Research

• Volunteering in America -- 2008

Through this website managed by the Corporation for National and Community Service, you can quickly and easily access the latest volunteering trends, statistics, tools, resources, and information for the nation, U.S. regions, states, and major cities. You will also be able to see how states and cities rank on different factors related to volunteering.

• Capitalizing on Volunteers’ Skills: Volunteering in America by Occupation -- 2008

USA Freedom Corps and the Corporation for National and Community Service continue to put a strong emphasis on pro bono volunteering as a strategic and cost-effective way to tap into the skills of volunteers and reinvent the way they serve with nonprofits.  Capitalizing on Volunteers’ Skills looks at the prevalence of volunteering among people in various occupations and, for the first time, shows how often they use their occupational skills when they volunteer.  The brief is designed to help broaden and deepen public and private sector partnerships, and allow nonprofits to take full advantage of the skills their volunteers have to offer.

• Volunteering for Impact: Best Practices in International Corporate Volunteering -- 2008

Commissioned by the Brookings Institution and Pfizer, Inc., compiled by FSG Social Impact Advisors

• 2008 Deloitte Volunteer Impact Survey – 2008
  
• Effective Capacity Building in Nonprofit Organizations -- 2001

Prepared for Venture Philanthropy Partners by McKinsey & Company

Analysis

• How to Get an Extra $1-Billion From Business

By Evan Hochberg, From the Chronicle of Philanthropy issue dated October 12, 2006

• Got Skills? Corporate volunteering is becoming less about envelope stuffing and more about letting employees apply their specific skills.

By Chris Penttila, From Entrepreneur Magazine, September 2006

• Volunteer and Release Time Issue Brief

Prepared by Businesses for Social Responsibility, 2003

• Top 7 Trends Affecting Employee Volunteer Programs

Prepared by Points of Light Institute, 2006

• Business Owners Give Abundantly and Altruistically

Prepared by SunTrust Bank Private Wealth Management, 2008

• MBA’s Lift Nonprofit Sector

By Sarah Murray, Financial Times (ft.com), July 28, 2008

Links

• Idealist - -Visit Idealist’s Volunteer Management Resource Center to find resources on recruiting and managing skilled volunteers in your organization.
  
• Points of Light & Hands On Network – Visit the Points of Light & Hands On Network to find research, best practices, and other resources related to employee volunteer programs.
  
• Pro Bono Action Tank – Led by the Taproot Foundation, PBAT serves as a resource center for pro bono guidance, publishes standards, best practices, and other resources.
  
• VolunteerMatch – VolunteerMatch has gathered several research studies involving employee volunteering, community involvement, social responsibility and corporate citizenship.