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volunteer resources1400 I Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005-2208 Phone (800) 750-7653 - Fax (202) 729-8100 - Volunteer Info Phone: (800) VOLUNTEER or visit the web site at www.volunteerconnections.org.
The Points of Light Foundation, founded in 1990 by former President George Bush, is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes volunteerism. The Foundation advocates community service through a partnership with the Volunteer Center National Network. There are over 500 Volunteer Centers nationwide and the Foundation will connect you with the one in your area.
1605 Peachtree Street, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA, 30309 Phone (404) 875-7334 - Fax (404) 253-1020
Local Hands On Network organizations were formed in response to the challenge of finding a way to reconcile a busy lifestyle with an interest in volunteering. There are now over forty Cares and Hands On affiliates. Hands On affiliates offer accommodating scheduling, commitment flexibility, and team-based programs, allowing volunteers to serve with colleagues, friends, and family or to make new friends while serving with like-minded volunteers.
1600 Duke Street, Suite 300 Alexandria, VA, 22314 Phone (703) 224-2200
MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership has been working to connect America’s young people with caring adult mentors. Of the 15.7 million young people who need mentors, approximately 2.5 million are in formal, high-quality mentoring relationships. That means more than 15 million young people still need mentors. MENTOR works to close this “mentoring gap” by tackling the barriers that hinder efforts to expand mentoring. The Mentoring.org site can link you with local mentoring opportunities.
1201 New York Avenue Washington, DC, 20525 Phone (800) 942-2677 or (202) 606-5000 Learn and Serve America supports service-learning programs in schools and community organizations that help students from kindergarten through college meet community needs while improving their academic skills and learning the habits of good citizenship. Learn and Serve grants are used to create new programs and replicate existing programs, as well as to provide training and development to staff, faculty, and volunteers. This organization is part of the Corporation for National and Community Service. The site provides few individual opportunities, but offers links with organizations such as SeniorCorps and AmeriCorps.
Volunteer Solutions / United Way of America 701 North Fairfax Street Alexandria, VA, 22314 Phone (800) 892-2757 x320 - Fax (703) 683-7822
Volunteer Solutions is a volunteer matching application, owned by United Way of America that helps volunteer centers connect individuals to volunteer opportunities in their community. It partners with organizations in thirty-nine areas around the country.
385 Grove Street San Francisco, CA, 94102 Phone (415) 241-6868 - Fax (415) 241-6869
This online service matches prospective volunteers with service opportunities within their communities. Enter your zip code, area of interest, and distance you are willing to travel and you will be matched with a variety of opportunities. This site works with thousands of local nonprofits as well as large national organizations, such as the Red Cross, United Way, and Goodwill Industries. VolunteerMatch provides the engine for a number of the organizations under the USA Freedom Corps umbrella.
Corporation for National and Community Service 1201 New York Avenue Washington, DC, 20525 Phone (800) 942-2677 or (202) 606-5000 - TTY (800) 833-3722
AmeriCorps was created in 1993 as part of the Corporation for National and Community Service and is made up of three programs: AmeriCorps State and National, AmeriCorps VISTA, and AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC).
Business Strengthening America c/o Center for Corporate Citizenship U.S. Chamber of Commerce 1615 H Street, NW Washington, DC, 20062 Phone (202) 463-5517 - Fax (202) 463-5308
Business Strengthening America (BSA) is a multi-year self-directed peer-to-peer effort to engage thousands of America’s business leaders in a campaign to encourage civic engagement and service. The business leaders have worked collaboratively to define a national, business-driven effort to engage our entire community—from Fortune 500 corporations to small locally owned businesses—in a campaign to strengthen American society.
Administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) www.fema.gov 500 C Street, SW Washington, DC 20472 Phone (202) 566-1600
The Citizen Corps supports volunteer service by promoting the safety of our communities. Through Citizen Corps Councils, leaders are brought together from law enforcement, fire, emergency medical, and other emergency management volunteer organizations. Local elected officials and the private sector help them coordinate and engage citizens in homeland security and for promoting community and family safety.
Idealist-Action Without Borders Action Without Borders, Inc 79 Fifth Avenue, 17th Floor New York, NY, 10003 Phone (212) 843-3973 - Fax (212) 564-3377
This is a project of Action Without Borders, a nonprofit that works to connect people, organizations, and resources to help build a world where people can live free and dignified lives. Over 29,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 153 countries are part of its network. Search this robust website for volunteer opportunities in your neighborhood and around the world. It allows you to connect with specific organizations through its search engine.
Civic Ventures www.civicventures.org 139 Townsend Street, Suite 505 San Francisco, CA, 94107 Phone (415) 430-0141
Civic Ventures is a national nonprofit organization that works to expand the contributions of older Americans to society, and to help transform the aging American society into a source of individual and social renewal. Civic Ventures is the central office for Experience Corps www.experiencecorps.org the organization’s signature program, which operates in fourteen cities throughout the country. Experience Corps places a critical mass of older adult volunteers in schools and youth-focused organizations in their communities.
The SCORE Association (Service Corps of Retired Executives) Phone (800) 634-0245
SCORE is dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth, and success of small business nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the Small Business Association (SBA). Working and retired executives and business owners donate their time and expertise as volunteer business counselors and provide confidential counseling and mentoring free of charge. Local chapters provide free counseling and low-cost workshops in their respective communities.
UniversalGiving’s purpose is to effectively connect volunteers and donors with our internationally focused non-governmental organizations (NGO) partners. Through UniversalGiving, we feature a select group of NGOs who are serving our communities with impact, and they would love you to join them in their efforts! Their programs range from building schools in Vietnam to developing microfinance programs in Northern India to creating sustainable farming communities in Guatemala. We hope you learn about their innovative efforts and are inspired to join them by volunteering or taking a site visit to their local community.
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