As readers of my blog know, I'm working with an informal brain trust of nonprofit, philanthropic, and technological professionals who are focusing on online tools that assist nonprofits and philanthropies with capacity mapping and resource matching. I'm currently compiling a directory, at the behest of the brain trust, of projects that are relevant to the topic.

If you have an online tool or online data set that fits into this category, you're welcome to follow this link or use the form shown at the bottom of this blog article to enter a little bit of information about it:

The purpose of this "Directory of Awesome" is to help the brain trust think about ways to bring our sector's resources and needs together as seamlessly as possible.  Now that we are living the the age of data interchange and XML formatting, it's not necessary for everything to have a single owner, a single platform, or even a single host.  (However, a single login for all such tools would certainly be a blessing.)  We want to be sure that we aren't <jargon alert> building silos or reinventing the wheel </jargon alert>.  We want to explore collaborations, consolidations, and mash ups.  If you think that your online resource should be in the mix, please add it to our quickly growing compendium.

Thank you very much!




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Here is a list of current members of the brain trust:


(Please note that affiliations are mentioned for identification only.  No official endorsement by any of these organizations is implied.)



Miki Akimoto, Associated Grantmakers

Cristina Amedeo, United Way of Rhode Island
Doug Banks, Mass High Tech
Deron Beal, Freecycle
Milinda Butterworth, Knowledge Exchange Center of Rhode Island
Jackie Cefola, Third Sector New England
Gavin Clabaugh, Mott Foundation
Stuart Comstock-Gay, Vermont Community Foundation
Wendy Connors 
Ron Cretaro, Connecticut Association of Nonprofits
Peter Deitz, SocialActions
Doug Denatale
Christine Egger, SocialActions
Lance Eskelund
Deborah Elizabeth Finn, Strategist and Consultant

Kimberley Fontaine, Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority

Reg Foster, IBM Philanthropy
Dave Garvey, Nonprofit Leadership Program, University of Connecticut
Tim Gassert, Boston Foundation
Georges Grinstein, University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Mollie Grotpeter, Annkissam
Allen Gunn (also known as Gunner), Aspiration
Sid Hargro, Community Foundation of South Jersey
Heather Hartshorn, Massachusetts Nonprofit Network
Annaliese Hoehling, Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN)
Mary Ellen Jackson, New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits
Quintus Jett, Rutgers University
Charlotte Kahn, Boston Indicators Project / Boston Foundation
Liz Keating, Boston University
Roger Lohmann, West Virginia University
Kathleen Malin, Rhode Island Foundation
Ali Marano, NPower National
Dan MacNeil, Community Software Lab
Nate Marsh, Associated Grant Makers
Andrea Martinez, Boston Foundation
Greg McHale, Good2gether
George McCully, Catalogue for Philanthropy
Lisa McNeil, Cape Cod Foundation
John McNutt, University of Delaware
Martha Moore, Associated Grant Makers
Denise Moorehead, Third Sector New England
Gavin Murphy, Annkissam
Perla Ni, Great Nonprofits
Susan Nicholl, Metrowest Nonprofit Network
Craig Nuechterlein, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Jonathan Peizer, Capaciteria
Brenda Peluso, Maine Association of Nonprofits
Jill Pfiztenmayer, Rhode Island Foundation
Tom Pollak, National Center for Charitable Statistics / Urban Institute
Joseph Porcelli, Neighbors for Neighbors
Ben Rigby, The Extraordinaries
Jonah Ruh, Essex County Community Foundation
Holly Ross, Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN)
Pito Salas, R. Pito Salas and Associates
Rick Schwartz
Kathleen Sherwin, TechFoundation
Carol Lavoie Schuster, Associated Grant Makers
Josh Shortlidge, The Data Collaborative and InterEthos
Jeff Tuller, Social Markets
Jeffrey Wood, eHope




Here is the form that you can use to add your project, if it's relevant: