A Beta release of a software is a stable and functional system that developers make available to the public pending the addition of new or final features.

You may use i-ngo.com's Beta release at no charge, in exchange for testing the features and reporting any issues we didn't notice in the system. In the meantime you will benefit from the introduction of additional new features and functionality as we prepare for a 'final' release. Throughout this website, any references to monthly fees, 1-month trial, subscription fees, or payments refer to the post-Beta, final release of i-ngo.com.

Now the site is free in Beta version, and i-ngo.com will remain so for the foreseeable future. Individual accounts (basic access) and limited-access accounts for organizations will be free forever!

When i-ngo.com version 1.0 is released, then we anticipate charging a fee to use the system. But the overarching goal is to provide all users with an excellent management and networking system at minimal cost. Depending on how many organizations eventually use the system, the monthly license rate may decrease over time.

We know that non-profits often operate on a shoe-string budget while seeking to achieve ambitious goals. For now, i-ngo brings together ideals and reality for free where and when possible.

• i-ngo databases are backed up daily thus ensuring that data is always protected against loss.
• i-ngo runs on up-to-date, state-of-the-art Dell servers to ensure powerful and fast execution speed and processing power,thus providing a user experience at optimal levels.
• Our Internet Data Center is located on AT&T's Global Crossing and Cabie & Wireless OC48/OC192 Global IP backbones with redundant T3 connection to provide more than enough bandwidth.
• To ensure data security for i-ngo users, the data center's system administration team monitors the security of the network 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

All sensitive data stored in i-ngo databases are encrypted. Regarding data transactions, i-ngo.com is secured by GeoTrust SSL certificates, providing up to 256 bit encryption thereby offering the highest level of encryption and security possible. Our encryption certificates protect transactions, signups, sensitive information, and authentication against spoofing, unauthorized hacker disclosure, and data alteration.

This means you can rest assured that communications between your browser and i-ngo's web servers are private and secure.

All data that you store in i-ngo is private, with the exception of your organization's name and its basic profile (if you belong to one). However depending on the nature of your own operations, you have the choice to select specific information (such as a project's profile, your professional background, selected wikis, selected events, job opportunities) to share with the world on the Hub (i-ngo's search engine).

Your personal name, your contact coordinates, and your professional background is kept confidential unless you wish to make this information public.

No. i-ngo will NOT use or sell information about you or your organization to any third-party for any purpose, unless it is mandated to do so by a court of law.

No. Sharing selected information with the i-ngo community on projects, wikis, events, expertise, and job opportunities is entirely up to you. i-ngo offers automated and simplified features to help you publish parts of your work and centralize your organization's presence within the i-ngo community if you think sharing this information serves your core mission.

Yes, you can. Select 'Documents' in the 'Records' pulldown on the main menu.

Yes, you can. Select 'Handshakes' in the 'Hub' pulldown on the main menu.

• Handshakes is a form of collaborative partnership among separate organizations or an organization with remote locations.
• Handshakes do not give automatic access to any information between two parties; they simply allow authorized coordination on a case-by-case basis.
• On the basis of a mutually authorized handshake, users who have the proper permissions between two organizations may collaborate on developing, sharing, and executing selected sections of Action Plans, Projects, Events, and CRM lists.
• Handshakes are useful in coordinating progress on project sections between donors, sub-grantees, and grantees.