Online donation management system

Abstract

A system for soliciting donations via the World Wide Web or Internet. A donor may, if desired, be an individual or an individual representing an organization with a particular interest in a charitable organization. The charitable organization is a nonprofit organization that has a presence or website on the Internet. The system is integrated with the charitable organization's website. The charitable organization has cataloged on the system's database particular items or assets as gifts to the donor based on the contribution area of interest of the donor. The donor, in communication with the charitable organization, selects a donation by activating a hyperlink to the system's website. Transparent to the donor, the system is now in communication with the donor and the charitable organization. The system facilitates the donation process, the selection of gifts, the implication and effect of the tax deduction, and the delivery of the selected gifts.

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       4 . A method of allowing a first organization having a first web site to update information regarding items of the first organization at a second website of a second organization, the method comprising:
 providing a hyperlink at the second website of the second organization to receive requests for updating of information regarding items of an organization other than the second organization;   accepting at the second website a hyperlink request from a requester of the first organization to update information regarding items of the first organization;   presenting a webpage from the second web site to allow a requester of the first organization to select at least one of the following: add information regarding a new item, or edit existing information regarding an item;   accepting information for an item at the second web site, said information being at least one of the following: a reference number for the item, a name for the item, the location of an image of the item on the web site of the first organization, a designation as to whether a value regarding the item is arbitrary or not, a designation as to the value of the item if the value is not arbitrary, the tax deductible value of the item, or the category of the item; and   storing said information for said item at the second web site.   
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 4  and further comprising accepting at the second web site a hyperlink request from a requester of the first organization to display information on at least one item of the first organization, retrieving at least part of the information for said at least one item, and sending said at least part of the information for presentation to the requester. 
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 5  wherein sending said at least part of the information comprises sending at least one of the following: a reference number for the item, a name for the item, the location of an image of the item on the web site of the first organization, a designation as to whether a value regarding the item is arbitrary or not, a designation as to the value of the item if the value is not arbitrary, the tax deductible value of the item, or the category of the item. 
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 4  and further comprising:
 providing a hyperlink at the first web site wherein a visitor at the first web site, when clicking upon the hyperlink, will be transferred to the second web site, and the second web site will send, for presentation to the visitor, at least some information regarding at least one of the items of the first organization.   
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 4  wherein an item one of a product, a service, or a charitable effort. 
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 4  wherein the web site of the second organization, in response to a request from a requester of the first organization to edit existing information, sends a web page, for presentation to the requester, displaying at least some of the information regarding the item and allows the requester to at least one of: change at least some of the information regarding the item, or add new information regarding an item. 
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 4  wherein the web site of the second organization, in response to a request from a requester of the first organization to add a new item, sends a web page, for presentation to the requester, displaying at least some areas for entering information regarding the item. 
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 4  and further comprising:
 accepting at the second web site a request from a requester of an organization, other than the second organization, to provide a report;   determining, at the second web site, the items of the requesting organization which have been sold or for which a donation has been made;   preparing a report regarding said items of the requesting organization which have been sold or for which a donation has been made; and   at least one of: sending a web page from the second web site to the requester providing said report for review, or sending said report by email to the requester.