Patent ID: 8055538

Claim:
A method for computerized/automated preparation, production, publishing and management of charity or not-for-profit organization ad-books and related print or publishing used by or for recognized not-for-profit organizations, for charity or fund raising, whereby members or supporters of the organization publish or place or manage a message or messages in the organization's publication, such method comprising: a plurality of members, supporters or contributors at respective user terminals of a computer system connected to a communications network accessing a preparation tool or computer program within a computer processing unit of a charity or not-for-profit organization server or communication network; the plurality of members, supporters or contributors through the user terminal selecting a respective level of sponsorship of a plurality of sponsorship levels where a cost associated with each level of the plurality of sponsorship levels is commensurate with various levels of monetary giving from the member, supporter or contributor to the governmentally recognized not-for-profit organizations; the members, supporters or contributors preparing respective messages in support of the organization using the preparation tool or computer program; the computer processing unit receiving a respective monetary pledge or contribution from the plurality of members, supporters or contributors on behalf of the recognized not-for-profit organization based upon the selected sponsorship level; and the computer processing unit processing the respective messages at the server connected to the communications network in preparation for placing the message in an charity or not-for-profit organization ad-book; and the computer processing unit consolidating the respective messages from the plurality of members, supporters or contributors into the charity or not-for-profit organization ad-book where the consolidated messages define the charity or not-for-profit organization ad-book, where the charity or not-for-profit organization ad-book or related print publication is a fundraising vehicle and the governmentally recognized not-for-profit organizations, members or supporters of the organization solicit for or place the messages to make contributions to the organization and wherein at least some of the messages in the charity ad-book or related print publication contain laudatory statements about the governmentally recognized not-for-profit organization, its activities or its members or its mission or cause.