What is the Squidoo Charity Fund?

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!

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.

Please be sure that you submit a quality lens to generate funds for the Squidoo Charity Fund.

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.

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.

Please be sure that you create a quality group that gets a lot of traffic to generate funds for the Squidoo Charity Fund.

Squidoo is revolutionizing the way philanthropy exists on the web.

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.

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.

This lens benefits the Squidoo Charity Fund, created for lensmasters who want to donate their royalties to charity, but can't decide where to send them.

Doesn't that make you feel good?

Image: Squid Donating. © Kirsti A. Dyer. Some Rights Reserved.