by Doreen Martel

Created on: December 29, 2009

In tough economic times, many charities are having difficulties raising funds.In addition to fund raising issues, many charities are struggling to establish a web presence and get their names out there to encourage additional volunteers or to raise more awareness of their cause. There are many ways that you can use the internet to benefit your favorite charity. Let us explore some of them.

Raising funds

If you are in charge of fund raising for a charity, you might be surprised at the various ways to use the Internet to benefit your favorite charity. There are in fact, many ways that you can accomplish this and the first one is right here on Helium.  Helium offers the "Causes & Charities" Partnership Program which offers nonprofit organizations and charities an opportunity to not only raise awareness of their cause, but also to make money by encouraging users to actively participate and donate earnings to their favorite charity.

eBay is another source that you may be able to utilize to use the internet to benefit your favorite charity. The eBay Foundation allows you to encourage donations through purchases on specific eBay stores.  If your membership has a store on eBay you can easily use this to benefit your favorite charity.  Encourage your membership to get involved in this worthwhile way of not only raising awareness of your favorite charity, but also raising money to benefit your favorite charity.

GiveSmart is another great online fund raising tool that can benefit your favorite charity. For those who shop online, they can make the same purchases they have always made from stores like KMart, from travel agencies, shoes, clothing and many more items.  Users shop as they always have and each merchant that is involved in the program makes a donation for each purchase made.

Raising awareness

In these fast paced times, people want information to be readily available.  A simple click of their mouse should encapsulate the primary goals of your favorite charity. As a writer, a blogger or a website designer, you can help make this happen.  If your favorite charity could use some additional publicity, start with an active blog or website.  It does not have to be complicated, instead it should clearly outline the goals of the charity, define who the charity helps and other basic information. If you set up a blog or website, add AdSense to it to capitalize on an additional revenue stream. If your favorite charity doesn't already

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