D. By pooling their resources and
expertise, community foundations are developing products and services
that make philanthropy easier and more flexible.CHE is its ability to allow donors to connect with
their philanthropic interests in a way that they have never been able to
before," says Swerdlin. "This tool fosters 'granular giving,' in that it
provides donors much higher visibility and transparency, allowing them to give
to a portion of a cause in which they are most interested.

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, Director for Research and Programs in the Human Sciences at Metanexus. Metanexus leads and
facilitates over 300 projects in 36 countries.

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Principal investigators heading the award-winning teams and their projects
are:

Laurence Iannaccone, Koch Professor of Economics at George Mason
University: Creating an "Ecology" for the Study of Religion, Economics , and
Spiritual Capital. http://www.

Kintera(R) Inc.CHE will allow donors to get far greater visibility about specific
programs, projects, and scholarship opportunities. "We are especially pleased that ChesterCAP, LLC has now
stepped in with the resources and marketing ability to take DOT. DOT .

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net/spiritual_capital
or contact project manager Christopher Stawski at
SpiritualCapital@metanexus ."
Additionally, Kintera's web-based technology tools, including CRM
and CMS -- which were selected by the CFA Technology Steering
Committee -- will be used to develop a website template with relevant
functionality that can be replicated to local community foundations
throughout the nation. These statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual
results, performance or achievements to be materially different from
any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied
by the forward-looking statements.CHE offers them the
web -based vehicle to go several degrees deeper into the need profile of the
university.

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"We're pleased to be working with Community Foundations of America
to enable donors nationwide to set up their individual donor advised
funds through a CFA member organization," noted Kintera's CEO, Harry
Gruber, M.kintera .

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metanexus.

The Metanexus Institute advances scientific research, education and
outreach on the constructive engagement of science and religion. Metanexus sponsors dialogue groups , lectures,
workshops, research, courses, grants, and publications. Donor advised funds
allow individuals with philanthropic interests to efficiently manage
their charitable giving by making an irrevocable contribution of
personal assets (cash, stocks, bonds, appreciated securities) at the
most tax advantageous time.org where consumers can connect
with thousands of causes and organizations, and purchase the
CharityGift(TM) card to give a unique gift that also supports worthy
organizations with a donation to charity.CHE to the
next level. Their
mission is to help philanthropic entities provide better functionality to
their donors and constituent groups while providing financial services
companies a pathway to serve the philanthropic space as well.

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"It is no
longer unusual to consider that trust, behavioral norms and religion can
profoundly shape economic, political and social developments .

Timur Kuran, Professor of Economics and Law and King Faisel Professor of
Islamic Thought and Culture at the University of Southern California: The Role
of Religion in the Economic Performance of Civilizations.
The Metanexus Institute is interested in supporting high-level, impartial
scholarship on the contribution of religion - both for good and for ill - to
economic and social developments . The aim of the Spiritual Capital Research
Program is to catalyze the development of this interdisciplinary research
field, which may become a vital new field in the social sciences.net or 215-789-2200. Metanexus is
a leader in a growing network of individuals and groups exploring the dynamic
interface between cosmos, nature, and culture in communities and on campuses
throughout the world.templeton.com

Kintera, Kintera Sphere, Friends Asking Friends, The Giving
Experience, The Giving Communities and CharityGift are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Kintera, Inc. in the U.

Forward -Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this press release contains
forward -looking statements (including, without limitation, express or
implied statements regarding the adoption of web-based technology
solutions for donor advised fund services and other applications by
nonprofit organizations) that involve risks and uncertainties.

CHE allows much greater collaboration
among grantmakers, or donors, and grantseekers; those organizations or
individuals who are looking for grant money to do meaningful philanthropic
work.CHE also
offers phenomenal scholarship functionality which fills an important role for
many organizations."
"The beauty of DOT.CHE effectively allows them to pinpoint where they can
allocate their dollars.

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PHILADELPHIA, Three distinguished scholars have
each received grants of $500,000 to lead teams of researchers in order to
create a new interdisciplinary field of "Spiritual Capital" research. Projects include the Local
Societies Initiative, the Templeton Research Lectures, and topical
interdisciplinary research projects such as the Spiritual Transformation
Scientific Research Program, Spiritual Capital Research Program, Foundational
Questions in Physics and Cosmology, as well as studies of religion and health,
religion and human flourishing, and other endeavors. These
forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions
only as of the date hereof. The transaction is expected to close before the
end of the second quarter."
"We are proud to have been at the forefront of developing this technology ,
which has changed the way we do business as a community foundation, increased
our efficiency , and lowered our operating costs," says Stephen D.

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Three Grants of $500 000 Each Awarded for Research on 'Spiritual Capital' by Metanexus Institute

Also, the Technology Steering Committee for Community Foundations
of America has selected Kintera to provide software for content
managed websites (CMS), customer relationship management (CRM), grants
management, eMarketing, membership registration and other online
functionality for participating community foundations. These statements reflect our current views
with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject
to risks and uncertainties., ChesterCAP, LLC, the company that is
poised to bridge the gap between the philanthropic community and the financial
services world, today announces the acquisition of DOT. "DOT.CHE, or Philanthropy Online (POL) as we call it,
simply makes the giving process easier for our donors and the application
process easier for prospective grantees.

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Philanthropy Writers /Business Editors

SAN DIEGO----Community Foundations
of America, Inc.
In a web-enabled environment, DOT. The "CAP" in
ChesterCAP refers to the company's forthcoming charitable advisor platform
which is designed to connect the charitable giving world's triangle of donors,
nonprofit organizations and financial services providers to each other in a
way that provides value, scalability and return for all participants.

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It will also facilitate a broader
range of study by bringing together a network of scholars, to be
known as the Institute for Economic Research on Civilizations (IERC ), to
promote comparative research and raise the level of discourse on the role of
various religions and forms of spiritual capital in the economic performance
of civilizations. Results will
be disseminated through scholarly and lay publications, conferences, speaking
engagements and websites .
In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith raised key questions for the economic
analysis of religion and looked at the effects of competition among religions
and the dangers of government of religion .

Community Foundations of America Selects Kintera to Manage National Donor Advised Fund Service and Website Marketing and CRM Solutions for Local Community Fou

Donors can then direct the fund to the
charity of their choice by making a request to the public charity
holding their donor advised funds.

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com/cgi -bin/prnh/20050324/PHTH031LOGO )
The term "spiritual capital" refers to the economic and social
consequences of religion and spirituality. Sargeant,
Ph.5
million in research funds. (CFA) has signed a strategic alliance agreement with
Kintera(R) Inc.
"The mission of CFA is to provide solutions for community
foundations in technology, marketing, financial services and
accountability ," said Carla Dearing, president and CEO of Community
Foundations of America. DOT. Mittenthal,
ACF president and CEO.

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"Now seems an ideal time to understand and assess the public effects of
spiritual and religious action because there seems to be a growing openness in
the social sciences towards non-material factors," says Sargeant.

Each project is 30 months in duration, beginning March 2005.S.CHE from the Arizona
Community Foundation (ACF).

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The Kintera Directed Giving program, created to help consumers
direct their gifts through donor advised funds and workplace giving,
will provide the supporting platform and management for a national
donor advised fund service that will be co -marketed by Kintera and CFA
to benefit local community foundation members. Kintera's enterprise-level software platform,
Kintera Sphere(TM), offers organizations an affordable and easy-to-use
system that enhances The Giving Experience(TM) by providing feedback
to donors about the impact of their gifts, creating a sense of
belonging and appreciation. For more information,
visit www. For more information
about Kintera's software and services, visit www.
and/or other countries."

About ChesterCAP, LLC
ChesterCAP, LLC is a Chester, NJ company devoted to creating a crossroads
between the philanthropic community and the financial services world.

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One section will analyze the impact of 150 years of
missionary activity; a second section will analyze the economic consequences
of Pentecostal conversions in Brazil; a third section will focus on the
influence of revivalist Islam and Christianity in rural Malawi.net

The mission of the John Templeton Foundation is to pursue new insights at
the boundary between theology and science through a rigorous, open-minded and
empirically focused methodology, drawing together talented representatives
from a wide spectrum of fields of expertise.org

About Kintera, Inc.J.
"ChesterCAP, LLC is excited to be able to tap into DOT."
Adds Craig Nuechterlein, director of operations of the Greater Milwaukee
Community Foundation, "DOT.

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Just 100 years ago Max Weber
published his provocative work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of
Capitalism. Given these
uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements.CHE was honored as one of six finalists in the
Best Open Source Project category at LinuxWorld Conference + Expo's Awards for
Excellence in New York City.

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(Logo: http://www. The Spiritual Capital Research Program will fund high-
level research that could lead to new understandings of religion's role in
economic, social and political life.
In addition to the three funded projects that are just beginning, the
Metanexus Institute has issued a new call for proposals for $150,000 research
grants for interdisciplinary studies on the economic and social consequences
of religion and spirituality. Kintera recently launched The Giving Communities (TM)
interactive website at www."
Swerdlin continues, "It is imperative that donors have the opportunity to
target the specific area within a charitable institution that they want to
support , rather than simply giving generally to their favorite charity. For
example, when a donor specifically wants their gift or donation to go to a
university's library to purchase books on antiquities, DOT .

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Winners of the invitation-only competition for the three founding grants
in the Spiritual Capital Research Program were announced by Kimon H.
This project seeks to evaluate the influence of various religions on
health, education and the economy by measuring religious distinctions and the
resulting impact on national, community and individual levels in societies
around the world . A membership
organization, Metanexus hosts an online magazine and discussion forum with
over 140,000 monthly page views and 7000 regular subscribers in 57 different
countries. "As the leading technology provider in the
nonprofit sector, Kintera provides our organization the expertise and
experience we require to move forward on several initiatives,
including our plans for a national donor advised fund service, and
offering innovative software for local community foundations.cfamerica .

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D. Letters of intent are due no later than April
15, 2005. Full grant applications will then be invited for a total of $1.
For further information on the Spiritual Capital Research Program ,
including submission guidelines for the new granting opportunities, or to
request a program brochure , visit http://www.metanexus.

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While religion and spirituality
are rich with various sources of personal meaning, they also have profound
public significance. http://www.
More than 15,000 accounts in the nonprofit, government and
corporate sectors use Kintera's "software as a service" innovations ,
including the Friends Asking Friends(R) fundraising program and
Kintera Sphere(TM), an enterprise -grade software platform that
provides a secure, scaleable and reliable system for customer
relationship management (CRM), a web content management system (CMS),
eMarketing and directed giving applications . In 2003, DOT.CHE's ability to
offer nonprofit organizations, community foundations, religious entities , and
other operating charities a platform for connecting donors with grantseekers
and their projects ," says Eric Swerdlin, CEO of ChesterCAP, LLC.

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The
grants are awarded through a program of the Metanexus Institute on Religion
and Science, supported by generous funding from the John Templeton Foundation .newscom.
This project includes the development of an international Consortium for
the Economic Study of Religion (CESR), bringing visiting scholars together at
George Mason University for interdisciplinary and collaborative workshops,
classes, research projects and conferences, instituting an economics -as-
religion concentration for doctoral students, and creating a global network of
scholars and institutes.kintera. It will allow grantors to
get together online to evaluate grant proposals, scholarship applications, and
other opportunities available to them.

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Since then, social scientists have vigorously debated the concept of
social capital, but spiritual capital - a sub-set of the field - remains
relatively understudied.

About Community Foundations of America (CFA)

Community Foundations of America (CFA) was created in 1999 to
help individual community foundations thrive in today's changing
charitable-giving environment.

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CHE, (which stands for "donor and community exchange ") created in
2001, is a web-enabled platform for true knowledge management to facilitate
the business processes of today's community foundations and public nonprofit
organizations.

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Kuran's project will advance ongoing research on the role of Islam, and
especially Islamic law, in the economic performance of the Middle East from
its rise in the 7th century to the present.

Robert Woodberry, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of
Texas at Austin: Project on Religion and Economic Change. "The national donor advised fund service we envision will
help our grant-receiving nonprofit customers market to major donors,
obtain revenue from new sources and automatically track these
additional gift types in their CRM and accounting systems. These risks and uncertainties
include, without limitation: our limited operating history; our
history of losses; our dependence on increased acceptance by nonprofit
organizations of online fundraising; lengthy sales cycles for major
customers; our need to manage growth; risks associated with accounting
for and processing large amounts of donations; the rapidly changing
technologies and market demands; and other risks identified in our
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

ChesterCAP LLC Announces the Acquisition of DOT.CHE

It has definitely been good for our
business.

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Only in recent years have leading scholars,
including Nobel laureate economists Gary Becker and Robert Fogel and political
scientists John DiIulio and Robert Putnam, called renewed attention to the
effects of spiritual and religious practices, beliefs and institutions on
economics , politics and societies. (Nasdaq:KNTA), the leading provider of "software as a
service" to nonprofit and public sector organizations, to manage and
provide web-based technology for a national donor advised fund
service. (Nasdaq:KNTA) provides an online solution to help
nonprofit organizations deliver The Giving Experience(TM) to donors --
including giving convenience, financial transparency , feedback about
the social impact of their gifts, and a sense of belonging and
appreciation. Firm Will Expand Revolutionary Technology's Reach
in the Philanthropic Arena

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