News
DonorsResource.org Press
link to December 23, 2009- Oregonian
The Lake Oswego Review, “Meeting the Need Right Here”, pg A9 - November 2009
Hello L.O.: “Online Hub Links Donors with Nonprofits,” pg 2 - June, 2009
Mountain Park HOA Newsletter: “Donate to DonorsResource.org!” pg 4 - May, 2009
KBOO Radio, “Helping Those in Need and Serving the Community: Della Rae & Janna Mock-Lopez” - March 13, 2009
NLE Media Productions Email Newsletter, “Hope & Sharing In a Down Economy” - March 9, 2009
Lifestyle Expert, Krista Colvin introduces DonorsReosurce.org on “AM Northwest” KATU - March 1, 2009
Regal Courier: “Della Rae creates matches made in heaven with DonorsResource.org” - Jan.29, 2009
Safeco Newsletter: “DonorsResource.org Receives Community Hero Award from Safeco” - December, 2008
Lake Oswego Review: “A new way to give: Della Rae’s Donors Resource is simple but revolutionary” - Nov 20, 2008
Portland Business Journal: “Inside Corporate Philanthropy” - Friday, Oct 3, 2008
Credit Union Assoc. of Oregon, “Donors Resource Teams up with Credit Unions,” pg 10 - August, 2008
The Oregonian, “Seen & Heard” - August 2, 2008
National Association of Counties Newsletter, “Virtual Warehouse” - April 21, 2008
San Francisco Business Times, “Virtual Warehouse” - April 17, 2008
SYS-CON Media, “Virtual Warehouse”- April 17, 2008
EnviroMom, “DonorsResource Makes it Easy to Donate Items” - April 6, 2008
Portland Business Journal, Della Rae Awarded Journal’s “40 under 40” - March 21, 2008
KBOO Radio, Interview with Tom Jacobs, President of DonorsResource.org - Nov 28, 2007
Portland Business Journal: “New Venture Connects Donors, Nonprofits” - Friday, Nov 9, 2007
Credit Union News, “NW Preferred Helps Support Local Organization” (Page 3) - Summer 2007
The Dime, The Commerce Bank of Oregon, “Nonprofit Community Partners” - 2nd Quarter 2007
The Oregonian, “Helping Impoverished Families” - April 28, 2007
The Skanner, “Sisters Get Pampered” - February 21, 2007
The Oregonian, “Sisterhood Helps Neediest in Community” - September 25, 2006
The Oregonian, “Mothers of Invention” - May 11, 2006
Portland Business Journal, “The Power of Taking Charge” ad by Regence BlueCross - April 27, 2007
Who We Are
The mission of DonorsResource.org is to connect individual and corporate donors who want to give in-kind donations (non-monetary) with nonprofit organizations that need them. Our message is simple; Meet a Need. Donate Stuff.
DonorsResource.org provides a proven model of giving that is socially conscience and beneficial to both individuals and corporations. nonprofits also greatly benefit from DonorsResource.org by conserving their time and resources in claiming needed items and by becoming donors themselves when giving items they can’t use. Through DonorsResource.org, an efficient cycle of giving and receiving is created and sustained in order to meet diverse community needs.
By leveraging web technology we are able to match nonprofit organizations who need in kind donations (“stuff”) with individuals and corporations who have items they want to give.
DonorsResource.org features an easy to use, powerful search engine that allows the end user to find a nonprofit by cause, category, zip code or need.
There are many organizations that make connections around funding and volunteer opportunities. We focus on actual items, which is not being done by any other organization.
DonorsResource.org is the first place that both nonprofits and donors can turn to for help, reducing needed items being stacked and forgotten in garages and much worse, our landfills.
Together, we can all make a difference.
Our History
December of 2005 my sister, Deborah Waggoner and I formed Sisters of the Community (SOC), a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that distributed household goods to those in need. Arm in arm we grew SOC. Then board member, Theresa O’Heron dedicated many hours writing the text for our first brochure, tightening up our business plan and she coined “One Community, One People.”
Craig Spencer designed the SOC website and the logo which remains a stroke of genius and makes me happy every time I see it.
After distributing 20,000 household goods within 18 months an online solution was realized.
March of 2007 DonorsResource.org, a registered trademark of SOC (version 1.0) was launched as an online directory that allows the end user to easily find nonprofit organizations by zip code, cause supported and items needed.
Craig Spencer also designed the logo and the original website. Richard Navarette of Austin, Texas built the data base that was generously funded by Tom and Carol Sargent.
April of 2008 through collaboration with Lake Oswego Media, the virtual warehouse (version 2.0) was launched. Within the first 11 months 265 nonprofits registered and 5,000 items claimed. We remain grateful to Lake Oswego Media for their design and implementation of this version.
September 2009 Donorsresource.org reviewed the effectiveness and functionality of the current model of giving. Based on the feedback we received and our commitment to our mission to serve our community, and with engineering from Dan Milliron, we built version 2.8: an easier, more sustainable way to connect nonprofit organizations and donors.
The next level is rolling out (version 3.0). Stay tuned!
So many people have been instrumental with the development and history of DonorsResource.org and for the record; it takes more than a village!
Della Rae, Founder/Board Member