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Resources and Information
Websites
- A Billion and Change: A campaign led by the Corporation for National and Community Services to raise $ 1 Billion in resources for non-profits through pro-bono work done by skilled volunteers. This site offers links to resources, research, and opportunity organizations.
- Pro Bono Volunteering Resource Center: An online resource center sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Services and the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation that coalesces information about what pro-bono volunteering is and how corporations, individuals and non-profit organizations can get involved.
- Taproot Foundation: A foundation that makes grants of skilled labor as opposed to cash to non-profit organizations. Taproot is the leading organization nationwide regarding pro bono work and skills based volunteering with the most up to date resources and research for corporations, individual volunteers and non-profit organizations.
- Pro Bono Action Tank: Sponsored by the Taproot Foundation, the Pro Bono Action Tank houses resources to enable the business community to engage in pro bono service, develop standards to ensure high-quality service delivery, and make it easier for all public benefit organizations to access the expertise they need to achieve their missions.
Research
- Pro Bono Strategic Consulting: The $1.5 Billion Opportunity
- Executive Summary: 2009 Volunteer IMPACT Survey
- The New Volunteer Workforce
- Building Reputation Here, There and Everywhere: Worldwide views on local impact of corporate responsibility
- The State of Corporate Citizenship in the United States 2009: Weathering The Storm
- Strengthening Leadership and Human Resources Capacity in the Nonprofit Sector: Pro Bono as a Powerful Solution
- Capitalizing on Volunteers’ Skills: Volunteering by Occupation in America
- Evan Hochberg Discusses the Effectiveness of Volunteerism in Chronicle of Philanthropy Podcast Series
- Making skills-based volunteering work
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