JustGive www.justgive.org
To quote from their Home page:
“JustGive is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to connect people with the charities and causes they care about and to increase overall giving.”
JustGive is the “back end” service that AIDS Housing Alliance uses to handle online donation operations. They offer other services such as sorting non-profits by category type, thus making finding an organization that suits one’s donating needs. Visit them for more information.
GuideStar www.guidestar.org
GuideStar is a non-profit organization that acts as a clearing house of information for other non-profit organizations. As put most succinctly in their Mission Statement:
“GuideStar's mission is to revolutionize philanthropy and nonprofit practice by providing information that advances transparency, enables users to make better decisions, and encourages charitable giving.”
AIDS Housing of Washington www.aidshousing.org
This is the largest organization in the Northwest, and one of the largest nationally. They do tremendous work in multiple areas.
Non-Profit Resource Center www.nonprofitresourcectr.org
“The Mission of the Nonprofit Resource Center is to enhance the resources and improve the management of nonprofit organizations, primarily within California's northern Central Valley and Sierra Nevada regions.”
They do this by providing “Resources,” “Leadership Development,” and “Workshops, Training and Consulting.”
Network for Good www.groundspring.org
Their Mission:
Groundspring.org's mission is to improve the effectiveness of the nonprofit sector by providing information technology solutions that facilitate and enhance communication and engagement between nonprofit organizations and their stakeholders. We do this by offering software tools and services, training, and consulting that help nonprofit organizations raise funds and communicate with their stakeholders online, and manage their operations more effectively.