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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

A report from the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity (CELO) and The Allstate Foundation explores how Gen Z is expanding the definition of “community service” and seeking to maximize impact—for themselves and the communities they serve. reported for “informal helping.”

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Tips to strengthen your volunteer program and empower member volunteers

Nimble AMS

A nd learn volunteer empowerment strategies to try out at your organization! PEAK Grantmaking ’s vol unteer program success story PEAK Grantmaking is a community of 7,000 professionals working to advance e ffective and equitable grantmaking practices. Like many associations, PEAK Grantmaking benefits from the work of member volunteers.

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Changing lives through financial empowerment

ASU Lodestar Center

the resources to financial literacy known in our communities. Learning to save and budget money isn’t something that comes naturally to most of us, but is rather a learned skill set. Moreover, many parents feel. uncomfortable talking to their children about money, so where are young. people supposed to go for information?

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Citizen Philanthropy: Delivering Impactful Pro Bono Support From Anywhere

Saleforce Nonprofit

Bringing skilled volunteers together in person with passionate and integrated local organisations around the world was how V2I worked towards their mission of helping global communities break the cycle of poverty. Clearly, the V2I team needed a quick pivot to a new way to achieve their mission. Anna-Sophie Oertzen.

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Interview with Lindsay Gruber: Building Corporate Resilience through Pro Bono Volunteerism

Saleforce Nonprofit

Personally, I’ve learned a lot from seeing how Salesforce employees give back to their communities. Our employees use it to connect with their purpose, and help lift the communities around them. Taproot connects nonprofits and other social change organizations with skilled volunteers sharing their expertise pro bono.

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4 Ways Pro Bono Service Impacts Volunteers, Companies, Nonprofits & Schools

Saleforce Nonprofit

Empowerment is the greatest form of impact. Effective pro bono volunteer programs — also known as skills-based volunteering — are built upon this idea. For volunteers, it enables skills development, and improves wellbeing by connecting their work with their purpose. Nonprofits and Schools Access Skills and Resources.

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

It is my hope that you will be able to implement these lessons to increase the efficacy of your own board, furthering its ability to serve your organization as well as your communities. This proved to be a wonderful way to share nationally AbilityFirst’s empowerment philosophy. After five years, we finally balanced the budget.

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