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By Paul Barbagallo

What’s more, as with most nonprofit organizations, the foundation’s board members are significant individual contributors to programs as well as its public voice, and having e-mail to fundraise and communicate with them has been critical, d’Arbeloff says.

For example, early in 2003, the foundation was closely monitoring proposed legislation that would affect its government funding. Using Constant Contact’s e-mail template, d’Arbeloff informed the board immediately when a piece of legislation was passed or vetoed, explaining what it meant for the budget.