Online social networks and Second Life philanthropy

Thanks to Allison Fine and Beth Kanter - you can add these examples of networked philanthropy to the list that is growing here.

More examples of SL fundraising.

Homeless Avatar - Raising money for homeless teens in Span

http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2007/01/more_about_that.html

Summary of Early Efforts to Fundraise in Second Life (6 months ago, includes ACS)

http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2006/06/nonprofits_in_s.html

Relay for Second Life

http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2006/07/relay_for_life__1.html

Yak Campaign

http://www.nfp2.co.uk/2006/12/21/second-life-success/

World Vision Gift Catalogue

http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2006/12/world_vision_in.html

Some examples of fundraising campaigns mounted in social networking sites ...or as participatory media campaigns -

Street Kids - raised $8,000 from $10 donations from flickr contacts

http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2006/12/help_street_kid.html

Creative Commons Swag Contest - you had to purchase some swag (how they raise annual funds, take a photo of yourself in flickr, winners get Lessig on their answering machine) -- part of an overall annual campaign that raise a lot of money - culminated with a party in Second Life.

http://creativecommons.org/support/contest

Genocide Intervention Network

Witness Video Hub

Kansas City Cultural Center chaired by Jan Kraemer

Sharing Foundation (Note Sharing Foundation's fundraising campaign here started on Beth Kanter's blog down the left side)

And donors look like this:

Kiva

Change.org

Women Donors Network

Kevin Bacon's Six Degrees site

Donors Choose

ChipIn (a widget that can be added to a site) or Network for Good's Sharing Network

Global Giving

http://www.globalgiving.com/

Here is a resource site for additional for additional how-tos/pointers

http://www.first-of-its-kind.org/site/

Beth has a helpful case study of her widget fundraising experience at
http://www.widgetfundraising.org/

And Beth points to Nick Booth's interview and his UK perspective how-tos:

http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2007/01/all_my_widget_f.html

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