Here's the part where I tell you why the help you can give is so important and essential.
Whether it's $20, $50 or $200, what you give makes a big difference that helps sustain us to do this important work, and to keep Scarleteen around and thriving for the young adults who need it and have come to depend on us for compassionate, inclusive and comprehensive sexuality support and information.
We offer the option of one-time donation of any amount, as well as two online recurring donation options of $10 or $20, for those who wish to sustain Scarleteen in an ongoing fashion. Online donations are managed securely via Paypal: donors may give funds via Paypal accounts or may pay with any major credit card or debit card. Receipts will reflect a payment to Paypal/Scarlet Letters. Recurring donors will be automatically rebilled by Paypal, with whatever payment method they chose, each month. You may cancel the recurring donation via Paypal at any time. One-time donors will be charged at whatever amount they choose, only once.
Scarleteen is an independent, comprehensive and inclusive sexuality clearinghouse for young adults which receives no federal, state or local funding. We serve around 25,000 users daily, providing accurate, nonjudgmental and compassionate sexuality information and education via static content, as well as one-on-one advice and counsel via our highly-moderated message boards, our advice columns and our new SMS service. Over the decade we have operated, tens of millions of teens and young adults have found the help they were seeking here.
There is little to nothing else out there on the web quite like Scarleteen. We were the pioneering model for young adult sex education online, founded in December of 1998. We have been applauded and recognized widely: over 1,200 sites currently link to Scarleteen.com, we have been referenced in numerous sex education books, and a large handful of clinics and youth organizations have used our materials for those they serve.
As those who work on the web know, while many services -- including all we offer at Scarleteen -- are free on the user-end, they are not free to provide, especially for a site of this size, depth, heritage and reach. Given the lack of support for teens in general, and the lack of support for comprehensive sex education, we have often operated at a deficit, and have an operating budget that is exceptionally low for the reach and scope of our services. Because the userbase we serve often does not have the means to donate themselves, despite our high traffic of those users, we depend on young adult parents, allies and mentors to help us sustain this service for the teens we all care so much about.
Scarleteen is, and has always been funded primarily by private donations: donations are critical to our survival as an organization. We are fully independent media. If you support what we do, and support the idea that young adults should be able to get accurate, inclusive and caring sexuality information and help when they need it, we ask that you do what you can to help support us in that endeavor.
For information on where your donations for 2009 and 2010 will go click here. For more information on why what we do is so important, click here, take a look at the main site or the message boards, read one of our pieces about your work, such as What Is Feminist sex Education? or A Calm View from the Eye of the Storm, or find out more general information about us here.
If a financial contribution is not possible for you, please consider helping in other ways.
We are always in need of volunteer writers for new content, grantwriters, illustrators, sexual health and sexuality consultants, help with fundraising and promotion, and volunteers for our busy message boards; we are in need of those who have skills in locating possible grants and writing grant applications, help with backend development, and assistance in being sure the information we have here is as current and accurate as possible. If you'd like to volunteer, please fill out and return our volunteer application which you can find here. If you would prefer the application in a word or PDF document, just email us and we'll get it to you. Thanks so much!
A very special thanks to those who have generously donated their time, efforts or dollars to help sustain and support Scarleteen in our work. We couldn't do it without you!
donations over $1000 or volunteer equivalent
Carol Queen & Robert Lawrence • Cory Silverberg • Anonymous • The Eleanor Fund • Clare Sainsbury • Nathanael Nerode • Jane Duvall • Kaari Busick • Agrimony Photography
donations over $500 or volunteer equivalent
L. Lee Butler • Chloe Blokker-Dalquist • Audra Estrones Williams, Lefty Lucy • Ken Davenport • Kristina Wright • Todd Belton • Debra Hyde • Sabrina Dent • Gray Miller and family, Satorimedia • Richard Fraser • Becca Nelson • The Bryant-Lake Bowl • Al Pontyondy-Smith • Anonymous
donations over $100 or volunteer equivalent
Jen and Laurel Chance • Frances Hocutt • Jean Rossner, in memory of Barbara Seaman • Tracy Omagbemi • Beyond the Birds and Bees • Amy Gibby • Nicole Erny • Lisa Miya-Jervis, Bitch Magazine • Molly Bennett and Holly Hanson • Elise Matthiesen • Barbara Sher • Lisa Richards • Kythryne Aisling and Amy Linari • Yvette McDonald • The LiveJournal Polyamory Community • West Delta Ladies' Club • Harriet Culver • Heather Spear & Dykes Do Drag • Sarah Larsen • Jaco and Ingrid • Frank and Lisa Richards • Chris Bridges • Becca Nelson • Aaron Hawkins • Kerry Nancarrow • eCrush • Erin Karper • Louise Lalonde • Sarah Riley • Caro Buccheim • Lisa D. Link • David K. • Soapbox Girls • Zaedryn Meade
donations over $50 or volunteer equivalent
Robert Selverstone, Ph.D • Katie Saddlemire • In memory of Bettie Page • Lolita Wolf • Karoline Gostl • The Beltane Papers • Rebecca Pearson • Ronald Nigh • Nathan and Cheryl Sherman • Stacy Bias, Technodyke.com • Babeland • Linda Morgan • Ann Will • Kristina Detmer • Anonymous from Alberta, Canada • Chris Hall • Elizabeth Wood
donations over $10 or volunteer equivalent
S. Bear Bergman in honor of Hanne Blank • Jennifer Jaynes • Gayle Bird Designs • David Chess • Sara Astruc • Melissa McCarthy • Lynn Hansen • Elizabeth Lundsten • Katie Mihaly • Stephanie Levi • Newt Ashman • Debra Mansperger • Susannah Indigo • Uther • Anne Semans and Cathy Winks • Early to Bed
Want your recent donation to be listed here? Email us! We like to recognize those who help sustain us, but also respect the need for privacy. If you would like to be included on our donors page, please let us know in the comments field of your donation, or by contacting us through email. If you do not include that wish, we will assume you would prefer to be an anonymous donor and will not include your name in our list.
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