INDIANAPOLIS - Goodwill Industries International, Inc. has selected eTapestry.com as a donor management solution that will help the organization meet its fundraising goals.

Under the terms of the agreement, eTapestry also will offer its discounted services to the Goodwill network of 181 autonomous, member Goodwill agencies in the United States and Canada. eTapestry will provide a 10 percent discount off its base services and user fees, as well as training discounts, to Goodwill member organizations.

"Web-based applications running in an ASP model allow us to have more functionality without the cost of additional servers and infrastructure," said Mark Goldberg, chief information officer of Goodwill Industries International, headquartered in Bethesda, Md. "In choosing an ASP, we focus on efficiency, accessibility, and cost-reduction."

Chip Muston, eTapestry national account executive for Goodwill, said now is a perfect time for Goodwill and eTapestry to come together.

"Because eTapestry is an Internet application that can be accessed anywhere, it provides the flexibility and the efficiency that Goodwill will need to expand its fundraising endeavors," Muston said.

Goodwill Industries International is a network of 181 local, autonomous member organizations in the United States and Canada, and 35 international associate members in 24 other countries. Each organization serves people with disabilities and other barriers to employment by providing job training and employment services, as well as job placement opportunities and post-employment support. In 2000, the agency served more than 440,000 people and reported $1.85 billion in revenue. Goodwill channels 84 percent of its revenue into its programs and services.

Founded in 1999, Indianapolis-based eTapestry.com is the first Web-based donor database and communications management system that rents its software to customers who access it over the Internet. Nonprofit organizations of all types and sizes using eTapestry.com do not pay the large upfront purchasing costs or the ongoing maintenance and support contracts typically paid in the purchase of more traditional software.