半工半讀，獨力支出，未接受任何捐款。經費來源： 企業演講、獲獎獎金、電子商務、企業智庫、傳記寫作、人文攝影、網站設計及獎學金，2001年至今約支出800多萬元，不足款委請母親暫墊。
To support all the projects, she has been working and studying simultaneously. Without receiving any contributions, her sources of funding includes giving speeches to schools/industry groups, writing biographies, photographing, establishing websites and receiving scholarships. She has given 8 millions so far, where the inadequate part was temporarily aided by her mother.
Taiwan agricultural products online marketing platform ─Shen Hsin-Ling grew up in Yunlin County since her childhood, and her ancestors are all tenant-farmers from every generation, she had experienced how the low price of fruit kept farmers in poverty, therefore she established this fruit selling website for the farmers, and it was a great success that had helped dozens of farmers selling more than 130 kilograms fruit and making local teaching materials, creating a precedent for e-Agriculture.
Anan Free Education Website─Compile more than 100 thousand of multivariate learning materials for junior high and elementary school students, enrich digital media videos data pool in subjects like Chinese, English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Humanities, History and Geography, and more than 30 thousands e-testing papers, establishing this famous platform in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan had helped more than 6 million students in their studying, and the pages are viewed more than 130 million times on the internet.
Local Taiwan Portraits ─Shen Hsin-Ling has been visited all over the places in Taiwan, All together accumulated 200 thousand kilometers distance from the top of the mountains to the sea coasts. (Equal to traveling around the island 168 times.), shooting the 「Taiwanese grassroots portrait」. She has recorded almost 300 thousand photos and field research scripts in around 100 thousand words. Her works have been exhibited in Duke University, America; Google headquarters in Silicon Valley, California; 2008 Olympics, Beijing; Indian School of Design, Japan JPCA SHOW, Macau HKUST and Taipei Arena, the website page was viewed over 5.6 million times.
Sunshine Generation Free Classroom─Free English Teaching Free tutoring after school was not popular in earlier times, the tuition of summer time cram school had become so many parents' burden, summer school therefore generated and had taught 75 students whose families couldn't afford the tuition of cram school, and it had been documented into books and its impact was nationwide, opened up a new page for free teaching custom in Taiwan.
The Orange Campaign ─Speak for orange farmers and impel the government to found an emergency measure for agricultural products: 「95% mechanism.」 The website was established when the price of one orange was lower than 1 dollar, and launched 「The Orange Campaign」 for the farmers, impelled the government to found an mechanism that the products would be directly purchased when the price was lower than 95% of its costs, and the price in the market was stabilized 3 times than original situation, this mechanism was then applied to unmarketable cabbages, bananas and persimmons to protect farmers' rights and interests.
Formosa Creation and Art Exhibition of Teenagers─ This exhibition had been held twice and had founded 112 teenagers for their creation and in Cultural Center Exhibition Hall, building up confidence of so many teenagers who were from financially disadvantaged families. And suggested the government to found 「Teenagers' creation month」 and to establish international creation platform, promoting creation in Taiwan could be seen worldwide.
Love of Hometown ─E-dictionary Donation In some countryside or mountain area where kids can not have adequate leaning resources, to change this, real human voice E-dictionary is a start, 1,600 or so E-dictionaries have been donated to remote areas to shorten the gap of information between city and countryside.
A Brand New World─Free glasses for the needy Taiwan, as a kingdom of myopia, there are so many kids who come from families which can't afford the glasses therefore learning gap between city and countryside is generated, free glasses, optometry and adjustment for kids raised by grandparents, single parents or foreign parents, suggest government to subsidy those kids who need glasses but cannot afford, many people respond to this proposal.
Learning Website for Foreign wives in Taiwan ─ To establish website platform, offering new immigrants free resources such as learning videos, license examination simulation on line, living conditions and legal counsel, helping hundreds of thousands of new immigrants and new naturalized people.
Declaration of Cambodia's Education ─Initiate E-world leadership, hand-in-hand program and declaration of education, hoping to integrate humanitarian aids from all over the world, starting from education, medication and basic construction, helping children in Cambodia to accept education and hopefully one day no longer suffer from poverty.
Seniors' Stories in Taiwan─Interviewing Hundreds of Centenarians Interviewing hundreds of centenarians who was born in 10/ 20 ROC calendar, to collect their wishes and stories and write into their biographies, to make smiling Taiwan map and plan on publishing in the future, making E-books and teaching materials, to pass the vitalities in Taiwan on through generations.
Naluwan Ancestral Spirits─ Record of Taiwan Aboriginals Within 12 years, visiting 14 tribes in Taiwan for more than 100 times, which includes Tao's Flying Fish Festival in Lanyu, Bunun's Ear Festival in Taitung, Atayal's Harvest Festival in Ilan, Paiwan's Harvest Festival in Pingtung, Amis's Sea Festival in Hualien, Siraya's Dynasty Night Festival, Atayal's Harvest Festival in Miaoli and Tsou's War Festival in Alishan, to record more than 10 thousands of photographs and dictated histories, and make digital learning materials to pass the aboriginal cultures on though generations.
Taiwanese grassroots portrait ─Shen Hsin-Ling has been visited all over the places in Taiwan, All together accumulated 200 thousand kilometers distance from the top of the mountains to the sea coasts. (Equal to traveling around the island 168 times.), shooting the 「Taiwanese grassroots portrait」. She has recorded almost 300 thousand photos and field research scripts in around 100 thousand words. Her works have been exhibited in Duke University, America; Google headquarters in Silicon Valley, California; 2008 Olympics, Beijing; Indian School of Design, Japan JPCA SHOW, Macau HKUST and Taipei Arena, the website page was viewed over 2.8 million times.
眼前社會亂象紛沓、是非混淆，充斥著扭曲的價值觀，耳濡目染之中，會出現什麼樣的下一代？所謂「不辦教育，將蓋監獄」，台灣長期注重學科教育，易忽略「品格教育」是同等重要。安安網站前十年致力學科建置與推廣，累積許多成果並啟發各界投入。接著十年打造「6E品格教育工程」(The Six Es of Character Education)，彙編國內外三千部動畫影片、七十萬字教案、試卷與學習單，啟動全國368鄉鎮巡迴品格演講列車，深訪校園巡講，共營學養兼備的世代。
Education for the Underprivileged Youth
6E Personality Education
What kind of talents will be needed for Taiwan after 10, 20 years? Most of all, characteristics (character education) will be the most essential element. The Six Es of Character Education has been collecting thousands of videos, trivia games, stories, and digital learning material for experiencing life. It also aims to cultivate new hope for the next generation in Taiwan.
2030 State of Taiwan People and Society White Paper
Through surveys, field research, and data analysis, the goal for this project is to study important social issues on several fields, such as economic development and trades, social benefits, agricultural policies, education and culture, and multicultural education in Taiwan.
HOPE 1132 Schools in Remote Countries Life Education Lecture Tour
1,132，statistically, is the number of schools in remote places in Taiwan. In reality, it means the places where the kids who desire to go to school (or to receive education). Hsin-Ling Shen, who has being a character in the textbook, has traveled through Taiwan main island, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, Green Land and Lanyu, while she visited many schools in remoted places. She initiated this Enlightenment Project to help kids to open their mind, change their attitude to life, and to create new opportunity through sharing her one sentence and one concept.
It has been compiled from the visits of 7,853 villages by Hsing-Lin Shen since 8 years ago. The goal of this project is to preserve the local culture and history through the Local Taiwan Portraits, to establish digital collections and databases, and to share them internationally
"Not only is she
a whiz at her studies, but she's also
become a great role model. In this day
of greedy capitalism, excessive
individualism and loose morals, Shen Xin-Ling
seems like an angel that fell out of
heaven."（她不僅在學業上是神童，也是最佳楷模，當今世界盛行貪婪的資本主義、鬆散的道德標準，沈芯菱好比從天堂掉落凡間的天使）——Time
for Students (《時代雜誌》)
"Her story is already familiar to
students in Taiwan as her
accomplishments have been lionised in
many textbooks schools across the island
used to teach Chinese, English and civic
education."（她的故事編入台灣許多教科書的封面，例如國文、英文和公民教育，家喻戶曉的名字）─《South
China Morning Post香港南華早報》
"Have you ever thought about making
the world a better place but always fail
to do so because you lack the strong
belief that one person can actually make
a difference? Then Shen Hsin-Ling's
story is one you should hear. Elementary
and high school students can now read
about her exploits in
textbooks."（你是否曾想讓世界變得更好，卻不相信獨自力量而放棄行動？那麼你必須聽聽沈芯菱的故事，現在台灣的國高中學生，都在教科書中讀到她的事蹟）——The
China Post《英文中國郵報》
"For most young people, computers and
the Internet are there for video games,
shopping, or homework. However, for
20-year-old Shen Hsin-ling, her computer
is not just a tool or something used for
work and fun. It is also a way to help
those in
need."（對多數年輕人而言，電腦是用來玩電動、購物或寫功課，但是對20歲的沈芯菱而言，科技不只是個工具，更能用來幫助需要的人）——AMC
English
「就像是諾貝爾獎社會企業家尤努斯（Muhammad
Yunus）在年近40歲回到故鄉，發現貧窮的底層工作者，因為缺乏生產資本，被高利貸剝削，因而設立了窮人銀行。才21歲的沈芯菱，深刻思索貧窮背後結構性不公義，她不是用理論去批判，而是用行動力去改變。」——《商業週刊》〈八O後〉年度特刊封面人物
「不到二十歲的她，已靠自身力量賺得三百多萬元新台幣，並且投入公益，獲得「公益美少女」稱譽，她相信人可以超脫出生環境，實現夢想。」──《讀者文摘Reader's
Digest》仁勇風範人物
「她為貧苦人家的孩子樹立了突破現狀的好榜樣，同時也提醒了富貴人家的孩子，必須把握因緣，認清方向，努力向上。那便不論是出身在貧富貴賤的那一種家庭，都會走出光明遠大的路來。」——法鼓山創辦人聖嚴法師
「白先勇用小說紀錄中國戰亂世代漂泊的靈魂，他著急的是，如何讓傳統文化發光發熱。沈芯菱用相機記錄台灣上一輩的滄桑臉孔，她在意的是，如何讓底層弱勢被大家看見。用筆也好，用相機也好，他們都是紀錄幸福的史官。」—天下雜誌500期年度專刊
「讓我驚嘆的不是芯菱在電腦上的『戰績』，因為電腦奇才英雄出少年並非少見。我好奇的卻是出身平凡、家境困窘的女孩，小小年紀已經發展出『用鍵盤打造知識公益、用滑鼠彌平社會斷層』的理想家思維，這樣的格局和胸懷甚且讓大人們汗顏！」——知名主播沈春華
「11歲就投入公益，
用鍵盤和滑鼠改善世界-老天爺雖然沒給沈芯菱富有的家境，卻給了她聰明的腦袋，及運用資訊的天賦。」—遠見雜誌314期
「縱觀其公益與公義的奉獻，以年少赤誠的心、無私的付出，不畏艱苦、勇於挑戰，成就了價值不俗、價質不凡，不趨炎附勢，以溫柔的革命，帶來成千上萬的影響力，儼然成為社會清新的代表「為偏遠學生設免費教學網站，將百萬酬勞全部用於公益，這些行為不是來自大人或大企業，卻是來自一個出身弱勢的女孩--草根孩子跳上貧火線」——《天下雜誌》400期年度專刊
「沈芯菱從國中起便靠自身力量實踐公益，不曾接受外界捐款，擁有高知名度及全國聲望，但未曾迷失及陶醉其中，精神與勇氣殊值肯定。」─中華民國總統府新聞稿
〈影響總統施政民意因素在重大事件中之探討〉
〈高科技中小企業創新策略、成功關鍵與績效關聯之探討〉
〈臺灣總體經濟受油電雙漲之影響程度分析〉
〈美國總統布希、柯林頓與歐巴馬之兩岸政策對台影響〉
〈中、越、印三國新移民配偶對台灣認同價值之研究〉
〈海峽兩岸經濟合作架構協議(ECFA)對台灣就業市場之衝擊〉
〈小泉與安倍政府之台日經貿合作關係比較〉
〈酒矸倘賣無？台灣拾荒老人與資源回收現況探討〉
〈後WTO時代台灣農業發展變遷與願景〉
〈從十二年國教政策執行反思台灣教育困境與出路〉
〈台灣貧富差距現象成因與對策〉
〈Comparisons of the factors influencing
President's Approval Rating among Major
Events〉
〈Investigation on hi-tech SME innovation
strategies, keys to success and
connections of performances〉
〈The effect of the U.S. president Buch,
Clinton and Obama's cross-strait policy
to Taiwan〉
〈Comparisons on the economic and trade
collaboration and relationship between
Japan and Taiwan under administration of
Japanese prime ministers Koizumi and
Abe〉
〈Analysis on the impact of higher gas
and electricity rates on Taiwan
macroeconomics〉
〈Investigation on the recognition values
of new immigrants from China, Vietnam
and India〉
〈Alternatives of educating children〉
〈Introspection on educational problems
and solutions of Taiwan from practice of
strategy to the twelve-year public
education program〉
〈The impact of Economic cooperation
framework agreement (ECFA) to Taiwan
employment〉
〈The changes and perspectives of Taiwan
agricultures in pt-WTO era〉
〈The reasons of disparity between the
poor and the rich and related policies〉
