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Groundspring.org Releases Major Upgrade to its Online Donation Processing Service

Groundspring.org Releases Major Upgrade to its Online Donation Processing Service

Published 10-27-03

Submitted by Groundspring.org

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Groundspring.org, the nonprofit organization created by Tides Foundation in 1999 to help small and mid-size nonprofits use the Internet for fundraising, communications, advocacy and mission fulfillment, has released a major upgrade to its popular online donation processing service, DonateNow. The DonateNow button provides a simple, cost-effective and easy way for nonprofits to process credit card donations directly through their web site.

DonateNow 2.0 provides significant operational and transactional improvements including: recurring donations, thank you gifts, custom donation amounts, custom questions, a new tell-a-friend feature, and improved fraud protection.

"The new features we've added to DonateNow are designed to help nonprofits succeed in their fundraising efforts, at a time when individual gifts are more valued than ever before," comments Dan Geiger, Groundspring.org Executive Director. "Both the recurring donation and thank you gift tools will provide significant new ways for nonprofits to solicit support from individual donors."

The new features in DonateNow 2.0 are automatically available to current and new customers, with no change in pricing.

"We're excited about the new version of DonateNow," says Kendra Howe of Grist Magazine, an online magazine that tackles environmental topics with irreverence, intelligence, and a fresh perspective. "We've raised a lot of money online using Groundspring's tools and we expect the new features will give our fundraising efforts a significant boost."

Complete features of DonateNow include:

  • Quick and easy application and setup;
  • Customized donation pages that match the look of the nonprofit Web site;
  • Real-time donation processing and monthly funds distribution;
  • 24-hour access to donor information;
  • Easy download of donor information into in-house databases and donor software;
  • Complete management of state charitable solicitation registration;
  • No merchant account required, Groundspring does the credit card
    processing;
  • Tax receipt issued along with customized thank you message;
  • Recurring donations;
  • Thank you gifts management, including automatically calculated tax
    receipt;
  • State-of-the art credit card fraud protection;
  • Tell-a-friend feature;

    About Groundspring.org

    Groundspring.org (formerly eGrants.org), serves almost 700 nonprofit customers with its DonateNow and EmailNow services, supports the ebase® database system used by about 3,000 organizations, and has processed over $6 million in online gifts made by individual donors to U.S. charitable organizations.

    Groundspring.org offers a suite of software services to nonprofits nationwide. DonateNow is an online donation service that nonprofits use to raise money on the Internet. EmailNow is an email messaging service that helps nonprofits communicate with supporters. Ebase is a community relationship management system that helps nonprofit organizations manage donors, prospects, volunteers and activists. ActionStudio is a toolkit to help nonprofits develop a presence on the web more quickly, easily, and inexpensively to promote activism and build community support through the Internet.

    In addition to its software development activities, Groundspring offers several learning programs on online fundraising and Internet strategy, including national training workshops, a free, downloadable "Online Fundraising Handbook," and a series of free Internet strategy documents.

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