As this site grows you will see I have a great deal of respect for Google and their philanthropy.  One great example Google has made their Google Apps for Education available for free to registered 501(c)3 organizations.

It is worth noting, that Google calls this service the Education Edition of Google Apps.  Don't let the name confuse you.  Educational Edition and the Not For Profit versions are one in the same.  If your organization already has a domain registered this is still a great resource you can take advantage of for free. 

The service that is most appealing, at least at first, is the e-mail application.  Google's GMail system is  a superior e-mail system.  The spam filtering is second to none.  The individual storage quota is currently over 6 Gig, which is a tremendous amount of space to store your emails.  That quota is has been growing a regular basis.  

There will be more posts on this site regarding using Google Apps for Domain and all the greats tools.  But before you can do any of those great things you need to sign up.  Once you are signed up you be given a standard account until you 510(c)3 status is verified.  You will then be upgraded to the Educational version and the additional services like e-mail migration will be enabled.  If you already have your own domain registered and e-mail accounts set up then I would suggest waiting until the Educational features are enabled before changing your DNS to route mail to Google.  The e-mail migration tools are really pretty nice, so moving all the mail for your uses would be a greatly appreciated I am sure.

If you have any questions on signing up with Google Apps for Non Profits send me an email.  I promise more to follow on this subject.