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AmeriCorps Announces 2023 Volunteer Generation Fund Grants Competition

NonProfit PRO

The Volunteer Generation Fund focuses on investments in volunteer management practices that increase both volunteer recruitment and retention. The 2023 grant competition will fund programs that address the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on students.

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How nonprofits engaged volunteers during the COVID shutdown

ASU Lodestar Center

And *poof*… the volunteers were gone. Students gravitated to online classes. Students gravitated to online classes. As nonprofits limited worker contact, many shuttered or adjusted programs and asked their volunteers to stay away. The first big piece was a survey of volunteer administrators. Restaurants shut down.

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Four Strategies for Effective Nonprofit Volunteer Engagement and Programs

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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead Working with volunteers and including them in your nonprofit’s strategy can be meaningful, challenging, and rewarding, all at the same time. Hear it from a volunteer!

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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

ASU Lodestar Center

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Most researchers agree that low-income earners volunteer less (Wilson, 2012) and Pho (2008) extended this finding to include medium-wage earners. Is there a positive result for organizations that provide stipends for volunteers?

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

We wanted to know how technology use has changed in volunteer management, especially through the pandemic. So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. Talking with Volunteer Administrators.

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our second Impact Lab recently announced the Financial Aid Chatbot to support students as they navigate the FAFSA application. Chief Program Officer, California Volunteers, Office of the Governor. Learn more about the fellows and why they are joining Impact Labs. Clayton Aldern. Data Strategist, Grist. Jacqueline Yannacci.

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Webinar: Welcome Messages That Work

Care2

Emily has been with Care2 since 2007 and has enjoyed working with the teams of Sierra Club, NRDC, American Humane Association, Environmental Defense Fund, The Wilderness Society, Planned Parenthood and many more. A life-long activist, she had volunteered with the Progressive Student Alliance, Amnesty International and Sierra Club.

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