Non-Profits Finding New Donors Online

June 29, 2011 - PRLog -- In the past, non-profits mainly used their own websites to promote their material needs—everything from diapers to laptops—but only reached donors familiar with their organizations. “Lists of the things we need that we put on our own website quickly become outdated, as do printed materials that we distribute to donors,” said Cori Frolander, Development Coordinator for Ronald McDonald House of Phoenix.

But new web-based technology allows non-profits to connect with a new set of donors that may not have otherwise known the charity existed. For example, the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix, ChildHelp, Helping Hands for Single Moms, ICM Food & Clothing Bank, and OCJ Kids have all become non-profit members of Yoogot.com, a free, socially-conscious online marketplace that instantly matches charities with donors based on the donor’s possessions. “People who have this can connect with us, even if they weren’t specifically looking to donate to Ronald McDonald House,” Frolander said.

And there are unanticipated side benefits. “We get all kinds of donations, and sometimes we get things we can’t necessarily use and need to connect with other nonprofits that need those items,” said Frolander. “Yoogot.com helps us do that.” Additionally, Yoogot.com helps non-profits build an online following that they can quickly and easily reconnect with for future needs.

Visit http://www.yoogot.com for more details.

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Yoogot is a free, socially-conscious online marketplace that empowers and connects consumers, small businesses, and charities. Yoogot was founded in Phoenix, Arizona in late 2010 by Jon Hauer and Jeff Meyerson. If you'd like more information about this release, or to schedule an interview with Yoogot founders Jon Hauer and Jeff Meyerson, please call Kevin Gawthrope at (480) 205-2712 or e-mail Kevin at kevin@yoogot.com.