Independent Sector Releases New Value of Volunteer Time of $33.49 Per Hour
By Nina Ford in Press Release on2023 Value of Volunteer Time 5.3 percent higher than 2022’s estimate(WASHINGTON, April 23, 2024) – Independent Sector, with the…
Independent Sector Releases New Value of Volunteer Time of $31.80 Per Hour
Value of Volunteer Time increase is largest since start of pandemic(WASHINGTON, April 19, 2023) – Independent Sector, with the…
Celebrating Years of the Do Good Challenge
By Kristina Gawrgy in Blog onThe Do Good Institute, an Independent Sector member, provides opportunities for all students at the University of Maryland to engage…
Independent Sector Releases New Value of Volunteer Time of $29.95 Per Hour
By Natalie Van Maerssen in Blog onAs National Volunteer Week is celebrated, new data shows communities benefited from billions contributed through volunteerism despite pandemic challenges…
Independent Sector CEO Joins Nonprofit Leaders to Testify Before Senate About Charitable Giving and Communities
By Independent Sector in Blog onIn a rare hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee about charitable giving and nonprofits, Independent Sector President and…
VolunteerMatch Wants Nonprofits to Have the Volunteers They Need. MacKenzie Scott Is Helping.
By Independent Sector in Blog onUnlocking the full impact of the more than 330 million potential volunteers in the United States remains a priority…
On Civic Infrastructure, Nonprofit Collaboration, and Volunteers
By Independent Sector in Blog onPaula J. Beugen is a Minnesota-based volunteerism and community change leader. As the founder-organizer of Reinvigorating the Conversation, a…
Volunteers: “Just by Being the Kind of People They Are”
By Independent Sector in Blog on"Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are."Those are the words of John…
Independent Sector Releases New Value of Volunteer Time of $28.54 Per Hour
By Independent Sector in Press Release onVolunteers contribute billions to the United States through their time, talent, and effort in 2020 even while volunteer opportunities…
Miss Advocacy Manners Answers Your New Year’s Resolutions Questions
By Independent Sector in Blog onDear Miss Advocacy Manners,I am so excited for this new year! I am feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready to…
The Power of Volunteer Advocacy
By Independent Sector in Blog onA Service Opportunity That Is Substantive and SymbolicAmong the legacies that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. left was an…
How Healthy is the Nonprofit Sector?
By Independent Sector in Blog onWhat seems like the longest year of a lifetime is growing to a close. To say that 2020 has…
Investing in National Service Can Rebuild Our Civic Infrastructure
By Independent Sector in Blog onOur country faces mounting public health, economic, and educational crises, as well as a nationwide reckoning on racial injustice…
New Member Profile: The Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy
By Independent Sector in Blog onIS members represent nonprofits, foundations, and corporations engaged in every kind of charitable endeavor, with missions that reflect the…
When and Where to Use Wage Replacement Rates for Volunteer Value
By Independent Sector in Blog on“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if…
Good and Necessary Trouble
By Independent Sector in Uncategorized onThere is something universally recognizable about the resilience of the human spirit. We all fall short and we all…
The Civic Trinity
By Independent Sector in Blog onI have grown up and lived my life as a (mostly) good Presbyterian – and have tended not to…
More than Roads and Bridges
By Independent Sector in Blog onEarly each morning or (too late) each night I try to take a moment to find a story of…
Finding Safe Opportunities to Volunteer During the COVID-19 Crisis
By Independent Sector in Blog onAs a home for nonprofits, foundations, and corporate allies engaged in every kind of charitable endeavor, Independent Sector is…