Allen Shore writing for happynews.com shares some less than happy news in his article, "Love’em and squeeze’em: Charitable thoughts from the helping sector".
The technology gap also shows through in the Stanford review. Some 76 percent of nonprofits from the Bay Area have Web sites, compared to fewer than 27 percent nationally. A recent commentary by another nonprofit resource group, Npower, adds to this picture as well. It asserted that while conventional businesses have a technical support staff to operational staff ratio of 1:100 (down from 1:50 just a few years ago), nonprofit organizations have a ratio of about 1:30—another squeeze on their resources, and an issue of concern as technology becomes increasingly important.
If ever there was a place where students (and career changing professionals) interested in web design and maintenance could plug-in and make a difference, the non-profit sector is it. Sure, they can be demanding and difficult to work with...but so too wil be some future paying client, so get over it! Jump in there and help someone, you'd be amazed at how gratifying the experience can be. (IMHO)