Publications
Measuring Volunteering: A Practical Toolkit
The product of collaboration between United Nations Volunteers and INDEPENDENT SECTOR. Researchers and practitioners from ten countries pooled their expertise to produce this toolkit on measuring volunteering. The publication aims to raise awareness of the importance of volunteering, and assist in undertaking measurement studies on national, regional, and local volunteering.
Category: Research
Non-Profits Overlooking Opportunities to Maximize Volunteer Impact
Despite a need for more resources, the vast majority of non-profit organizations are not capitalizing on the valuable professional skills of their volunteers, a new study has found. More than three quarters of non-profit leaders (77 percent) believe that skilled volunteers could significantly improve their organization's business practices. Yet just 12 percent of non-profits actually put volunteers to work on such assignments.
Category: Research
Youth Volunteering in the United States: 2002 and 2003
Report on youth volunteers (defined as aged 16-25). Published Aug. 2004 by CIRCLE. PDF file.
Category: Research
US Code: Acceptance of Volunteer Services by Federal Government
Excerpt from federal law.
Category: Laws and Regulations (Federal and State)
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC) supports the service-learning community in higher education, kindergarten through grade twelve, community-based initiatives and tribal programs, as well as all others interested in strengthening schools and communities using service-learning techniques and methodologies.
Category: Youth Service and Service-Learning (k-higher education)
Reinventing Aging: Baby Boomers and Civic Engagement
This Report is a product of the Harvard School of Public Health?MetLife Foundation Initiative on Retirement and Civic Engagement, a program of the Center for Health Communication at the Harvard School of Public Health. The Report spotlights key issues that must be addressed to involve large numbers of baby boomers in volunteer activities as they reach retirement.
Category: Research
Measures of Growth
In response to its mandate to develop a long-range plan for Maine’s economy, the Maine Economic Growth Council developed an annual indicators report, Measures of Growth, which uses targeted indicators to assess the state of the economy and Maine’s overall quality of life.
Category: Research
Volunteer Management Capacity in America's Charities and Congregations (Urban Institute 2004)
This report served as the briefing document for a public meeting sponsored jointly by The Corporation for National and Community Service, the UPS Foundation, the USA Freedom Corps, and the Urban Institute. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: "Challenges to Mobilization of Volunteers. The greatest challenges that charities and congregations face is an inability to dedicate staff resources to and adopt best practices in volunteer management.
Category: Research
Points of Light Institute
2007: Points of Light Foundation and HandsOn Network merge to become Points of Light Institute, creating the largest volunteer management and civic engagement organization in the nation. Points of Light provides research, analysis, tools and training to support the creation and management of volunteer programs.
Serve America Act of 2009
Public Law 111–13. 111th Congress. An Act. Entitled The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, this law reauthorized, extended, and consolidated under the National Service Trust Act of 1993 national service programs (AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, Volunteer Generation Fund, etc.).
Category: Laws and Regulations (Federal and State)
Nonprofit Risk Management Center
The Nonprofit Risk Management Center was established in 1990 to provide assistance and resources for community-serving nonprofit organizations. As a nonprofit, the Center is uniquely positioned to both understand and respond to questions with practical, affordable suggestions for controlling risks that threaten a nonprofit's ability to accomplish its mission.
MCCS Annual Report to the Legislature and Governor, 2007
The annual report on the Maine Commission for Community Service to the Legislature and Governor for 2007.
Category: Annual Reports
MCCS Annual Report to the Legislature and Governor, 2005
The annual report on the Maine Commission for Community Service to the Legislature and Governor for 2005.
Category: Annual Reports
MCCS Annual Report to the Legislature and Governor, 2004
The annual report on the Maine Commission for Community Service to the Legislature and Governor for 2004.
Category: Annual Reports