Social Source Commons

This is a collection of software tools represented by participants and/or otherwise used at the 2009 Nonprofit Software Development Summit in Oakland, CA.

You can review the Agenda and session notes, as well as event pictures, Tweets from the event and the legendary DevSummit Group Photo.

The 2009 DevSummit was the third annual convening of people and organizations developing software tools, web applications and other technology to support social justice causes. Bringing together a diverse range of users, developers, technologists, managers, eRiders, integrators and other practitioners who self-identify under the umbrella of “developing nonprofit software”, the event provided an opportunity both to gather as a community and to take stock of the field, while building connections and capacity.

The event was generously sponsored by Mozilla, Google, and CiviCRM.

The Activist Mobilization Platform is a CMS bundled with a large number of Activist Tools.

Basic Funder is a donor database tool specifically designed for nonprofit organizations allowing you to manage donations, donors, giving campaigns and relationships.

As nonprofit organizations are faced with scrutiny from the board and donors relating to compliance, they are simultaneously challenged with developing and nurturing these key stakeholders. BoardMax is the only system that enables an organization to manage board, committee and individual members so they are compliant from legal and organizationally-imposed perspectives.

ClearView CRM from SofTrek provides donor relationship management, business intelligence and reporting, online marketing, and operational tools in the cloud for nonprofit organizations.

CThings is the work of a community of people who contribute news stories about the amazing things people are doing to change the world.

A free utility available only to nonprofits that inventories the software and hardware of the computer on which it is running.

Giver's Circle Fundraising Software is fundraising software from Osnium that helps organizations manage board members, supporters, pledges, online tasks and even staff.

GMail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites and Postini attached to your domain to be used as organization-wide tools.

Free and Discounted versions for nonprofits:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/npo/index.html

Little Green Light is a complete web-based donor management system and CRM that equips you for serious fundraising, makes your work easier, and saves you time—all for a very affordable price.

Social fundraising and online giving alternative to Facebook Causes.

Social Actions is an open source database of actions people can take on any issue. The actions in its database are aggregated from across the social web and include everything from volunteer opportunities to micro credit loans.

Social Actions encourages social tech programmers to develop web applications that intelligently distribute the actions in its database across the websites, social networks, and mobile phones that millions of people use every day. The overarching goal of Social Actions' work is to make the web more action-oriented, or in other words, to make it easier for people to find and share opportunities to make a difference.

Although I've become an accidental techie, all of the tools listed here are about as user friendly as it gets and will significantly improve the efficiency of your nonprofit's operations.

Most are free with some requiring proof of nonprofit status and a short application.

If you have any questions about what I've posted here, feel free to contact me at charise@fusedc.org.

These are tools we used at the 2010 U.S. Social Forum in the People's Media Center

Full-featured email newsletter and message blasting tool, with special free nonprofit pricing (10,000 free messages per month).

Women's Shelter Case Management Software from Osnium provides a comprehensive case management system for shelters. It features modules to track clients, calls, donations, staff and more.