Here you will find the very best of technology solutions for non-profits. In most cases these solutions are also great for small businesses as well.

NetRaising

Need a new website that does everything you need it to do and won't cost a bundle? Talk to Kurt Deutscher over at NetRaising. The folks at NetRaising specialize in custom-built websites using ExpressionEngine, a very flexible and powerful Content Management System (CMS). CMS allows you to easily edit your site, add new pages and features, and have complete control over the content.

NetRaising specializes in non-profit websites - starting at $189 a month (with a 2-year contract) they will build you a new site and modify, maintain and support it. I have never heard of such a great deal before.

Check out NetRaising's Advantage Program for Nonprofits...

Google Apps

This application suite from Google includes email, calendar, contacts, shared documents, sites and more. A powerful enterprise messaging and collaboration platform that is totally hosted. Honestly, this is the really the only competition that Microsoft Exchange has. It comes in 3 editions: the Standard edition, which FREE as in beer, the Education edition which is free for non-profits and includes all of the features of the Premier edition ($50 per user/year). The Education edition adds full Outlook Sync, advanced data migration tools, flexible email routing, and an ad-free gmail interface. Premier includes all of that plus 25GB mailboxes (instead of 7.5GB).

Apply now for your free Google Apps Education Edition - must be a 501(c)(3)...

Salesforce.com

The pioneer of software-as-a-service and cloud computing offers hosted CRM solutions and databases for companies large and small. It's hugely popular, well supported, and the SalesForce foundation offers 10 free Enterprise licenses to non-profit organizations.

DreamHost Web Hosting

Great, cheap, unlimited web hosting - SSL certs for $15, tons of features, flexibility and tools. It's also free for non-profits...

Combine this with Google Apps and Salesforce and you've got a comprehensive, FREE suite of software tools and web services for your non-profit organization.

TechSoup.org

If you are a 501(c)(3) non-profit, you're crazy not to get all your software and some of your hardware from TechSoup. They are the official donation clearinghouse for Microsoft, Symantec, Adobe, Cisco, and a number of other big names. A simple order process and quick order turn-around means this one is a no-brainer. Can you say licenses for MS Office 2010 for $20 $31? Can you say Microsoft SBS 2008 Standard for $35? Check it out, people!

NEWS FLASH - Microsoft admin fees are going up July 1 at Tech Soup - some by as much as 70% - order before that to get the current pricing...

Register today....

Endian Firewall - Community Edition

This full-featured firewall runs on any old PC computer (with 2 network ports), includes such industrial strength features as deep packet inspection, intrusion detection/prevention (IDS/IPS), 1-to-1 NAT for multiple public IPs, flexible NAT, PAT and incoming/outgoing firewall, extensive logging, SMTP virus scanning and spam prevention, web proxy server and content filter, quality-of-service (QOS) and VPN features.

Best of all, the community edition is Open Source with a GPL license - it's available free for download. It's a little tricky to install and configure - I'd suggest hiring a skilled network person (like me :-)) to set it up, but once it's up and running, it's pretty bulletproof. Highly recommended.

Learn more...

OpenDNS

Faster internet for free! Seriously, OpenDNS has a really fast DNS lookup system; free yourself from the contraints of your pokey ISP's DNS servers, which probably run on the slowest, oldest hardware they can find. Especially if you have a smaller ISP, this is a quick way to get a noticeable speed boost. Also on offer are protection from "Phishing" attacks, blocking of adware sites, and filtering services for your network.

Get started with OpenDNS...

GoodSearch.org

GoodSearch is a search engine that uses Yahoo! to find search results. The kicker is, GoodSearch donates $0.01 to your chosen non-profit for every search performed. Register your organization today and start earning money at http://www.goodsearch.com/AddCharity.aspx