Donate to the Squidoo Charity Fund
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 all new lenses. A different charity (or charities) is chosen every few months month to receive these funds.
Announcement about where the funds are being dispersed are periodically made where the money goes on the SquidU forum and now in the new Cheerleading for Charity Blog.
Source: Squidoo, Just the FAQ. "What is the Squidoo Charity Fund?"
The Squidoo Charity Fund is the default payment setting on all new lenses. A different charity (or charities) is chosen every few months month to receive these funds.
Announcement about where the funds are being dispersed are periodically made where the money goes on the SquidU forum and now in the new Cheerleading for Charity Blog.
Source: Squidoo, Just the FAQ. "What is the Squidoo Charity Fund?"
Donate to the Squidoo Charity Fund
Donating to the Squidoo Charity Fund is easy.
Make a lens.
Select Squidoo Charity Fund as the Payment Option.
That's it.
Promoting Philanthropy through Microdonations
The Squidoo Charity Fund, which is distributed among different registered nonprofits every month, grows from the generosity of tens of thousands of Squidoo users.Some Squidoo lenses earn a quarter a month. Others earn hundreds.
"Nearly half of our lensmasters are donating their royalties to charity," said Megan Casey, Squidoo's Editor in Chief.
"Microdonations are in. One by one, our members are revolutionizing the way philanthropy exists on the web. It's really exciting to watch them making a difference in real people's lives."
Source: PRLeap. February 10, 2007. Squidoo Pioneers Support of Microdonations to Worthy Causes. PRLeap.com
Microdonations Make a Difference!
Make a Lens for the Squidoo Charity Fund
Making a contribution to the Squidoo Charity Fund is simple. All it just takes is just a little bit of time. To get started:
- 1. Make a lens on something related to the charity, or something else you care about.
Start by clicking the "Make a Lens" button on this page.
2. Be sure that you select the Squidoo Charity Fund as the beneficiary for the lens Payment Options.3. Publish your lens.
Tiny Donations Add Up
People are often afraid to donate if they know they can only donate a little bit. "Oh," they think, "it would be so embarrassing to only give fifty cents, so I'm better off just saying no." If 50,000 people didn't donate anything because they didn't think their little bit would matter, we'd have nothing.But what if everybody donated "just a little bit?" What if 50,000 people donated just a dollar a month - that would be $600,000 in a year!!
And get this: it's not like you're digging into your pockets to do it. You're getting "free" money from Squidoo and sending it to charity. Doesn't that feel good!
Source: Kimberly Dawn Wells. April 2007. Tiny Donations Add Up in Connecting with Charities. Squidu Blog.
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More about the Squidoo Charity Fund
Squidoo lensmasters and groups have raised tens of thousands of dollars for charity.
- Squidoo Pioneers Support of Microdonations to Worthy Causes
- Squidoo.com today announced DonorsChoose and Modest Needs as the latest recipients of the Squidoo Charity Fund.
- Squidoo : Just the FAQ - What is the Squidoo Charity Fund
- Question # 41 answers What's the Squidoo Charity Fund?
- SquidU Review - Connecting with Charities
- From April 2007 One of the big highlights of Squidoo, something that really sets it apart from other expertise/recommendation websites, is your ability to is your ability to automatically send your royalties to charity.
Create a Group for the Squidoo Charity Fund
Not only can you make a lens to benefit charities, but you can also create a group to benefit the Squidoo Charity Fund. Making a group to benefit the Squidoo Charity Fund is simple. All it just takes is just a little bit of time. To get started:
- 1. Pick a topic for the group, something related to the charity, or something else you care about. When you are ready start by clicking the link Create a Group on this page or go to the Group section of your dashboard.
2. Be sure that you select the Squidoo Charity Fund as the beneficiary for the lens Payment Options.3. Publish your group.
Squidoo is revolutionizing the way philanthropy exists on the web.
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Squidoo Charity Fund Recipients
Past Squidoo Charity Fund recipients have included a collection of worthy recipients. They are listed alphabetically:
- A Day of Hope
- The Acumen Fund
- The American Heart Association
- ASPCA
- The California Community Fund
- Donors Choose
- JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)
- Kiva
- Modest Needs
- Room to Read
- Save the Children
- Tides Foundation
- Veterans for America
The Latest News on the Squidoo Charity Fund
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The Squidoo Answer Deck
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The Squidoo Answer Deck is a series of lenses created by the people who know Squidoo the best, the people who use Squidoo day in and out, the lensmasters.The Squidoo Answer Deck comes from the community experts. There are hundreds of lenses with FAQs, how-to's, tips and tricks about using Squidoo from the Squidoo experts.
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- Squidoo has partnered with dozens of incredible charities and nonprofits, who are leading the Org 2.0 revolution to harness the power of the Internet to raise funds for charity.
- Who are Squidoo's Charities and NonProfit Partners?
- 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.
- Creating a Group to support a charity
- Welcome to Creating a Group to Support a Charity class. Here you will find not only a written tutorial of how to create a group to support a charity, but I've included a video tutorial as well.
Time for a little Q&A
Post your questions on this Squidoo Charity Fund below.
I'll do my best to answer them for you here.
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- hlkljgk hlkljgk Jul 10, 2009 @ 3:20 pm
- thanks for putting this together. it's such a great resource that i feature it here RocketMoms Charity Lenses. i think i featured 3 of your lenses. great resources, really.
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- hesika hesika Sep 25, 2008 @ 2:57 am
- Thank you for this lens. I from the very first beginning donated my royalities to the Squidoo Charity Fund. That is my way to say thank you for the possibility to promote my products here. 5*
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- Christopher_Scott Christopher_Scott Aug 10, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
- Another great lens that explains how the Squidoo Charity Fund works.
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- chefkeem chefkeem Aug 8, 2008 @ 5:53 pm
- Thanks for all the info, Kirsti. *****
P.S. Still stuck?
Drop by our SquidU.com forum. Ask for help, don't be stingy, be sure to smile, and we're betting someone will come to the rescue. Benefiting the Squidoo Charity Fund
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