New media

Hilary Sternberg has published a review of principle Internet sources of information on grants, foundations and other funding sources.

The review appears in College & Research Libraries News 58(5) (May 1997): 314-317.

Philanthropy Journal Online has changed its Web address.

Philanthropy Journal Online has changed its URL to www.pj.org, a concise and easy-to-remember address. The old address, www.philanthropy-journal.org, will, however, continue to function.

CaritasData's CharitiesDirect publishes statistical and financial data on leading UK charities online.

The Royal British Legion has launched its first Web site.

The Web site accepts online credit/debit card donations and features a downloadable 3-D poppy screensaver.

Interestingly the charity has chosen to omit the 'Royal' element of its name in its Web site address.

Help.co.uk is the appropriately selected Internet domain name dedicated to helping those in need.

Help.co.uk provides a quick and easy-to-use categorised index of links to helpful websites all over the UK, and worldwide. Categories covered include emergency services, hospitals & clinics, the elderly, charities and wildlife.

A new online lottery is to be launched in the Autumn to benefit UK charities.

Run by InterLotto, the organisation that established PlusLotto in aid of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the lottery will be played in pubs and other retail outlets.

Michael Gilbert's Nonprofit Online News is a fine example of how the Web can be used to share practical insight and news for charities.

You can now search online for your local Rotary club, all of whom are engaged in fundraising or supporting charities.

Rotary Canada is the Internet's first Global Rotary Search Engine which will help you locate your local Rotary Club.

US discount IT vendors Insight are running an online fundraising venture to help raise money for the most popular charity.

Jeff Hallett explains why the Web will make a difference to fundraising, although it might take a little longer than expected.

The first of a series of columns in the Philanthropy Journal Online on using the Internet to fundraise has been written by Jeff Hallett, co-founder and Chairman of New Media Publishing, Inc.