OnlineFundRaising

Online Fund Raising

There are several resources on the net about this subject.

General:

• Internet Nonprofit Center: http://www.nonprofits.org/npofaq/misc/990804olfr.html
• Foundation Center: http://fdncenter.org/learn/faqs/online_fundraising.html

Articles and FAQs?:

• How Can We Use the Internet for Fundraising ?: http://www.nonprofits.org/misc/981027em.html
• How Can the Internet Help with Fundraising ? http://www.nonprofits.org/npofaq/18/54.html
• Can we use a commercial online service to seek donations ? http://www.nonprofits.org/npofaq/16/21.html

Payment Services:

• Net Action Article: http://www.netaction.org/notes/notes53.html
• Pay Pal: http://www.paypal.com/
• ShareIT?: http://www.shareit.com/
• Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/

Fund Raising Services:

• Net Action Article: http://www.netaction.org/notes/notes53.html
• YAS: http://donate.yetanother.org/
• Network for Good (they pay up for the credit card transaction charges): http://www.networkforgood.org/
• Affero http://www.affero.com/

There is a problem with using fund raising services since the IRS puts lots of restrictions on these and requires a lot of extra reporting from both sides.

Mailing Lists:

• Online Fundraising Mailing List: http://www.gilbert.org/fundraising

Notes:

• The PSF is a Delaware corporation based on Virginia, USA.
• Donations can usually be deducted as a business expense by consultants and businesses using Python.
• The PSF has applied for US 501(c)3 charity status (not yet accepted) primarily to facilitate IP transfers, but this will also allow non-business donors in the US to deduct donations as charitable contributions.
• For European donors to be able to deduct donations as charitable contributions, the PSF would have to create a branch in each European country (although there is an EU effort to centralize this). A similar situation probably exists in other countries as well.