Suddenly everyone wants to build a social media platform just for nonprofits. In addition to Jumo and Crowdrise, which act as fundraising portals, and Facebook’s nonprofit program, March saw two new entries. Craig Newmark (the Craig in Craigslist) launched Craigconnects as a way to support worthy organizations from the grassroots. Meanwhile, Google for Nonprofits offers nonprofits a one-stop shop for accessing a suite of Google applications, including up to $10,000 a month worth of Google Adwords.
Guest blogger Don Akchin writes frequently about marketing and philanthropy at donakchin.com