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What is the organizational divide?
Like the digital divide, the organizational divide refers to a gap in access to and use of technology faced by smaller organizations.

What causes the gap?
Some of the reasons for the disparity between large and small nonprofits are:

  • Lack of technical expertise in-house at small nonprofits and aversion/apprehension.
  • Little staff time to devote to technology issues.
  • Few resources to spend on technology planning, purchase, implementation, customization, training, and upgrades.
  • Higher turnover at grassroots organizations makes knowledge retention difficult.
Submitted by ODI Project on May 21, 2005 - 10:06pm.