San Franciso-based Kiva.org, a microfinance non-profit organization founded in 2005, is one of the best success stories of the charitable web. We first profiled it back in January. In just Continue reading »

Somerville, Massachusetts-based Firstgiving makes it simple for anyone to raise money for any accredited charity in the US. By providing donation and awareness tools to organizers, anyone can set up Continue reading »

Amid all the hoopla over social networks Facebook and MySpace, both major social networks have prominant sections for non-profit activity. Facebook's is called Causes and MySpace's is Impact. In this Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/business_finance/Is_The_Web_Still_a_Windfall_For_Non_Profits'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; This week's feature series on Read/WriteWeb is non-profits and the Web. We'll be exploring how non-profit organizations use the Web Continue reading »

Yet another social network launched publicly today, but this one called Change.org caught my eye for a couple of reasons. Firstly it's for a great cause - enabling people to Continue reading »

GoodSearch is a Yahoo-powered search engine that gives away half its advertising revenues to charities and schools designated by its users. It works like a normal search engine - it's Continue reading »