Squidoo for Charity
Squidoo offers a great opportunity for you to promote, support and donate to a favorite charity.
You can make lenses with info about specific charities with donations modules that allow viewers to donate directly to the organization (you could use the donations module in any lens, however).
You can donate any percentage of your royalties from lenses (see the section called "lens royalties" in the right sidebar of your lens workshop) to a charity that is important to you or to the Squidoo Charity Fund.
Although all of my lenses donate at least 10% of their proceeds to charity, this lens is for showcasing my lenses that donate 100% of my proceeds to charity as well as offering info on how to maximize donations for your charities of choice.
Support Charity
Straight from the horse's mouth
My Charity Lenses
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Get a Library Card
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A public library (also called circulating library) is a library which is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources (such as tax money) and may be operated by civil servants. Taxing bodies for public libraries may be at any...
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United We Serve
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The President has said that the challenges America faces are unprecedented, and that we need to build a new foundation for economic growth in America. The Administration has begun this work with dramatic new investments in education, health care and...
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Shriners Hospital
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Shriners Hospitals for Children is a one-of-a-kind international health care system of 22 hospitals dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing specialty pediatric care, innovative research and outstanding teaching programs. Children u...
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Buy Nothing Day
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Now in its 18th year, Buy Nothing Day is celebrated every November by environmentalists, social activists and concerned citizens in over 65 countries around the world. Over the years, Buy Nothing Day (followed by Buy Nothing Christmas) has exploded i...
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One Laptop Per Child
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Why give a laptop to a child in the emerging world? If you replace the word 'laptop' with 'education' the answer becomes clear. You don't wait to educate until all other challenges are resolved. You educate at the same time because it's such an impor...
Here's my favorite link:
How Squidoo Works with Charity
Posted by Megan Casey for SquidBlog
Squidoo has changed the way people donate to charity online. Squidoo gives everyone a voice, and the opportunity to make (free) donations big and small, month in and month out, to organizations that matter. Always have, always will. That's one of our founding principles, one of the cornerstones of the company and the community.
For members and onlookers new and seasoned alike, here's a quick cheatsheet about how it all works.
- Squidoo is a publishing platform that lets real people make real pages about topics, ideas, people, and products that matter to them.
- The best pages ("lenses") have unique, useful, updated content on them, full of pictures and videos and links and articles and opinions and recommendations and conversations. The best lenses are extremely focused and interactive pages on a particular topic or slice of life and the web.
- There are Google and display ads on each page, and the opportunity for you to sell products via Amazon, eBay, CafePress and other partner sites. That's how each page earns money.
- We as a company (that us, the SquidooTeam) donate 5% of our revenue straight to charity.
- We also give 50% of our revenue to our community, to the people who make our pages, distributed according to an algorithm that pays the highest quality lenses, the most.
- Then our lensmasters decide what they want to do with the royalties they've earned.
- They have the choice to keep the cash, or donate their royalties to any of our 100 (and growing) supported nonprofits.
- As a group, the Squidoo community donates about $10,000 a month to a bunch of different charities, from the Acumen Fund to A Day of Hope to JDRF.
- It's easy and free for any certified 501c3 organization to apply to become a Squidoo supported nonprofit. Supported nonprofits get the privilege of our community's attention and choice, and it's up to every individual lensmaster if and where she wants to donate her royalties every month.
- It's also easy and free (and amazing powerful and woefully overlooked) for organizations to invite their volunteers, donors and friends to make pages, about anything, that automatically donate monthly royalties to their cause. The ASPCA once had thousands of their supporters make lenses about their pets, and those lenses are still donating royalties, every single month, for free.
- Our Community Organizer, Kimberly, is in charge of our charity signup process. She's kind and quick and likes going above and beyond for the all-too-rare nonprofit groups that are eager to do more than the status quo.
- Here is the official application page you should send to your favorite nonprofit organization if you want them to start exploring the benefits of being a Squidoo-supported org.
- And yes, it's all free.
[via SquidBlog]
Check out all of the Charity posts at SquidBlog ยป Charity.
My Charity Lenses
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The Hoyts
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I met the Hoyt family when I was in preschool. My brother was born with cerebral palsy (to a lesser degree than Rick Hoyt) and my mother was involved in creating a more equitable world for children with disabilities. That's when she met Judy Hoyt who...
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Judi Barrett
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Judi Barrett is the author of many well-loved books for children, including Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Pickles to Pittsburgh, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, and Things That Are Most in the World. She teaches art to kindergarten...
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A Little Help From My Friends
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This is just a cute little lens with some feel-good videos of friends helping friends. this lens is under construction, but i wanted to share the current videos... :)
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Good News
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... that there is plenty of good stuff going on out there; we just don't get to hear about it through the standard channels. I hope you find something that makes you smile. Remember to leave your good news - we'd love to read all about it in the gu...
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Lenses Someone Beat Me To :)
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I know it's happened to you, too. You get this great idea for a lens then search Squidoo to see if it's been done. In the results you find someone beat you to the punch. Well, this lens is an homage to those lensmasters who have created content that...
Digital Giving
How Technology is Changing Charity
Digital Giving: How Technology is Changing Charity
Amazon Price: $13.95 (as of 12/30/2009)
A short, lively look at how three major technology trends are reshaping how Americans give, join and volunteer. Acclaimed by leaders in charity and technology, the book's candid interviews, short case studies and irreverent observations provide a look at what's changing - and what's coming.
To Whom Can You Donate?
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Who are Squidoo's Charities and NonProfit Partners?
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Squidoo.com currently supports more than 90 nonprofit organizations, from the country's most popular causes right down to tiny local animal shelters. This lens focuses on all of the Squidoo Charities and NonProfit Partners. Squidoo Lensmasters c...
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What is the Squidoo Charity Fund?
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The Squidoo Charity Fund is a general charity fund on Squidoo. The fund was developed for those lensmasters who want to donate their royalties to charity but are unable to decide which one. The Squidoo Charity Fund is the default payment setting on...
Charity Central News
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Here is a great lens with directions on:
How to Use the Donations Module
Squidoo's Donations module now makes it even easier for lens readers to donate to charity. With the Donations module readers that want to support the charity can click the Donate button and give a little directly to the charity.
The Society was formed to alleviate the injustices animals faced then, and we continue to battle cruelty today. Whether it's saving a pet who has been accidentally poisoned, fighting to pass humane laws, rescuing animals from abuse or sharing resources wi
Look Who's Talking...
About Charity on Squidoo
- Fun Squidoo Payout Stats Oct 09 | Captain Squid
- Lensmasters donated more than $5000 to the Squidoo Charity Fund. ? More than 90 people had 100 or more lenses all ranked in the top 100000. ? 150+ people earned more than $10 each for charity. ? Dozens of lenses raised more than $100 ...
- Squidoo Lens Reviews
- Squidoo Lens Reviews. Posted by. December 29, 2009. Squidoo Lensmasters are passionate. They inspire others while at the same time making money for themselves and charity. View original post here: Squidoo Lens Reviews ...
- How Can you Work at Home to Make Money Online | Home Business Muse
- They keep track of the earnings of each module and split the profits with you 50-50. You can also donate your profits of your module to charity if you wish. Squidoo is very lenient about allowing you to use third party advertising on ...
- The Squidoo Thanksgiving Cookoff (for Charity)
- Squidoo is donating $1000 to charity every day through Thanksgiving. With a $5000 grand prize on Thanksgiving Day. To enter and raise money (for free) for your favorite charity on our list, just make a foody lens. ...
Groups for Charity Lenses
Now that you've made a lens, promote it!
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Charity Headquarters
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Charity Group @ Squidoo: Here at the Charity group - your lens doesn't necessarily have to pertain to a topic about charity - it just has to contribute a majority portion of its earnings to Charity. Got a great charitable donation, non-profit or vol...
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Squidoo Activist's Animal Charities Headquarters
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Squidoo Activist's Animal Charities This group is made up of a group of lensmasters who have created lenses to help save the world's animals. 100% of the Squidoo royalties raised on these lenses are donated to an animal charity. Lenses that want to...
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For The Good Of Squidoo Headquarters
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"For The Good Of Squidoo" group is for anyone who has a cause that is being good, contributing for good, or benefits the good of Squidoo. In other words, if your lens contributes in some way to the Squidoo community, then you're in!
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Fundraising For Nonprofits & Charity Headquarters
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Fundraising For Nonprofits & Charity Do you want to raise money for charity or for a nonprofit? Support your worthy cause by investigating and then using these fundraising ideas shared by philanthropic lensmasters.
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The Charity Giants Headquarters
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The Charity Giants This group is all about letting Giant Squids give something back through their lenses.
My Charity Lenses
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RocketMoms Charity Lenses
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Squidoo offers a great opportunity for you to promote, support and donate to a favorite charity. You can make lenses with info about specific charities with donations modules that allow viewers to donate directly to the organization (you could use...
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Vegetarian Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving is all about family and food. Most families have recipe traditions that have spanned generations, and everyone looks forward to sharing the feast. Vegetarians and vegans can feel left out when those recipes have meat in them, and the coo...
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Westfield Toy Store
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Children's Learning World, in Westfield, MA, aims to provide customers with an alternative to the big chain toy stores of today which are filled with plastics, electronic gadgets, violent themes and poor quality toys. They also offer teacher supplies...
SquidKiva Community
Join Now!
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SquidKiva - A Kiva Community for Squidoo Lensmasters
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SquidKiva is a Kiva Community of members from the Squidoo community. Kiva facilitates micro-loans to individuals worldwide that would otherwise not be afforded the opportunity to open or expand their small business. All squidoo lensmasters are welco...
Do you have any othr questions concerning Charity Lenses on Squidoo?
Make sure you stop by the Non-Profit Nook at the SquidU discussion forum & Charity Chatter at the RocketMoms discussion forum.
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- Tipi Tipi Oct 21, 2009 @ 7:52 pm
- Nice lens for charity. I like how you have put this together. Good on you and blessed! :)
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Lensmaster hlkljgk has been a member since July 21 2008, has rated 1,427 lenses, favorited 210, and has created 119 lenses from scratch. Heather Katsoulis donates their royalties to ASPCA. This member's top-ranked page is "How to Make Origami". See all my lenses
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