VOLUNTEER CENTER SERVING SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN MATEO COUNTIES
1675 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 www.thevolunteercenter.net

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Organizations Filed Purposes: The Volunteer Center Serving San Francisco and San Mateo Counties assists individuals to both serve their communities and attain personal and professional growth through community involvement. Through partnerships with nonprofit organizations, local government, schools, and businesses, the Center acts as a catalyst for ensuring that every person has the opportunity to be a powerful, contributing community member.

A pioneer in the field of volunteerism, the organization connects and strengthens a network of nonprofit organizations, businesses, government agencies, and philanthropy, united by the overarching goal of improving local communities through meaningful and impactful volunteerism.

The Volunteer Center programs strengthen the capacity of the nonprofit sector and individual agencies to tap the vast resources that volunteers bring, particularly corporate-sector employees with professional skills, and provide those volunteers with meaningful volunteer opportunities that deliver significant impact throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2018/19 program service accomplishments included:1.) VOLUNTEER REFERRAL: NONPROFITS ACROSS THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, AND WASHINGTON DC, RECEIVED REFERRALS FOR KEY LEADERSHIP AND OTHER VOLUNTEER POSITIONS, ESPECIALLY FROM COMPANIES AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRMS THAT WANTED TO FURTHER THEIR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTY (CSR) EFFORTS.2.) IN PARTICULAR, BOARD MEMBER RECRUITMENT AND MATCHING: WE EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS LENDING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TO NONPROFITS THROUGH THE BOARD MATCH, JOB-FAIR-LIKE EVENTS THAT INTRODUCE NONPROFIT EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND THEIR BOARD MEMBERS TO PROSPECTIVE BOARD CANDIDATES. BOARD MATCH SAN FRANCISCO ATTRACTED 1,000 PROSPECTIVE BOARD CANDIDATES TO MEET WITH LEADERS FROM 200 EXHIBITING NONPROFITS RESULTING IN OVER 300 NEW BOARD MEMBERS WITHIN A YEAR OF THE EVENT. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT EACH NEW BOARD MEMBER GIVES OR BRINGS AN AVERAGE $9,400 IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENT DONATIONS TO THEIR ORGANIZATIONS. EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER THAT THEY SERVE. THATS $2,820,000 EACH YEAR FROM THOSE 300+ PLACEMENTS ALONE. BOARD MATCH SILICON VALLEY, BOARD MATCH LOS ANGELES, AND BOARD MATCH WASHINGTON DC ATTRACTED UP TO 500 CANDIDATES EACH TO MEET 75-150 NONPROFITS IN EACH LOCALE, MAKING A TOTAL $5,640,000 IN ACTUAL MONETARY VALUE IN A SINGLE YEAR, AND ASSUMING BOARD MEMBERS SERVE AN AVERAGE 3 YEARS, RESULTS IN $16,920,000 BENEFIT TO NONPROFITS IN FOUR KEY MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS. NONPROFITS ALSO RECEIVE FUNDAMENTAL TRAINING AND RESOURCES TO AID THEIR BOARD-BUILDING STRATEGIES.3.) EXECUTIVE BOARD MATCHING: TARGETED LEADERS FROM BAY AREA COMPANIES FOR ONE-ON-ONE NONPROFIT BOARD PLACEMENT, WITH NEARLY A DOZEN SENIOR CORPORATE EXECUTIVES PLACED.4.) THE VOLUNTEER CENTER CONVENES THE BAY AREA CORPORATE VOLUNTEER COUNCIL (BACVC) TO MAXIMIZE THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF CORPORATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. TO CHAMPION CORPORATE INVOLVEMENT, THE BACVC PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES AND ENCOURAGES ALL BUSINESSES TO LEVERAGE THEIR EMPLOYEES PASSIONS, DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND SKILLS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH VOLUNTEERING. BACVC MEMBERSHIP HELPS MEMBERS:STAY AHEAD OF OR SET TRENDS IN THE FIELD NETWORK WITH PEERS ACROSS INDUSTRIES AND SECTORSBENCHMARK & EVALUATE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROGRAMS

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