Whether you are into social media networks or not, Squidoo is a must-use idea for nonprofits, social entrepreneurs and everyday people trying to help raise funds for their venture.  By simply creating a lens (a.k.a. page) about your passions you can raise money from Squidoo’s profit-sharing advertising and donation modules.

For those of you that didn’t read my last article, I do social media marketing for Ashoka. A few months ago I setup their main lens (see below). I also created other lenses that would help inform people about Ashoka’s initiatives like Youth Venture and Social Entrepreneurship. These lenses were great successes in that they informatively granted access to pictures, videos and the true emotion behind these initiatives.

To learn more about charities on Squidoo, visit Squidoo’s own lens on the subject. The Community & Charity Organizer lens starts the list of the Top 15 Social Entrepreneurs, Businesses and Ideas on Squidoo.

Squidoo
Community & Charity Organizer on Squidoo

Social Entrepreneurship
Ashoka
GreenSkeptics – donates to the Acumen Fund
Surgance

Philanthropy
Save the Children
FundingLydia
Buttons of Hope
SafeHouse Outreach
Calvin’s Hats – donates to March of Dimes

Health
MedicalMissionTrip
Food for Everyone Foundation
Action Against Hunger

Environment
TheGreenerMe
Megal – donates to Ecotrust, EnviroCorps
HomeMadeEnergy

Don’t forget to check out SocialEarth’s new lens at squidoo.com/socialearth.

You can also view more philanthropy lenses on Squidoo here. Or visit more green lenses here.

Any Squidoo lenses you want to include? Comment them below.

Contributor Profile: Tristan

Tristan is a social change advocate, writer and social media do gooder. He has worked with Ashoka and Best Buy promoting social entrepreneurship and responsibility.
Twitter: @writerpollock

You might also like

Attention Online Activists! Do You Click for a Cause, and More…? Clicking for a cause is nothing new. Online change-makers have been using Care2.com as their "free...

How-to: Leverage Twitter to Fund Your Favorite Causes, Big and Small If you're in a socially conscious start-up and are seeking innovative venues of funding or just a...

#SocEntChat, the Twitter Chat on Social Entrepreneurship The following is a guest post by Tom Dawkins, Digital Marketing Strategist of Ashoka. -- Twitter...

Welcome to the New SocialEarth Website Redesign Today, May 27th, is the official launch of the SocialEarth website redesign. After a couple weeks of...