Network for Good is a website where users can donate to charities and search for volunteer opportunities.The website was founded in 2001 by America Online, Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...

 and Yahoo!

Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...

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Management

As well as its headquarters, it also has an office in San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

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, through its 2005 merger with Groundspring.org. Board members are composed of people who have previously worked with various other companies such as AOL

AOL

AOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...

, Yahoo!

Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...

 and eBay

EBay

eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...

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Non-profit Services

Non-profits can access tools for fundraising, volunteer recruitment and donor communication, and can receive free tips and training on topics including how to develop and improve their online marketing, communications and fundraising.

Papers and Studies

The website sponsored "How Crisis Compels Donors to Give Online", a study on online donations during disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, and "The Wired Fundraiser", a study reflecting how current technology is changing the world of fundraising.

See also

• Charity Navigator
  Charity Navigator
  Charity Navigator is an independent, non-profit organization that evaluates American charities. Its stated goal is "to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating the financial health of America's largest charities."-About:...
  
  
• SixDegrees.org
  SixDegrees.org
  SixDegrees.org is a website launched on January 18, 2007 by Kevin Bacon. SixDegrees builds on the popularity of the "small world phenomenon" to create a charitable social network.- History :...
  
  
• Charity badge
  Charity badge
  A charity badge is a widget used on websites, blogs, social networks or e-mail for promotion of some humanitarian initiative, mainly gathering donations for charity projects....
  
  
• MissionFish
  MissionFish
  Founded in 1999, MissionFish is the partner charity of eBay, which runs auction and shopping websites in 30 countries. Through MissionFish, eBay users are able to donate to registered nonprofit organisations when they buy and sell through the eBay.com and eBay.co.uk sites...
  
  
• Firstgiving.com
  Firstgiving.com
  Firstgiving.com is one of several online giving sites that brings 501C non-profits together with fundraisers and donors wanting to make an impact through fundraising. Firstgiving was founded in 2003 as the US subsidiary of UK-based Justgiving...