YouthNoise, a social network for social change has raised $1.5 million in venture capital. The site currently has around 113,000 members with over 3 million page views per month. The round of funding was lead by Pierre Omidyar, founder of Ebay.  YouthNoise is non-profit.
interesting a not-for-profit has raised venture capital?
Perhaps this is the way to go!!!
marcus