AmeriCorps, Administration for Community Living Partner to Increase Volunteer Opportunities
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 16, 2024
AmeriCorps and the Administration for Community Living have partnered for the development of new volunteer opportunities.
AmeriCorps, Clinton Foundation Host Summit for the Future of National Service
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 25, 2023
26, Bill Clinton and AmeriCorps will convene at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, for a summit for the future of national service. The summit marks the 30th anniversary of the National and Community Trust Act of 1993. On Thursday, Oct.
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AmeriCorps Announces Volunteer Generation Fund Grant Competition
NonProfit PRO
APRIL 10, 2023
AmeriCorps released a notice of funding opportunity for the fiscal year 2023 Volunteer Generation Fund. The Volunteer Generation Fund, open to State Service Commissions, local nonprofit, community, faith-based, tribal, state, and local governments and schools, focuses on investments for volunteer management practices.
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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 31, 2025
Even engaging in whats known as informal helping lending a hand to friends, neighbors, or community members in need, without getting paid or participating in an organized programcan help you in similar ways. 170 billion each year, according to AmeriCorps, the federal agency focused on national and community service.
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Use Case: The Community-Driven Social Impact game for Community Media Centers
Amy Sample Ward
APRIL 5, 2011
Last month, at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , I had the opportunity to run the Community-Driven Social Impact game in a session workshop. One of the participants was Ericha Hager, the Regional Collaborative Coordinator for Community Media Access Partnership. Who was the community that you were working with?
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 6, 2013
Ben Duda is executive director of AmeriCorps Alums and graciously agreed to share some thoughts on this as guest post. Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back. He had spent his AmeriCorps term as a liaison between a mayor’s office and the homeless community, building relationships and creating resources.
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April is National Volunteer Month. Do you know where your volunteers are?
Candid
MARCH 31, 2025
Census Bureau and AmeriCorps, the U.S. These articles explain the role volunteers play in building community relationships and resilience. Beyond fundraising: How building community strengthens nonprofit sustainability. Community relationships strengthen public trust in nonprofits. According to the U.S. in 2022-23.
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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a.
ASU Lodestar Center
MARCH 16, 2011
Disclaimer Wednesday, March 16, 2011 How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man posted by Michael Soto , 2nd Year Fellow – Public Allies Arizona / Arizona Citizens for the Arts Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to serve my country. A few months ago, I was shopping at the local grocery market, wearing my AmeriCorps sweatshirt.
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December 2010 Community Builder’s Chat Wrap-up #CommBuild
Amy Sample Ward
DECEMBER 16, 2010
In this month’s chat,we had some good discussion around social media guildines and online community moderation. Job announcements are permitted only for positions at AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America, and Senior Corps programs; at state commissions; with training and technical assistance providers; and at the Corporation.
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$370 Million In AmeriCorps Grants Available
The NonProfit Times
MAY 28, 2024
AmeriCorps, the national service program that annually matches volunteers with community needs across the country, will award grants totaling more than $370 million to nonprofit and faith-based organizations spanning the public and private sectors for the upcoming fiscal year. 30, said AmeriCorps spokesperson Lucero Gamez.
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Meet AmeriCorps
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 12, 2007
Ben Sheldon 's tweet about picking up some postcards for the new Americorp web site peaked my curiosity. Luckily, Cheryl left me a comment pointing me to the Meet AmeriCorps site. The purpose of the site is: In our opinion, the best part of being in AmeriCorps is meeting other AmeriCorps and VISTA members.
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Proven strategies for engaging and retaining volunteers
Candid
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Census Bureau and AmeriCorps, between September 2020 and September 2021 formal volunteerism across the United States fell to its lowest rate in nearly three decades. the number of community health volunteers or COVID-19 Community Corps grew in response to the pandemic, but that surge has ebbed. According to the U.S.
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6 Strategies to Involve Young People in Your Nonprofit
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 30, 2024
A McKinsey report states, “For Generation Z, as we have seen, the main spur to consumption is the search for truth, in both a personal and a communal form.” Professional jargon is like kryptonite to genuine communication. According to AmeriCorps , “Volunteering was associated with 27% higher odds of employment.”
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Value of volunteer time rose nearly 5 percent in 2020
Candid
APRIL 23, 2021
Bureau of Labor Statistics and uses data from AmeriCorps on volunteer hours. communities; there is evidence, however, that the number of hours volunteered by Americans in 2020 fell due to COVID-19. “As Calculated by the University of Maryland's Do Good Institute , the estimate is based on hourly earnings released by the U.S.
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Nonprofit Data: The Case of NTEN
NTEN
JANUARY 7, 2013
An organization learns to identify outcomes, define indicators, and gather and report data to track its own effectiveness in the community. NTEN’s IT Director Karl Hedstrom has been working with the organization’s dashboard since he first joined as an AmeriCorps Volunteer six years ago. Editorial and Communications Director.
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Comfort vs. Action: The Internal Debate
ASU Lodestar Center
NOVEMBER 15, 2011
AmeriCorps Coordinator. Tan is a Coordinator in ASU’s University Service Learning department, specializing in community partnerships and AmeriCorps programming. Laura earned an MA in Organizational Communication from University of Colorado at Boulder (2007) and a BA in Communication from University of Illinois at Chicago (2004).
Public Allies Arizona: Getting Things Done for America
ASU Lodestar Center
JULY 9, 2014
posted by Annie Bello Graduate Public Allies Arizona I quickly realized that Public Allies was no cop out when we were sworn in as AmeriCorps members. I will bring Americans together to strengthen our communities. I am an AmeriCorps member, and I will get things done. Bring Americans together to strengthen communities.
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Fighting for a cause
ASU Lodestar Center
MAY 29, 2013
I was in Alaska for the summer as an AmeriCorps Summer Crew Leader. It was from a church in the community. Dick has been all over the world volunteering and working with nonprofits to make a difference in the community. how to start a nonprofit Dick Erwin AmeriCorps' A few days went by, and then we got a response.
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7 ways to increase volunteer engagement
Nimble AMS
APRIL 9, 2022
According to AmeriCorps, Americans volunteered an average of 7.8 AmeriCorps estimates the industry of volunteerism to be worth $184 billion. . The questions could also help you learn more about issues that are important in your community. What is the most important work you do for our community through our association? .
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4 Life-Enriching Reasons to Volunteer
Volunteer Hub
JUNE 2, 2021
Volunteering has the power to positively impact the community and provide you with life-changing benefits at the same time. And while these are genuinely worthy and important reasons, it’s also true that volunteering has benefits for the volunteer as well as their community. Further Your Career.
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2023 Top Nonprofit Conferences
Whole Whale
JANUARY 1, 2023
Who attends : Nonprofit communications teams, techies, and some fundraisers. We LOVE the community around this conference. The community is very welcoming and it is clear why many people return year after year. Many organizations involved in the old Hands-On Points of Light and AmeriCorps networks.
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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice
Saleforce Nonprofit
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Recognizing that the effects of climate change aren’t equal, this lab aims to co-design a technology solution to support low-income communities of color that are most impacted by the climate crisis. Impact Labs convenes community experts across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas.
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ASU Lodestar Center
MAY 24, 2011
Disclaimer Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Creating, Building, and Sustaining Nonprofit Communities posted by Hannah Humphrey , Public Allies Arizona Alumna / Outreach Coordinator, Xico What does it mean to be a community organization? Nonprofit professionals use the word "community" a lot. Action in this case really means interaction.
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40 Volunteer Statistics That Will Blow Your Mind
Volunteer Hub
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Our ability to provide our time and expertise can make an immense difference in the world around us and within the communities that we reside. One out of four American’s volunteer, two out of three Americans help their neighbor according to a study performed by The Corporation for National & Community Service.
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Finding Pride in American Service
ASU Lodestar Center
JULY 4, 2011
Not every country exports volunteers in the way our country does — the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, Cross Cultural Solutions, Atlas Corps, Global Leadership Adventures. This year in AmeriCorps, and the lessons learned in regards to How to Be of Service, however, have pushed me to use a different qualifying word for what it is we do: progress.
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How can nonprofits successfully engage the next generation of donors?
ASU Lodestar Center
AUGUST 24, 2022
Leaders must explore internal and external shifts required to diversify an organization based on community needs. Seeking out young community leaders to help recruit those in their networks creates new champions for a mission and potential donors in return. They also want to feel welcome when supporting organizations.
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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth
ASU Lodestar Center
MAY 13, 2020
It has the potential not only to help build or rebuild much-needed community support systems ravaged by this pandemic, but also — if designed intentionally — to be an integral part of the nation’s intergenerational poverty-interruption arsenal. Now should be no different. A massive expansion of service is required to meet today’s challenges.
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Mixed Reality Learning Lab: @techsoup at NCVS
Tech Soup
JULY 9, 2010
This blog post was penned by Evonne Heyning , who works with TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons in Second Life and Community teams. Any good soup is like a scientific experiment — a mix of chemistry, biology, and earth science. We captured a few of those stories on our YouTube channel — special thanks to Josephine for the quick uploads!
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Generosity Commission: Giving, Volunteering And Civil Society Complexities
The NonProfit Times
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
According to data from AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, the formal volunteering rate dropped seven percentage points – from 30% in 2019 to 23% in 2021, the steepest drop since the agency began collecting such data in 2002. The rate of volunteerism, as measured by the Current Population Survey of the U.S.
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110 Nonprofit Management 101 Giveaway: One More Week to Enter!
Tech Soup
MAY 17, 2011
Here are a couple of the great entries we've gotten so far: Justin Haahaeim of Act New Haven discusses the joys of collaborating with a community, even when some members of the community are harder to work with than others. Please visit the site to view this media).
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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Crafting a Successful Third Generation.
ASU Lodestar Center
JUNE 8, 2011
One way they do this is by building mutually beneficial relationships with businesses that are also interested in positively impacting local communities. Angie Harmon, Freeport-McMoRan : Strong nonprofits are essential to the viability and sustainability of communities. Research Friday Guest Post: "State of the Sector.
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Guest Post: Why it’s worth allowing volunteers to lead (even when it’s uncomfortable)
Twenty Hats
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
We educated the volunteers about community challenges, provided them with project planning and leadership development training, and then asked the volunteers to come up with solutions to those challenges. The result? It is a pleasure watching the volunteer lead with purpose, determination, and creativity. And for me, that is the good stuff.
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Research Friday: Corporate Volunteer Programs: Synergy in Business and Nonprofit Actions
ASU Lodestar Center
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
She previously served a term for AmeriCorps with an adult literacy program in Flagstaff. The hours of unpaid labor afforded by such programs is the obvious contribution to the nonprofit organization. Often overlooked, however, are the many benefits that can be provided to the corporation. Sources: Brudney, J. and Meijs, L.
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How can nonprofits leverage volunteer engagement strategies to maximize impact?
ASU Lodestar Center
MARCH 3, 2020
By effectively managing and engaging volunteers, organizations can save costs, increase community support, and build their capacity to operate efficiently and sustainably. These volunteers can help to lead others in service delivery or assume management duties such as recruiting additional volunteers at community events. Conclusion.
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How can nonprofit organizations improve accountability to the populations they serve?
ASU Lodestar Center
AUGUST 28, 2017
The complex accountability relationships facing nonprofit organizations include responsibilities to donors, clients, community partners, staff members and volunteers. Natalia Winberry completed her undergraduate studies at Beloit College in 2007 and started her career in 2008 as an AmeriCorps VISTA in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Dashboards: Track Your Organizational Progress
NTEN
APRIL 16, 2009
When I started at NTEN back in 2006 as an AmeriCorps Volunteer, my first task was to sort through a pile of returned mail and fix bad addresses. If your organization hasn't spent much time developing a dashboard, let our experience be your guide. My second task was to take charge of our Organizational Dashboard. So what did we change?
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15 Historical Nonprofit Moments You Should Know
Whole Whale
MARCH 21, 2022
The first community foundation was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914. Creation of Americorps in 1993 under Clinton administration with the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993. The Revenue Act of 1917 created the individual income tax deduction for charitable gifts during WW1 when tax rates were rising.
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Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 30, 2013
Managing intellectual capital usually includes the development of wikis, communities of practice, expertise databases, and other repositories of all sorts… but let’s pause here and not get ahead of ourselves (trust me, it’s easy to do!) Instead, make sure you are offering personalized outlets to stimulate both feedback and questions.
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MAY 9, 2011
Having access to this information through social media is one very large reason I believe that todays youth are becoming more involved with giving back to their communities. Through volunteering I have learned that so many people in my community need various kinds of help and assistance. I love this post Brittany! It's so true!
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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How to Start a Nonprofit Organization.
ASU Lodestar Center
JUNE 1, 2011
Are there other organizations in the community that do what it is I propose to do? Each of these nonprofit organizations strives to serve a perceived need in the community. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. So, lets say youve chosen the nonprofit route.
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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access
Non Profit Quarterly
DECEMBER 14, 2021
We need hands on deck, so having to close our volunteer program was a challenge for us—emotionally, losing such a large part of our community—but we also had to find a way to keep them connected so that they would come back when our doors reopened. And so, we kind of scrambled to learn things like Zoom. Talking with Volunteer Administrators.
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17 Historical Nonprofit Moments You Should Know
Whole Whale
JUNE 19, 2024
In 2024 and beyond, as our societies and communities absorb dramatic changes in in our democracies, how we orient around social justice, and how technology impacts our daily lives—understanding the history of the nonprofit sector is more important than ever. The first community foundation was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914.
Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Hatch Introduce Serve America Act of 2008 at Service Nation Summit
Have Fun - Do Good
SEPTEMBER 12, 2008
Some of the elements of the Act are: Build on the AmeriCorps and create new "Corps" focused on areas of national need. Improve opportunities for low income young people to be of service in their communities. They will be joined by Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS), Senator Hilary Clinton (D-NY) and Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT).
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