Non-Profit Organization Websites: Increasing Donations and Volunteering

Jakob Nielsen wrote an interesting piece for his Alertbox feature this week that shares some data from a study of 60 nonprofit websites. The findings suggest that completing the donation process on nonprofit websites took users 7% more time on average than it took to complete an e-commerce checkout process, that making non-monetary donations is difficult, and that people don’t use social networking tools to research non-profits or make donations. There’s good news, however, for those in the legal aid community who use the web to recruit pro bono attorneys: users gave a “stellar rating” for finding how to volunteer at a nonprofit organization. –M

LSC Announces 2011 TIG Funding Cycle

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has issued a notice of request for letters of intent to apply for 2011 TIG funding. TIG will also be holding a webinar on Wednesday, February 16 at 1 pm Eastern to discuss program eligibility, areas of interest, and the application process. Approximately $3.4 million in grants is anticipated to be available for the 2011 cycle. The deadline to submit an LOI is March 7, 2011. To register for the webinar, click here. Additional information about the TIG program and grants process is available here. -M