Vision: Have millions of professional services volunteers (PSVs) in our directory for donors to sponsor that work millions of hours each month to improve their local charities and receive student debt financial repayment for their time.

Mission: Solve the world's student debt crisis while also solving the critical need of professional service help for charities to improve their organization’s productivity, efficiency, etc.

Charity For Student Debt (CSD) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) in good IRS status since 2009. We are dedicated to securing financial student loan debt freedom for professionals that have a large amount of student loan debt. We do this by enabling our professionals, from within our directory, to be paid up to $25/hour toward their student loan company, for providing their skills to a local charity that the donor helps to choose. Donors give money and get a tax write-off. Donors choose a region, a giving amount, and a charity sector. Charity for Student Debt selects pre-screened professionals within our directory system that will use the donation given (minimum of $1,000 before 1 person goes through project) - to pay for a pre-defined work project that a charity desperately needs. Donors keep up with progress through blog journaling by all actively working PSVs in our system.



Donors receive twice the benefit for their annual donation through our unique giving model. A local charity gets professional services from highly educated people with lots of student loan debt and the PSV that racked up all that student debt, can get paid $25/hour to spend with that local charity in their spare time to solve specific, measurable problems. CSD takes 20% of the transaction for operational fees while 80% of all donations goes directly to the student loan company. Donors are asbolutely assured their money is being used to help the local community they choose. The PSV gets their loan debt paid off for their time and a charity gets an important project worked on at zero financial cost to the charity. We think it is a brilliant model that will change the world for the better!

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Our goal is to obtain at least 300 interested volunteers, 20 partner non profits, and $10,000 in donations to pilot two projects in Washington DC and Dallas TX. Be the first to sign up as volunteer and help us get this project off the ground!

News Updates:

• We were chosen at the Organization of the Month on a Fundraising Blog - view blog posting here.
• We are partnering with a great DC non profit - For Love of Children (www.floc.org).
• The law firm Hunton and Williams (www.hunton.com) has agreed to provide legal work pro bono! Thank you David and Frank!
  
• We have 5 generous donors who have agreed to be sponsors so far!
  
• We are being contacted by non profits left and right and plan to have a large pool of volunteer activities for our volunteers to choose from
  
• We are in discussions with a person in South Africa who wants to start up a Charity for Debt "franchise" for her community.

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For Donors
If you are looking for a new, innovative way to donate to the local community and see the direct results of your dollars, then you should consider Charity For Debt. Your money will help a person get out of debt and help the community. Your benefits include:

• Tax writeoff for you or your business
• Help a student repay their college loan
• Help a local non profit by funding a paid, dedicated volunteer
• Receive weekly updates from your sponsored student
• Give debt advice and help with student debt
• See direct results from your dollars
• Create goodwill for your company
• Promotion and marketing for your brand

For Students & Alumni
If you are a student and you have debt from college, then volunteer your time with Charity for Debt and earn money to pay off your student loan while contributing to something positive for your community. You get:

• Tax free money paid directly to your student loan
• Repayment of your student loan (up to $20/hour)
• Get debt advice and help from your sponsor
• Chance to help out a local non profit
• Warm and fuzzy feeling by doing something good in the world
• Opportunity to build a relationship with sponsoring donors
• Something positive to add to your resume
• An online portfolio of your accomplishments

For Non Profits
If you are a non profit or charity you probably have quite a hard time finding and keeping volunteers on staff. Charity For Debt can help bring you paid, consistent volunteers, here is what we do:

• Bring a large pool of paid volunteers to you
• Let you pick the best volunteers
• Track volunteers in our database
• Build new relationships with paid volunteers
• Let our donors become closer to your mission
• Spend less time searching for volunteers
• Promote your cause on our website

"My name is Stephanie McCandless and I love the idea of this project. This is a great way to give back to the community and get my student loan debt paid off quickly. I also get to build a great relationship with my sponsoring donor who has coached me on debt management and finance advice.

Make sure you sign up for the project early. They are just taking 50 students in the initial pilot program."
~ Stephanie McCandless