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Aligning and Matching with Nonprofits

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Aligning and matching nonprofit service orgs with volunteers and nonprofit organizations.

This page is a work area which emerged as a result of the Summit for Serving Nonprofits Meetup held April 14, 2009.

Problem statements:

Multiple service organizations serving the same nonprofit base - Redundancy. Volunteers, donors and nonprofits may have difficulty choosing the right organization.
Communication - Nonprofits, volunteers, donors and service organizations may not know what resources are available or how to engage with them.

Scope

Central Ohio, Franklin County. (initially)
Volunteers, Donors, Nonprofit Organizations, Service Organizations (volunteer, nonprofit and for-profit).
Smaller nonprofits and individual donors (initially.) Foundations and national organizations are out of scope until proof of concept.

Goals/ Requirements

Phase I

Match nonprofit needs with Service Org offerings
Match volunteer skills with Service Org skill requirements or directly with nonprofit needs.
Match Service Org offerings with needs of other Service Orgs
Facilitate communication Volunteer <---> Service Org<---> Nonprofit

Requirements

#1. - Provide list of service orgs that can provide needed service

#2 - Provide list of volunteers to contact based on skills needed to provide specific need (e.g. need/skill xref)

#3 - Provide list of service orgs that can provide needed service

#4 - Provide list of volunteers & contact info to NP or SO that requests a specific skill

#4 - Provide list & contact info of SOs or NPs that are looking for a specific skill

Phase II

Build clearinghouse/portal for giving
Match donors' interests with nonprofit missions and current needs. (Phase II because matching & giving is likely to exist elsewhere already. Research needed how to leverage existing donor matching.)
Develop portal sustainability model
Add feedback from volunteer experiences.