Union of International Associations website has links to over 12,000 NGO's and other organizations indexed by name, region and subject area. Other portals are more actively involved in helping organizations make connections and link with others of similar goals an interests. These portals provide search mechanisms and other services that allow organizations to actively search out other groups with similar goals. Idealist.org is one such portal that allows organizations to search a database of over 20,000 international non-profits by subject, dates, or names in order to facilitate in coalition building. Finding Volunteers Nonprofit organizations can find volunteers online through web services that match volunteers with organizations.
Nonprofits can find volunteers in their area or volunteers who want to work at home.
Virtual volunteering is work that is done over the internet from a home or work computer. See the Virtual Volunteering Project for more information. Also see Web Sites to Find Volunteer Opportunities . In addition to volunteers, nonprofit organizations can also find paid employees on the internet. Many websites help users find jobs with nonprofit groups and let nonprofit organizations list their job opportunities.