Say “no” to money. We dare you. 

I run NetSuite.org, the philanthropic arm of NetSuite Inc. Our priority is improving the back office technology infrastructure of charities and social enterprises through product donations, pro-bono service grants and social solutions ... our greatest social impact is helping our grantees expand and extend their social impact through better back-office operations.

GiveCamp is a national program sponsored by Microsoft, O’Reilly, Telerik and many other companies involved in software development. GiveCamp events are weekend long hackathons where developers volunteer their time to create software solutions for nonprofits. We are currently in the planning stages for a GiveCamp event in downtown San Francisco. Anyone who is interested in participating should attend the planning meeting on the evening of Tuesday, February 15 at the Microsoft office on Market Street. Please see our Meetup group for details and to sign up for the meeting.

Are you a designer, developer or database administrator who would like to use your tech expertise to help a good cause? For the first time since GiveCamp was created in 2007, a National GiveCamp will take place on the weekend of Jan. 14-16, 2011 with 14 different locations across the United States simultaneously.  

Blackbaud recently announced their new Index of Charitable Giving, a fundraising index that reports revenue trends of 1400 nonprofit organizations on a monthly basis. The tool is valuable for fundraisers and organizations interested in keep an eye on the global pulse of of monetary giving.

The Haiti Effect

The Sacramento Water For People Committee invites you to celebrate World Water Day 2010. This year’s official WWD theme, water quality, brings into focus the need for clean, well-managed water supplies worldwide. 

About the Event

The Keynote Speaker will be the inspirational CEO of Water For People, Ned Breslin, who will be coming from Denver, CO to share stories of his experiences with several NGOs in the water and sanitation sector since the 1980s. Live music will be played at the event by the popular San Francisco-based Brazilian soul band, Boca do Rio!The event also includes:

Hi all, I just completed a new project that I would love you to take a look at, it addressess the issues of Tribal communities in Ethiopia and the un-neccesary killing of "Mengay" children, Female circumcism and Beating, please take a look and let me know your feedback.

Thanks

GamesThatGive 

Hi everyone, I'd like to introduce a new way to have fun and raise money for chairity. GamesThatGive (http://www.gamesthatgive.net) is a website offering some of your favorite online games, such as Solitaire and Bubble Burst, that has partnered with sponsors and select charities to allow people to play free games to raise money for charity. How is this possible?

We all know charities are finding it harder to raise funds in the current economic downturn and traditional methods aren't working. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chuggers-shunned-as-brito...

ActionAid has come up with a viral in an attempt to find a new way to raise funds and engage with a new audience. They have tried to create a virtualisation of the warm fuzzy feeling donating to charity should give. Donate £2 to ActionAid and get a personalised video thank you complete with cute kids, Barack Obama and your own town. 

 I am the co-founder of two related non-profit start-up organizations: Slurve and the Concerned Citizens Coalition.  We came to Net2 because we're looking for like-minded individuals to become part of our team and help us build the web infrastructure that will allow our ideas to reach their potential.  And we really believe our ideas have a lot of potential.

Here is a quick overview of the two organizations: