Bristol Palin makes bank as abstinence ambassador!

Bristol Palin really is raking in the big bucks!

The former Dancing With The Stars contestant and daughter of former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin was paid $262,500 for advocating against teen pregnancy in 2009.

The Candie’s Foundation, a nonprofit organization that seeks to raise awareness of teen pregnancy and parenting issues, reported Bristol Palin’s earnings to the Internal Revenue Service.

“We know that Ms. Palin’s work has had a positive effect on creating awareness about teen pregnancy,” Ali Tyrangel, a spokeswoman for the foundation, said in a statement.

Tyrangel said an independent survey of 1,000 teens comparing Bristol Palin public-service announcements with those of another organization using non-famous teens found that the Palin spots were much more powerful and attention-getting.

“Bristol Palin has been a courageous and powerful partner to the Foundation as we attempt to discourage teen pregnancy,” she said.

Representatives for Candie’s and Bristol Palin could not immediately be reached for comment.

Bristol, then 18, was pregnant during the 2008 presidential campaign and her son was born in the month after the election. She and the boy’s father, Levi Johnston, had a much-publicized breakup.

Bristol recently signed a book deal.

Publisher William Morrow, an imprint of Harper Collins, said the tome is an “intimate, behind-the-scenes look” at Bristol’s life.

The book will hit shelves later this year. The company declined to say how much the deal was worth.

“In [her book] Not Afraid of Life, Bristol gives readers an intimate behind-the-scenes look at her life for the first time, from growing up in Alaska to coming of age amid the media and political frenzy surrounding her mother’s political rise,” said the publisher in a statement.