Idealist.org Asks For Donations As Job Board Revenues Plummet

The nonprofit site matches people with volunteer opportunities and paid jobs, but as its revenue mostly comes from the fees employers pay to list their jobs on the board, the site’s been struggling to stay afloat since October 2008.

Since the site has a pretty good number of communications, writing/editing, marketing and PR jobs (and these are all full-time, paid jobs, not volunteer or pro bono opportunities), we thought you’d like to know that the site is in jeopardy.

Here’s what founder & executive director Ami Dar sent out in an e-mail today:

You know how sometimes in life you go through a bad moment, and when your friends hear about it later, they say, “Why didn’t you say something? Why didn’t you ask?”

That’s where Idealist is now, and that’s why we are asking for your help.