170 Charities Contacted / Black Market Value of SSN and DOB

Last night, I finished writing to as many former Squidoo charities as I could. Some nonprofit organizations were no longer in existence, some had websites "under construction", and some had no contact email. I noticed that a few people from these charities signed our petition and so I'm sending out a heartfelt thanks to all of them. It means more than you know. Another charity personally responded to me with this: "Hello, Rose, Thank you for writing. The amount of donations we received was perhaps less than ten cents each month. I was not sure how that worked. We have received no donations for several years." And so, I replied: "Thank you for responding. Writers on Squidoo had the option to have royalties be automatically sent to the charities of their choice. We didn't have any means to verify IF the charities actually received this money. And sadly, when news first broke about Squidoo being sold to HubPages, I discovered Seth Godin had plans to donate "any monies in reserve under $25" to the Acumen Fund (where HE was – and still is – an advisor). This money belonged to the writers who wanted some (or all) of their earnings to benefit charity. Source: http://searchenginewatch.com/sew/news/2361066/seth-godin-s-squidoo-acquired-by-hubpages#