I finally set myself up on the personalized Internet radio station, Pandora, and I LOVE it.

I'm wondering, is there a way that something this awesome could be used to help nonprofits, especially ones that support the arts?

The thought must be in the air because recently Lucy Bernholz of Philanthropy 2173 wrote a post, Pandora, Pop Culture and Philanthropy.  In it she says,

"someone out there is either building or thinking about building an 'Amazon-style' recommendation service that draws from the Guidestar database - 'People who gave to the Red Cross also gave to WritersCorps.'"  

The Give and Take post, If You Give to Save the Children, You Might Also Try Contributing to ... comments on Bernholz's post and asks its readers, "What do you think of a recommendation site for charitable giving?"

In addition to building a site that is Pandora-like for nonprofits, is there some way that the actual service Pandora provides could serve nonprofits?   For example, what if there was a way for all of the supporters of a symphony, or an alternative music venue, or a music in the schools program to find each other on Pandora and share stations in the same way that you can share your Pandora music with your Facebook friends.

Maybe I'm stretching here, but I think this is such a cool service, there has to be a way to leverage its awesomeness to help organizations in general, and organizations that support music and the arts in particular.