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Highlights
from the 2000 e-Philanthropy Conference
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The White House Millennium Council, AOL Foundation, Charitableway, Fidelity Charitable Gift
Fund, Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, INDEPENDENT SECTOR, National
Charities Information Bureau, and United Way of America
joined forces to sponsor a two-day
conference, Expanding Philanthropy through the Internet, September 25-26,
2000, in
San Jose,
California. Conference highlights
This event built on a previous White House meeting and brought e-philanthropy dot-coms,
donor-advised funds, government entities, corporations, social entrepreneur enterprises, and other
nonprofit organizations and foundations together to delve into the challenges and opportunities
offered by the Internet. The interest in the conference exceeded our expectations and our capacity
with 350 people in attendance, including nearly 60 e-philanthropy Dot-Com executives.
Several themes were re-enforced throughout the conference:
- We have not yet begun to experience the true power of the technology revolution in building
relationships with supporters and the communities we serve.
- There is the obvious need to understand the digital divide—among individuals, but also
between the
business and nonprofit sectors and to figure out its
effect and consider remedies.
- There is a real need to invest in building the capacity of nonprofit organizations to keep up
with communications technology.
- Partnerships among business, nonprofits, and government offer the best opportunity to take
full advantage of the power of the Internet in building community and solving community
problems, and we need to continue this cross-sector dialogue.
Whether through another conference, other face-to-face forums, or virtual communications,
the partners agreed to continue the dialogue and play a leadership role in convening the
variety of nonprofit, corporate, and government partners on the major issues surrounding e-philanthropy.
Associate partners of the conference included CharityWave.com, MissionFish.com,
and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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