Many donors are of the mindset that they don’t want to give money to a nonprofit organization. Instead, they want to donate time, goods, or services so they know that their hard-earned money isn’t going to line some CEO’s pockets. Although pessimistic, nonprofits are not immune to scandal and when it occurs it scares away potential donors who want to give back. Enter, MyFiki (My Fundraising Initiatives built on Kindness and Involvement); a website that allows nonprofits to create an Amazon Wish list. Instead of donating money directly to the organizations, donors can purchase items off of a charity’s wish list and send it directly to them. This way, the charity is getting items that they need whether it’s school supplies, food, or other necessities and donors know exactly what they are buying, because they’re the ones that bought it. Read more...

As a start-up company how do you know when you've "made it"? Some start-ups are asking these questions five years after their inception while others buckle under the pressure long before they have a chance to take off. But if you're a nonprofit named Carii, you don't have to worry about that. Within two and a half years Carii has already made a name for itself in the mobile app world. Named the "Innovative Application of the Year" from marketing consulting firm, Compass Intelligence; Carii has proven that their global platform aimed to "Create, Connect, Communicate, Collaborate" is the next big communications tool in the technology world. Read more...

Many products and companies come to be out of necessity. The founder figures out an easier way of accomplishing a tedious yet essential task pertinent to the industry and the rest is history. Case in point, Qvinci. At the time of conception, CIO and founder Charles Nagel was working in turnaround consulting. He would continuously see the same problems over and over again in both small businesses and nonprofits, especially those with more than one location.

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