# General Motors creates charity directory site

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/12/23/general-motors-creates-charity-directory-site/
- Published: 2000-12-23T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

General Motors (GM), the largest company in the world, has created [Webhands.org](http://www.webhands.org),
a site that aims to link would-be donors and volunteers with appropriate charities
in the USA. “WebHands.org is one-stop shopping on the Internet to find and link 
with an organization that needs help,” said Rod Gillum, GM vice president for corporate
relations and diversity and GM Foundation chairman.

While it is encouraging to see major companies funding sector infrastructure sites
such as this, it is a shame that GM’s site emulates existing online services such
as [Guidestar](http://www.guidestar.org), and doesn’t appear to break new ground.
Indeed, it lists only 2000 non-profit organisations, a fraction of the number listed
at Guidestar.

Read GM Puts Its Online Clout Behind Philanthropy by Tony Kontzer at NetworkMagazine.
com.

## Advertisement

 [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)

 * **[Nota bene](https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/12/28/nota-bene/)** (28 December
   2000)
 * **[Charities get Cold Feet at online auction](https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/12/28/charities-get-cold-feet-online-auction/)**(
   28 December 2000)
 * **[Doughnuts save children](https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/01/03/doughnuts-save-children/)**(
   3 January 2001)