More than 200 charitable organizations as well as consulting firms and professionals working in the philanthropic community now have downloaded MPower - the most open, flexible, and powerful, constituent relationship management (CRM) software for nonprofits - since it became available as an open source offering without licensing fees on March 11. (MPower is available for free downloading and use at http://www.mpoweropen.com .) Read more...

2008 Event to Focus on Mashup Challenge
Nonprofit technology provider TechSoup (www.techsoup.org) has announced the third annual NetSquared Conference (N2Y3). As in the past two years, the two-day event (http://www.netsquared.org/2008/conference) continues the tradition of "remixing the Web for social change." It will bring together innovators in social benefit initiatives, business models, funding for philanthropic initiatives, software development, and technology to advance social change around the globe using social Web tools. This year's event will focus on mashups and how this technology is driving a wave of opportunities (and challenges) for nonprofit organizations to leverage the sea of information on the Web to create change. Read more...

Kintera® Inc. has announced its Connect Developer’s Challenge. The contest, sponsored by Kintera, is designed to provide nonprofits with innovative solutions to meet their business and technology needs. Read more...

Tracking donors and volunteers got a little easier for nonprofits with the help of a Phoenix-based company’s newest product. MatchMaker FundRaising Software Enterprise Edition from Heritage Designs is software that helps nonprofits track the lifeblood of their organizations – their donors. Read more...