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Article: Website lifts profile of e-giving; GiveMN is a new research tool that aims to increase people's charitable giving online.(NEWS)

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October 31, 2009
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Byline: JEAN HOPFENSPERGER; STAFF WRITER

First there was online shopping, then banking, then everything from utility payments to theater ticketing. Today Minnesota marks another Internet first as it launches one of the nation's most sophisticated tools to boost "e-philanthropy.''

Called GiveMN, it allows Minnesotans to research more than 36,000 state charities, religious congregations and nonprofits from one website. As donors contribute to favorite causes, GiveMN creates their individual giving portfolios that track contributions by agency, category and dollar value.

GiveMN also offers direct links to Facebook and Twitter, where donors will be ...

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