NOZA, Inc.
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Santa Barbara, California, USA |
| Key people | Craig Harris, CEO,David Ruelman, COO, Lonny Rollins, CTO |
| Industry | search engines |
| Website | http://www.nozasearch.com |
NOZA, Inc. is a privately-held Santa Barbara, California-based company established in 2006 by Craig Harris. It is the parent company of NOZA, an Internet search engine and online database built for fundraising and prospect research by nonprofit and charitable organizations.
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[edit] History
After completing service as a Peace Corps volunteer in the 1990s, Harris joined with other former Peace Corps volunteers to found SEPA, Servicios Ecoforestales para Agricultores, a Paraguayan agroforestry demonstration farm.[1] After returning to the United States he became Santa Barbara County, California’s Food Bank Development Director and a nonprofit fundraising consultant. His experience fundraising for nonprofit organizations motivated him to found NOZA. [2] Initial funding was provided by private investors.
[edit] Distinguishing Features
The company's software, first developed in 2005 by a team which included CTO Lonny Rollins and COO David Ruehlman, is proprietary. Search results dating from 1994 to the present are isolated and converted from publicly, though not necessarily currently, available Internet sources into a relational database and derive from, and include, charities’ annual reports, newsletters, capital and other campaign lists, and lists of event sponsors.[3]
[edit] Competitive Position
The company has seen rapid growth since its founding. NOZA claims the database contains more than 27,000,000 records and adds approximately 1,000,000 records per month.[3] [4] In early 2008 it acquired the domain name and the searchable database (consisting of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) public records of foundations), of Grantsmart, a non-profit whose principals had decided to end their project. [5]
[edit] References
- ^ ."Peace Corps Entrepreneurs," Social Edge: A Program of the Skoll Foundation, July 2007 [1]
- ^ "Peace Corps Entrepreneurs," Social Edge: A Program of the Skoll Foundation, July 2007 [2]
- ^ a b Mark Hrywna, Retrieved March 15, 2008.
- ^ FAQ: How many donation records are in NOZA’s Database of Charitable Gifts?, NOZA. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
- ^ [3] Retrieved April 11, 2008.
[edit] External links
- Noza official website
- Barbara Quint, "Who Gives What and Why: Noza Knows," July 31, 2006.[4]
- Patrick O’Heffernan, host. "Online Donor Databases," Social Edge: A Program of the Skoll Foundation, July 2007[5]
