VolunteerMatch
For more information on VolunteerMatch, read below and check out the Webby interview with Robert Rosenthal, Director of Communications.
VolunteerMatch is a leader in the nonprofit world dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement.
A short list of facts & figures about VolunteerMatch.org compiled by The Webby Awards
- Number of nonprofit members: 44,000
- Active volunteer opportunities offered in a day: 38,000
- Percent of nonprofit members that operate on a budget of less than $100,000: 34
- Percent of nonprofit organizations that say volunteers are “very important”: 92
- Percent of nonprofit organizations that say VolunteerMatch helped them recruit volunteers they wouldn’t have found: 84
- Percent of volunteers who report that their volunteer work is very important or one of the most important things in their life: 70
- Hours per year the average volunteer contributes: 161
- On average, the hours per year spent serving an organization found on VolunteerMatch: 80+
- Annual estimated social value (in USD) of VolunteerMatch: 294,514,084
- Percent of total expenses covered by the 2006 budget: 57
- Causes that VolunteerMatch’s organizations represent, including Children & Youth, Animals, Women, and Arts & Culture: 27
- Number of page views received in 2006: 79 million
