There have been a few projects that have pitched nonprofit business to business (b2b) models. They are similar in this respect - they argue something to the effect

"Nonprofits need to focus on their mission, not on their technology. We want to figure out and manage their tech for them."

So here are some questions I have about this angle:

1. How many of these nonprofits target audiences are on the web?
2. If they are connected, how are they using the web?
3. If nonprofits barely have the capacity to serve their communities, shouldn't technology be focused on increasing that organization's capacity and effectiveness?
4. Why invest $10,000, $20,0000 or more in technology if the problem you are trying to support an nonprofit organization with a small budget? Would there be a better use of those philanthropy dollars?

I'm not skeptical, it just seems that the arguement is a bit flat - not at as compelling as it could be.

Erica Rios works at http://www.anitaborg.org. She also blogs at http://www.xicanista.net/blogs

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