As Americans contemplate their year end giving, more donors than ever before are connecting with charities online.  While traditional offline giving to charities by individual Americans held steady last year, giving online grew by more than 60 percent, totaling approximately two-billion dollars.  The increase in activity is the result of a number of factors, says Bill Stratymann, CEO of  Network-for-Good, the largest non-profit processor of online donations:

�Well, we know two things: first nine out of 10 American households give to charity; second, people are using their credit cards online more and more everyday.  You add to that the efficiency and convenience of doing charity online and it stands to reason that online giving will continue to experience tremendous growth.�

According to a Network for Good survey of more than 10-thousand internet users, three out of four people say they have visited a charitable web site and half say they have taken an action as a direct result.  Remember to donate to the charity of your choice online this year at network-for-good-dot-org.  All donations made before 11:59 Eastern time on December 31 qualify for tax deduction in this calendar year.