Budgeting for Volunteerism● Expand our Capacity

● Generate Awareness

● Fundraise

● Individual Donations

● Corporate Relationships

● Attract/Retain Membership

● Improve our Brand

No Specific Line Item!

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Development● Individual Donations

● Fundraising

● Corporate Engagement

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Development● Individual Donations

○ 2 out of 3 volunteers donate where they give their time

○ Volunteers donate 10x more than non-volunteers

○ Every 100 volunteers = $9,200/yr in individual donations

● Fundraising

● Corporate Engagement

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Development● Individual Donations

● Fundraising

○ Donating is personal - Volunteers are more effective

fundraisers than employees

○ Expand reach to volunteer’s personal networks

● Corporate Engagement

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Development● Individual Donations

● Fundraising

● Corporate Engagement

○ Billions spent on corporate social responsibility

○ Employee volunteer experiences generate revenue and

deepend relationships

○ One enagement = $thousands or tens of $thousands

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Human Resources● On-boarding

● Auditing

● Risk

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Human Resources● On-boarding

○ Every 100 volunteers = $7,900/yr

● Auditing

● Risk

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Human Resources● On-boarding

● Auditing

○ 5 days every quarter = $4,504/yr

● Risk

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Human Resources● On-boarding

● Auditing

● Risk

○ Reputation/trust

○ Legal liability

○ Irrecoverable

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Operations/Programs● Capacity

● Operational Efficiencies

● Retention

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Operations/Programs● Capacity

○ $24.14/hr

○ Every 100 volunteers with 100

hours of service = $241,400/yr

● Operational Efficiencies

● Retention

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Operations/Programs● Capacity

● Operational Efficiencies

○ Highest rate of turnover at the

program level

○ Create standards, implement

systems, encourage/support

● Retention

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Operations/Programs● Capacity

● Operational Efficiencies

● Retention

○ Volunteer

○ Staff

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Membership● Attract

● Retain

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Membership● Attract

○ Indoctrinate the public to your mission = increased

membership

○ Differentiator

○ Low-cost, highly effective advertising

● Retain

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Membership● Attract

● Retain

○ Member benefit

○ More likely to develop close relationships

Budgeting for Volunteerism: IT● Implementation

● Maintenance

● Integration

● Data Analytics

Budgeting for Volunteerism: Branches/Chapters

Budgeting for Volunteerism● Development

● Human Resources

● Risk Management

● Operations/Programs

● Membership

● IT

● Branches/Chapters

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