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Poll: How Often Do You Donate To Charities Online?
This week's poll complements our feature, Non-Profits and the Web. We're asking about your online donation habits. We're not interested in how much you donate, but the frequency. Although having said that, there is an option for those who donate irregularly but give large amounts. Because it may be easier for some people to do that than to donate every week online. In any case please participate in the poll and let us know: Poll Survey - Take Our Poll

Non-Profits Week: Is The Web Still a Windfall For Non-Profits?
This week's feature series on Read/WriteWeb is non-profits and the Web. We'll be exploring how non-profit organizations use the Web and the tools available for them. By non-profits, we mean charities, clubs and any "organization whose primary objective is something other than the generation of profit" (Wikipedia's definition). Non-profit organizations cover a wide range of areas - from the environment to politics and much more. The Web is often utilized by such organizations, because of the need to reach out to people - e.g. calls to action, fund-raising or just general awareness.A Wired article back in 2004, entitled For Nonprofits, Web Is a Windfall, stated that there is big money to be made over the Web for non-profit organizations: "With the Internet playing such an important role in everyone's life, online giving will become more the norm," said Kintera CEO and chairman Harry Gruber in a statement. "Over $241 billion in total...