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CURE International to Develop a Free Open-Source Electronic Medical Record System

NonProfit PRO

CURE International is building an open-source electronic medical record system that will be available to other hospitals in developing countries. The system will allow hospitals to safely and reliably digitize, store, and easily access patient data in one centralized system.

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Vanguard Charitable Launches Electronic Granting Solution

NonProfit PRO

Vanguard Charitable launched Grant Payments with PayPal, enabling charities to receive funds from grantmakers faster and more easily. The initiative addresses the long-standing use of physical checks in charitable grantmaking, a method hampered by mail delays and administrative burdens for receiving charities.

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How Your Nonprofit Can Stand Out in a Sea of Information

Ann Green's Nonprofit

You can see how easy it is for your electronic messages to get lost in the shuffle. While you’ll likely use electronic communication pretty regularly, don’t discount direct mail. We get far less postal mail than electronic communication. We get far less postal mail than electronic communication.

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How to Get the Most Out of Your Grant Cover Letter

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

We use blue ink so that the reader understands that the letter was signed with a pen and not lazy, impersonal electronic cut and paste. (If Instead of that I recommend signing your signature quickly, like you are a doctor signing a prescription. The signature, by the way, should be done with blue ink.

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Sage BlueBook — The New Free Online Tool for Calculating the Value of Donated Electronics

Tech Soup

Wouldn't it be nice if you could donate some of those used electronic devices cluttering up your home or office and know exactly what they are worth for your tax deduction? At launch, the Sage BlueBook has 30 categories of electronics and 11 million items in its database. How Sage Knows What Your Electronics Are Worth.

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How You Can Plan a Multichannel Fundraising Campaign

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Send your donors a Happy Thanksgiving message, preferably by mail, but an electronic message is fine. Week of December 4 Start making reminder calls, along with sending electronic messages. You may need to send another letter or a reminder postcard to donors who don’t use electronic communication. And, keep it positive.

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IRS Encourages Tax-Exempt Organizations to File Their Taxes Ahead of May 15 Deadline

NonProfit PRO

The Internal Revenue Service encouraged tax-exempt organizations to file their taxes electronically by May 15.