Guide for Funders
Please Note: The guide is 21 pages long and includes a number
of graphic elements. Therefore, it may take a few minutes to
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 A Guide to Investing
in Volunteer Resources Management: Improve Your Philanthropic
Portfolio, a new publication funded by a generous grant from
The UPS Foundation, is now available! This project, developed in
partnership by The UPS Foundation, AVA, and the Points of Light
Foundation, provides funders and other nonprofit stakeholders with
valuable information and evidence illustrating the importance of investing
in volunteer resources.
Over 50 grantmakers, nonprofit leaders and corporate executives
including representatives from the Ford Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation, the Council on Foundations, and The Peter F. Drucker
Foundation for Nonprofit Management were interviewed for the publication.
Results of those interviews are reflected in tools and other information
that can assist both nonprofits and funders in increasing their capacity
to support effective volunteer involvement. Contents of the publication
include:
- Key messages on what contributes to effective volunteer management
- Examples of investors in nonprofit volunteer infrastructure
- Checklists of ways to support volunteer resources management in
local communities
- Tools and information to assess a nonprofit�s capacity for volunteer
engagement
- A list of internet resources
The guide was presented in mid-November, 2002 during a workshop at the
fifth annual conference of Grantmaker Forum for Community and National
Service. If you haven�t done so already, download your copy of the guide now. The
grantmaker guide is also currently available online at www.community.ups.com, and www.pointsoflight.org through the Volunteer
Marketplace.
Hard copies of this publication are also available from AVA, for the
cost of $2.00 per copy (preferably pre-paid). To order a
printed copy, contact the AVA office at [email protected] or 804-672-3353.
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