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Globix Technology Grants Help Nonprofits Realize Operating Efficiencies By Ronnie Schultz Project Manager, NonProfit Organizations Globix Corporation When you are trying to coordinate 5,000 regular volunteers, 25,000 high school exchange students and 25,000 families, you have to be organized. For international student-exchange organization AFS-USA, Inc., this coordination entailed lots of expensive phone calls and mailings. But not anymore. With the realization of the AFS-USA Intranet network, real-time information is exchanged across the range of interested parties at tremendous cost savings to the organization. The AFS-USA Intranet network was made possible through a technology grant from Globix Corporation, a leading provider of advanced Internet services and connectivity for businesses in the United States and Europe. With a direct connection to the Internet through a T-1 line from Globix, AFS-USA was able to create a corporate portal in November 1999, providing connection between student and volunteer databases, calendars of meetings and events, a library of resources, e-mail applications, online newsletters, and more. "The T-1 line made a world of difference," says Saul Zuchman, Director of Management Information Services for AFS-USA. "We've cut down on the number of repetitive, routine questions and are better able to concentrate on team building and other core goals." There's also a tangible cost benefit. AFS-USA expects to realize savings of 20 percent or more on postage and copying costs, adding up to some $25,000 to $35,000. The Community Connection Through its Community Connection division, founded in 1997, Globix has been actively promoting technology grants to nonprofits. Globix services include co-location of an organization's servers at Globix Internet Data Centers, dedicated access to the Internet through T-1 or T-3 lines, hosting an organization's Web site at Globix facilities, streaming media, Internet security, and DSL. Over the last three years, Community Connection has provided grants to an array of nonprofits. One of the early Globix technology grant recipients was the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, which used the funding to establish an Internet presence in 1998. The organization's technology goal was to disseminate information to a larger audience and create another avenue for reaching new and potential donors. The grant allowed the charity to establish a Dedicated Web Hosting at the Globix Internet Data Center as well as T-1 Dedicated Access to the Internet. An e-commerce package enabled the diabetes awareness and support group to accept donations online via credit card. The agency credits Globix with helping it reinvent its fundraising strategy. "Within four months of going live, we received $70,000 in new donations, without any additional promotion," said Lou Komissaroff, Director of Information Systems at Juvenile Diabetes. The Door, a nonprofit which provides development services to troubled youths in New York City, wanted to install a computer lab where it could provide computer training classes to aid its constituents in finding jobs in this high-tech society. But this proposition raised significant fundraising challenges. The agency applied for and won a technology grant that enabled it to install a T-1 connection, firewall solution and e-mail service. Another grant recipient is LIFEbeat, a New York City-based organization that fights for the prevention of AIDS. Now connected to the Internet through its Globix grant, it has the ability to partner with other Web sites and to network with the extensive online community of teen music and music trade media, thereby increasing its visibility. The Robin Hood Foundation, an organization that provides funds and management assistance to community organizations fighting hunger, homelessness, illiteracy, unemployment, domestic violence, substance abuse, AIDS and teen pregnancy, reports that it has saved about $1,000 a month through its T-1 Globix grant. For information on Globix technology grants to nonprofits, please e-mail Rschultz@Globix.com.
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