Americans’ Engagement With Organizations Wanes, Report Says - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Americans’ Engagement With Organizations Wanes, Report Says - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Americans’ Engagement With Organizations Wanes, Report Says
By Megan O'Neil
A new federal report shows declines in 16 of 20 indicators of civic health, including falling rates of volunteerism and engagement with community organizations and flagging trust in public institutions."



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Take Care When Asking Staff and Volunteers to Make a Donation

massnonprofit.org ::: it’s tempting and convenient to solicit your organization’s staff and volunteers. However, these two critical groups are in very different positions, so they can’t be treated alike in terms of asking for money.

If fundraising is concentric circles, as consultants often say (you ask your friends and then their friends and then their friends’ friends), then it seems to make sense to start asking right in the bosom of the family: from your staff and volunteers. Indeed, this is what most non

NH nonprofits learning to engage volunteers - News - Boston.com

NH nonprofits learning to engage volunteers - News - Boston.com: The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and the New Hampshire Center for Non-Profits have launched a program called the High Impact Volunteer Engagement Project. The goal is to teach nonprofits how to make the most of their volunteer resources while making volunteering a more rewarding experience.

A study by the Corporation for National and Community Service estimates that about 30 percent of New Hampshire residents volunteer in the course of a year