4aGoodCause launches new web site, new services and new pricing

I am excited to announce our new web site is now live! This is the 6th edition of the 4aGoodCause web site in the 12 years we've been in business. This newest edition better spotlights the good causes we work with, goes into more detail on how we work, announces new web services and shows our new pricing levels. The new pricing levels will make it even easier and more affordable for nonprofits and other good causes to start online fundraising. Hope you like our site. Let me know what you think.   

4aGoodcause teams with Dharma Merchant Services to provide merchant accounts to nonprofits

In order to use the online payment services of 4aGoodCause, nonprofits need to set up an Internet merchant account. An Internet merchant account is an account at an acquiring bank that is used to fund an organization for its online credit card transactions. You need a merchant account in order to accept and process credit card transactions, have those funds deposited directly into your bank account and have your organization's name appear on the donor's credit card statement.

We have always referred nonprofits to a partner organization to set up merchant accounts. We've worked with many merchant account providers over the years. Some turned out good, some not so good, some down right horrendous. We had never found that one great company we wanted to partner with long-term. I'm so happy now that we've found Dharma Merchant Services. We've been using them for most of 2010 and the experience has been absolutely wonderful. They are providing our clients with great rates and, most importantly, great customer service.

We decided to partner with Dharma Merchant Services because they have a strong commitment to the nonprofit community (10% give-back program), great rates for nonprofits (schools are included) and a complaint-free record with the Better Business Bureau. We are certainly happy with that decision.

Read Dharma's 5-star review with Merchant Maverick, an independent review site of merchant service providers.

Ready to start acceptng credit cards? Contact Dharma Merchant Services about getting a merchant account for your organization.

New web site to debut on Monday

We've been working hard the last two months on a brand new web site for our company, 4aGoodCause. I'm happy to announce it will be debut on Monday.  This will be the 6th edition of our web site in the 12 years we have been in business. This edition will expand on sections that help nonprofits understand how we help them raise money online. It will also spotlight new partnerships we have and bring a focus to our position as a full-service web shop that can help nonprofits and other good causes with their online marketing.

I'll post a entry on Monday when its online. Hope you like it.   

WAY-FM using 4aGoodCause to accept credit card and electronic check online donations

We'd like to welcome WAY-FM Media Group to our family of good causes. WAY-FM is a Christian radio network with stations all across the United States. They are supported by donations of their listeners. WAY-FM is using 4aGoodCause to accept online donations. Our work for WAY-FM is a good example of how we can build something very customized at an affordable price. WAY-FM wanted a donation form designated and branded for each of their radio stations. Instead of building a form for each station, we built one donation system that dynamically pulls branding and other information for each radio station depending on which station the donor is coming from. WAY-FM was able to get multiple donation forms for the price of one!

WAY-FM is one our clients that accept both debit/credit card and electronic check donations online. While most donors will give with a credit or debit card, e-check donations typically cost a nonprofit less in transaction fees than a credit or debit card so it can be worth exploring if you feel your donors are open to giving from their bank accounts.

To lear more about WAY-FM, find a station near you or  to make a donation, please visit http://www.waynation.com/.

Preble Street Resource Center using 4aGoodCause for online fundraising

We'd like to welcome Preble Street to our family of good causes. Preble Street is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides a variety of services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty in the Portland, Maine area. Preble Street is using 4aGoodCause to accept online donations. They switched to our service from another provider so they could use a more customized donation form that better matched the needs of their donors and administrative staff. To learn more about Preble Street, to make a donation or help them as a volunteer, please visit http://www.preblestreet.org/.

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America allowing supporters to launch personal fundraising pages in honor/memory of loved ones

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is one our oldest and most dear clients. They have used our e-commerce services for many years and have raised millions of dollars online. Those online donations to AFA have helped support their commitment to provide optimal care to individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, and their caregivers all across the United States. AFA raises awareness, educates families and professionals, and addresses the practical, emotional and financial needs related to the disease via hands-on programs and services in local communities, and myriad care-focused national initiatives and grants to individuals and organizations.

AFA is the latest of our good causes to launch our personal online fundraising system. This system allows a nonprofit's supporters to launch personal fundraising pages and raise money online on behalf of the nonprofit. Many of the early pages being created in support of AFA are pages dedicated to loved ones lost to Alzheimer’s disease. These pages not only honor the memory of these individuals but also raise money to help care for persons currently struggling with dementia.
   
Start your own fundraiser for AFA

Join an existing fundraiser

Visit Alzheimer’s Foundation of America to learn more about their mission or to make a donation.

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Foundation joins 4aGoodCause client roster

We'd like to welcome Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Foundation to our family of good causes. RCCC Foundation is the fundraising arm of Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, located in Salisbury, NC. The RCCC Foundation helps hundreds of students achieve their academic goals through much needed grants for program and institutional improvements, student emergency funding, and faculty/staff continuing education.

RCCC Foundation is using 4aGoodCause to accept online donations. Please visit the RCCC Foundation web site to learn about this great institution or to make a donation.

RCCC Foundation is the second college from Salisbury, NC to join our client roster. We also provide online giving services to Catawba College.