New product comparison site on software for US nonprofits
Howard Lake | 18 October 2005 | News
American nonprofit organisations are shortly to benefit from Idealware, a new website that will provide “candid consumer-reports-style reviews and articles about software of interest to nonprofits.”
The site, provided by an organisation currently seeking nonprofit status itself, will offer product comparisons, recommendations, case studies, and software news. It aims to “allow nonprofits to make the software decisions that will help them be more effective”.
The site is of course fairly empty at present, but promises much. It already features the results of a survey of 263 nonprofit technology staff members into how they feel about their organisation’s use of software. There is also a blog with news and views on technology for nonprofits. There is also the promise later this month of a report into the various online donation tools available for nonprofits.
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The advisory board for Idealware suggests that it is well planned. Members include Joe Baker, Executive Director of the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (N-TEN); nonprofit technology strategist Michael Stein; and Ami Dar, Executive Director of Idealist.org.
Of course, the focus is on software and technology for US nonprofits, but if the various conferences and discussion forums are anything to go by, there is clearly a need for a version for the UK sector.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.