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AmeriCorps Announces Volunteer Generation Fund Grant Competition

NonProfit PRO

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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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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Proven strategies for engaging and retaining volunteers

Candid

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. in 2022-23 , its worth asking: What are the drivers behind Americans volunteering less, and how can we boost volunteer retention? For example, in the U.S.

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Generosity Commission: Giving, Volunteering And Civil Society Complexities

The NonProfit Times

By Paul Clolery Making a donation to charity or volunteering time would seem to be relatively simple acts. The Commission today released its three years in the making report “Everyday Actions, Extraordinary Potential: The Power of Giving and Volunteering.” The report is targeted at a wide swath of America. “

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40 Volunteer Statistics That Will Blow Your Mind

Volunteer Hub

Take a look at these 40 volunteer statistics…they will blow you away. Check out the following 40 volunteer statistics. Each demonstrates the impact of volunteerism and volunteer management on the world around us. Volunteer statistics. Only 55% of nonprofits assess volunteer impact. of all volunteers.

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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

ASU Lodestar Center

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. 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? As part of a. The researchers (McBride, et.

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Research Friday: Corporate Volunteer Programs: Synergy in Business and Nonprofit Actions

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit professional to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. One such source, which is intensely under-cultivated, lies in the for-profit sector: the corporate volunteer.