I’m a sucker for a non-profit. In fact, I’m spending all of today teaching an introductory class on Social Media to a room full of non-profit folks. I know these folks, in general, have very little money, time, and tech skills. That’s why I was so excited to stumble upon Grassroots.org.
Grassroots.org is there to help non-profits with some of the hard stuff. They offer free (yes, free!) services to registered 501(c)3 organizations. The Toolbox includes graphic design, domain name registration, web hosting, a web site builder tool, web design services, SEO consultation, virtual phone services, and an online marketplace, among other items.
The Grassroots web site boasts that they “currently serve 1,959 charitable organizations in the US and Canada and have provided them with a total savings $2,299,044 since 2003.” That’s pretty fantastic.
How do they do it? As far as I can tell, they match up willing volunteers (web designers, graphic designers, SEO consultants, and so on) with a non-profit. Additionally, Grassroots.org is itself a non-profit, so they’ll happily take either your offered talent or cash donation.
It’s too late for me to add this wonderful site to my Social Media for Non-Profits presentation, but you can bet I’m going to tell them about it.
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