The estimated dollar value of volunteer time for 2009 is $20.85 per hour, according to nonprofit association group Independent Sector. This represents a 60 cent increase over the previous year.
Chronicle of Philanthropy September 15, 2010 People who volunteer for charities are also more likely to be involved in other civic activities, according to a new study. For example, more than 20 percent of volunteers contacted a public official in…
John Bridgeland and Alah Khazei in the Huffington Post on the role of national service to bridge the employment gap and invest in our people at low cost to the taxpayer.
Reuters article promotes poll by United Healthcare and VolunteerMatch that finds 84 percent of people agree that volunteering improves physical health, and 95 percent said it may also have emotional benefits
Coverage of the 2009 Civic Health Index by Stephanie Strom of the New York Times
Coverage of the 2009 Civic Health Index from the Chronicle of Philanthropy by Caroline Preston
Coverage of the 2009 Civic Health Index from The NonProfit Times
The Corporation for National and Community Service announced a $570,000 grant to CIRCLE at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Public Service at Tufts University. The grant will support CIRCLE in building an online community that college students throughout the greater Boston area will use to pool information, deliberate, and coordinate their service and activism.
New York Civic Health Index 2010 December 8, 2010
The Chronicle of Philanthropy and USA TODAY surveyed the largest corporations in the USA to find out how much money they give to charity and to which causes. More than 100 companies answered the survey, and The Chronicle analyzed tax data for other companies for a total of 162.
Civic leaders from across the country convened for the 2015 Annual Conference on Citizenship. This year’s Conference was held at the Mayflower Hotel with the theme “Civic Innovations in Action”
Join the Secretary of the State Denise Merrill, Connecticut Network’s Diane Smith and Everyday Democracy’s Martha McCoy at Connecticut’s Old State House town hall meeting on Connecticut’s civic health.