INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - eTapestry.com, an Internet-based donor management and fundraising systems software company, has formed a partnership with the Institute for Charitable Giving of Chicago, Ill. The Institute offers seminars to individuals within nonprofit organizations to teach successful major gift fundraising techniques.

The Institute of Charitable Giving offers a unique service that is targeted toward accruing major and planned gifts. Seminars and training are conducted for professional fundraisers, chief executives officers, volunteers and board members to help implement specific motivation and cultivation techniques, which are necessary to successfully raise major gifts for nonprofit organizations.

The Institute of Charitable Giving has developed a methodology called Moves Management (MM). This was designed to increase prospects and donors for nonprofit organizations. MM helps nonprofit organizations follow detailed steps and activities to move an individual from small donor to major gift giver. As a result of this capability, The Institute of Charitable Giving and eTapestry.com have developed an integrated software program that helps organizations track each step and activity of a donor. eTapestry.com is offering Moves Management as an option to its customers. The selected option will allow the user to immediately access Moves Management and fully integrate to eTapestry.com so that all functions are managed from within the donor database.

Jay Love, President and CEO of eTapestry.com said, "The integration of the Moves Management process into eTapestry.com, gives organizations a simple, logical way to record and manage their major gift development. We are thrilled to be working with the experts in Moves Management at the Institute of Charitable Giving."

Founded in September 1999, eTapestry.com is the first fundraising applications service provider (ASP), a company that rents its software to customers and delivers it on the Internet. As such, eTapestry.com is less expensive and more versatile than traditional fundraising software applications. It is used by nonprofit organizations of all types and sizes.

For additional information regarding eTapestry.com, visit www.eTapestry.com. To learn more about The Institute of Charitable Giving, visit their Web site at www.philanthropymatters.com .