Change.org Launches “Ning” For Non Profits
Nick Gonzalez
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Change.org uses social networking to help social causes. The site already has it’s own network for linking volunteers to causes and voters to politicians. Now they’ve also launched a new Ning-like DIY white-label social network for non-profits. For the launch, they’ve already partnered with 50 non-profits, like CARE, Greenpeace, and Amnesty International. Any other non-profit can launch their own network as well, as long as you have a government approved tax ID number. You can sign up for one here.
Like Ning, non-profit pages are part of their overall network and can be redesigned with a variety of modules. Any member of Change.org can become a member of these networks. They have modules for all an organization’s main needs: events, fund raising, forums, blogs, members, and posting photos/video. I really like how Change.org is evolving overall. The site is about connecting people passionate about a particular cause and not engaging in a shouting match or symbolic gestures of online support.
Other useful services for non-profit work include Wild Apricot, Idealist.org, Tree Nation, and Kevin Bacon’s Six Degrees.
moar socialnets. i demand MOAR.
agree with you #1
This looks like a good move. With all the hype about Facebook taking over the world, there’s still a need for niche approaches to the social web. Not everything fits well within a Facebook or MySpace environment, and it’s not clear whether donating or activism does (Causes, Sean Parker’s thing, seems to have gotten an impressive amount of traction, but they haven’t raised much money).
Although everyone in the Valley seems to be on Facebook these days, only a few of my friends (mostly in their 40s) are on it, but most of them are donors and are looking for a better way to give money. Hopefully Change.org will provide that.
Well that is a good domain to use. Good luck to them.
Cool to see them using Web 2.0 for a good cause. Seems like they have real potential, but it’s all going to be about getting critical mass. Looks like they’ve already started getting that with their launch partners – it’ll be interesting to see how it spreads to other nonprofits. They should also do this with political campaigns.
This looks like a really useful tool for volunteer run sites like mine (http://www.ripple.org) as a quick way to add extra features.
More Hucksters milking charities!
These “social” people make me ill!
It seems limited to the US? Are there only non-profits in the US? Of course not! Why with the no-borders Internet do sites put up borders?
That’s nice approach for noble cause.
In response to Magnus, I actually see a handful of international organizations on the site. They don’t seem to have a large catalog of internationals yet, but the signup page allows for the possibility of international orgs to join.
This is a very well put together site. I wish them well. Another white label network that is being used by non profits and others is http://onmycity.com
It’s the perfect concept for new non profits like “Proving Innocence”.
We’re now building a dynamic website to bolster the efforts of our Michigan-based 501c3 that helps some of the tens of thousands of wrongfully convicted people in our prison systems prove their innocence and be exonerated. Our investigators know how to ‘rework’ a flawed conviction.
For years we’ve been quietly working on five cases…one man is still serving life for a murder he did not commit…we at “Proving Innocence” have found the real killer, but authorities, so far, have chosen to ignor the new case facts.More people need to know about our efforts and this site will surely help.
Hi… just a FYI. International nonprofits can sign up for Change.org… no borders, but since there is no international database of nonprofits to verify nonprofit status, internationals can not yet fundraise on Change.org… but word is… it’s coming soon… in the next couple of months!
I was in a meeting with Ben, the guy who founded Change.org, a few days ago. He seems like a great guy, and they’re doing great work.
I love change.org and i love ning.