ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 25, 2021

The first big piece was a survey of volunteer administrators. More specifically, we surveyed individuals in the U.S. You can read the new brief , an overview of the survey results, right now. Note: The Technology Evolution in Volunteer Administration Study is funded by AmeriCorps, a U.S. federal government agency.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 24, 2022

For example, leaders might survey who makes up a board of directors or determine if there are groups that would benefit from an organization’s services that currently are not. An AmeriCorps alum and recent inductee of the Nu Lambda Mu International Honor Society , Ms. They also want to feel welcome when supporting organizations.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The rate of volunteerism, as measured by the Current Population Survey of the U.S. Existing data suggests during the past several decades the share of Americans who report volunteering with nonprofits has declined, although that decline is less precipitous than the decline in the number of donors. Census Bureau and the U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 13, 2021

The national survey of nonprofit organizations provided our first benchmark insights into the nation’s readiness to handle an onslaught of new volunteers. In our 2019 survey, we learned that nearly one in eight volunteers (12.3%) qualified as “virtual volunteers.”. Should we expect that much has changed over a 20-year period?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2011

However, there are times when simple surveys produce very meaningful information — and can provide the basis for deeper research projects. And it is a simple (and small) survey upon which this blog is based. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 25, 2011

For this week’s post, we welcome Angela Francis from Nonprofit Finance Fund to discuss NFF’s recently released State of the Sector survey findings. Nonprofit Finance Fund recently completed its third annual "State of the Nonprofit Sector" survey with the help of nearly 2,000 nonprofit leaders nationwide. So why do we do it?

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 2, 2022

According to AmeriCorps, the national average volunteer retention rate is 65%. According to a Work and Wellbeing Survey , performed by the American Psychological Association, nearly 3 in 5 people report negative impacts of work-related stress, including lack of interest, effort, motivation, or energy.

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Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

We started with a survey this past winter: those results are summarized in this report. The survey gave us a basic sketch, but the color and texture emerged during follow-up focus group conversations. We asked volunteer managers across the US and Canada how they used technology to engage volunteers during the pandemic.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

2] To better understand the skills and knowledge needed by nonprofit professionals, we conducted a needs-assessment study based on surveys of NMI instructors, advisory board members, alumni, and participants in NMI courses since 2007. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

The main point of comparison is information on volunteering from the Current Population Survey (CPS), conducted by the U.S. The ASU Morrison Institute presents both numbers and asserts that both survey methods have strengths and weaknesses, likely leaving the true rate somewhere “between these two estimates.&# One in three.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

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. In the spring and summer of 2021, with funding from AmeriCorps, our research team held focus groups with volunteer administrators about their technology use in the pandemic.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Second, at the individual level, AmeriCorps ranks Nebraska second in the nation in “informal helping” (defined as neighbors helping one another with house sitting, watching each other’s children, lending tools, etc.), Similarly, in 2022, it ranked 35th for the total number of grantmakers but 13th for the number per capita.

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