Best Practices Make Perfect

Unfortunately the nonprofit organization is left with the administrative burden of administering refunds, removing fraudulent records from its database, and reassuring donors that its online-giving site is legitimate.

There are a few things you can do to protect your organization -- and the constituents who choose to support you via the Internet. First, make sure your online donation pages are SSL designed. The secure socket layer protocol encrypts all information typed into the forms on your Web pages so hackers can't read it as it travels across the Internet.