I recently helped to found DigLit.ca, and non profit that helps build technology for other nonprofits. What we've found when dealing with nonprofits is that a l

I recently helped to found DigLit.ca, and non profit that helps build technology for other nonprofits. What we've found when dealing with nonprofits is that a lot of the smaller organizations are, suprise suprise, struggling to survive. They're trying to carryout their general missions, but unless they have some kind of consistent funding model, a lot of their energy is turned towards keeping the organization alive. I don't think there's anything wrong with that, it's just the nature of the nonprofit game. But our organization acts a bit like a technology donor, and we've definitely had to restrict the nature of our services to mission facing purposes. Aside from the technical challenges of contributing to the survival of an organization, we've also found that developers want to help with problems directly.