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20 Free Icon Sets for Non-Profits

By Monique / August 15, 2011

The quickest shortcut to making your website look polished is to use icons. These little pictures, plenty of which are cheap or free, look way better than anything most mortals can do with Photoshop. A little pop of color, used judiciously, can help bring life to bland webpages. Coordinated sets of icons also make pages look like you put a modicum of thought into how the out-put looks. And, importantly, visitors are more likely act based off a compelling picture rather than a chunk of text.

So stop snagging any old picture off Google Image Search (naughty, naughty!). Here is a list of free icon sets guaranteed to make any non-profit’s webpage better, whether you’re into donations, social media, activism, environment, or health and human services. Have you seen anything I’ve left off? Leave a link in the comments.

Donations

Donate Now Buttons

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Donate Now Buttons

Festive Donate Buttons

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Festive Donate Icons

Open Source Icons (including money icons)

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Open Source Icons

Themed Fundraising Buttons for Email

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Themed Fundraising Buttons

Credit Card and PayPal Icons

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Credit Card Images

Social Media

Vector Social Media Icon Set

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Vector Social Media Icons

Scribble Social Icon Set

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WG Social Media Icons

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WG Social Media Icons

Double J Social Media Balloons

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Social Media Balloons

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Buddycons

Health and Human Services

Fruit/Food Bank Icons

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Paradise Cherry Icons

Education Icons

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Bitty Education Icons

Jana free baby icon set

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Parenting/baby icons

People & Disability Icons

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People and Disability Icons

Medical Toolbar Icons

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Medical Toolbar Icons

Environment

Environment Icons

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Environment Icons

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Ecology Icons

Recycling Icons

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Recycling Icons

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Weather Icons

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Water Icons

Activism

Endangered Animal Icons

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Endangered Animals Icons

Sign Up Petition Icon

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Sign the Petition Icon

World Flag Icons

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World Flag Icons

Military and War Icons

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War Icons

Multi-ethnic People Icons

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Multi-ethnic People Icons

Themed Fundraising Buttons for Email

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