There are currently several ways you can use the web to raise money.
There are several sites designed specifically to help you, if you are
registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt 501
(c)(3) charity. These sites are:
www.egrants.org (they are a nonprofit provider, and they charge 6% of all donations given.)
www.paypal.com(they are a commercial service with relatively low fees charged; however they do not take care of some of the services provided by egrants.org)
While some sites purport to find donors for you, we have found that
these organizations seldom deliver. Donors who are confronted with
solicitations from hundreds of organizations are likely to give only
to thos groups with which they have a personal connection. This means
that you might want to devise other ways to bring people you already
know to these websites. You could publish a web address in your
newsletter whenever you publish extra copies, or send it out at the
end of messages you send to listserves.
For a longer list of potential providers of online donation services,
please see the following link.
http://www.affinityresources.com/pgs/awz55Online2.shtml
If you have other suggestions please contact us at techtip @ organizenow.net .
Last Updated August 21, 2002