Technology plays an important role in enabling nonprofits to respond to social needs at this critical moment. The rise of information and communications technologies (ICTs) has created unprecedented opportunities for nonprofits. Computers and the Internet allow nonprofit organizations to perform fundamental functions—research, communications, public education, advocacy, fundraising, and program development, and service delivery—with ever-greater speed and efficiency.

The“early adopters” of emerging technologies offer compelling evidence that ICT innovations can strengthen the nonprofit sector. Unfortunately, such success stories are too few and far between. While many nonprofits have entered the 21st century with access to computers and some form of Internet access, many ICT innovations remain concentrated among a handful of organizations with high technology capacity.   Read the full report on the Policy Link Web site at http://www.policylink.org/Research/BridgeDivide/