
donation
vendor here:
http://www.rlweiner.com/clf/online_donations_checklist.pdf
and links to articles about online fundraising here:
http://rlweiner.com/resources.html#fundraising
Robert
__________________________
Robert L. Weiner Consulting
Strategic Technology Advisors to Nonprofit and Educational Institutions
San Francisco, CA
With best regards,
Amy
Amy J. Phillips
Gift Registrar
Smithsonian Institution
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Gayle
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 5:04 PM
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Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Online Giving
Info I wrote for an office newsletter recently is contained below. Hope
it helps.
v ? A quality resource in the philanthropic community is GuideStar
<http://www.guidestar.org/> . Registration is free, but you must
register to use their service. Once you have done so, you can query
nonprofits and find more about their mission and the types of services
they provide. In addition, GuideStar has recently made an announcement
<http://www.guidestar.org/DisplayArticle.do?articleId=1185> it is
making charitable giving easier and is now acting as a conduit for
philanthropy. It's another resource through which you can channel
donations you might like to make. By the way, GuideStar also has a very
informative. free newsletter it regularly generates, and those involved
with nonprofits may wish to subscribe to this resource.
http://www.guidestar.org/
http://www.guidestar.org/DisplayArticle.do?articleId=1185
Erica Holthausen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
All:
We are looking into adding an online gift giving option to our
website. Given our budget constraints, we are hoping to do this at a
very low (or better yet, no) cost. What are others using? Are there any
benefits or drawbacks I should be thinking about before going forward?
Does anyone have experience using the free version of Network for Good?
I'd appreciate any advice you have on the matter!
Erica A. Holthausen
Development and Community Relations
Museums of Old York
207 York Street
P.O. Box 312
York, ME 03909
(207) 363-4974
www.oldyork.org
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