It covers various issues surrounding the nonprofit sector and American civil society. The site also includes a comprehensive alphabetical list of organizations related to the nonprofit sector. Among them are corporate giving, innovations, volunteers, innovations, legal and financial issues and technology. The service offers summaries of stories that appeared in other media organizations, such as The New York Times and the Seattle Times, as well as original content. Casual readers will find the summaries useful, but links to full stories sometimes require readers to become members of the web sites that published the stories.
Readers can also see other relevant articles, listed alongside the stories.
PNN also has a searchable archive, a user-friendly jobs section, and links to conferences. Readers can also subscribe to an online newsletter that arrives via e-mail. A free e-mail version of the newsletter is produced every Tuesday evening. The first issue, which went online in November 2000, contains thoughtful articles about fundraising, leadership, philanthropy and professional development. The mission of this site is to deliver online news that helps readers understand, support and work in the nonprofit world.