Centers Specializing in Topics Related to Volunteering
Please Note: Many of the
associations that serve the volunteer management community in specialized
settings also have information on special issues.
Also see the online library for many links
to all sorts of worthwhile Web sites, by topic.
Activism
Creative
Resourcing Network
http://www.citizenbase.org
Offers civil society activists and social entrepreneurs strategies
in volunteer management, recruitment and mobilization. Offers information,
ideas and dialogue with practitioners from around the world.
Boards of Directors
BoardSource
http://www.boardsource.org
Focused entirely on information for nonprofit boards of directors.
Corporate
Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility
News and Resources http://www.mallenbaker.net/csr/index.html
Rresources for people determined to act as change agents within
their business for corporate social responsibility/corporate citizenship,
including employee volunteering.
Civil
Society
Civitas: Institute
for the Study of Civil Society
http://www.civitas.org.uk
London-based independent
research institute devoted to
deepening public understanding of the legal, institutional and moral
framework that makes a free and democratic society possible.
Education
and Mentoring
CompuMentor
http://www.compumentor.org
Operate a significant computer volunteer program for nonprofits
and schools.
International
Telementor Program
http://www.telementor.org/
Match IT professionals
in online tutoring/mentoring of school students.
National Mentoring
Partnership
http://www.mentoring.org
Informaiton on starting
and running a mentor program.
Texas Education
Network (TENET)
http://www.tenet.edu/administrators/volunteer.html
Resources specifically tailored to school-based volunteer situtations.
Tutor-Mentor
Connection
http://www.tutormentorconnection.org
Focuses on tutoring/mentoring/school-to-work
programs offered primarily in non-school hours and settings. Focuses
on Chicago program but offers lots of general advice, etc.
Justice-related
National Youth
Court Centerhttp://www.youthcourt.net/online_training/overview.htm
Online training for adults
and teens volunteering for youth courts.
Volunteers
in Police Service (VIPS)
http://www.policevolunteers.org
Resources for both police
officers and volunteers.
Legal/Insurance
Nonprofit Risk
Management Center
http://www.nonprofitrisk.org
1001 Connecticut Av., NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036
202-785-3891
Volunteers Insurance
Service
http://www.cimaworld.com/htdocs/volunteers.cfm
Most established American insurance program for volunteers.
National
Service
PACE (Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement)http://www.pacefunders.org/index.html
A community of grantmakers and donors committed to strengthening democracy by using the power, influence and resources of philanthropy to open pathways to participation.
National Service
Resource Center
http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/
Comprehensive site with
materials for all the streams of national service.
Nonprofit
Management Support
List of International
Centershttp://www.delawarenonprofit.org/infocentral/aboutnonprof.php
Excellent directory of
worldwide nonprofit management support centers, compiled by the
Delaware Association of Nonprofit Agencies.
Philanthropy
Independent Sector
http://www.independentsector.org/
1200 Eighteenth Street, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
202-467-6100
Legislative Advocacy, Newsletters, Research on giving and volunteering, Annual Conference in October
Recreation/Sports
Volunteerism Site for
Olympic and Major Athletic Event Volunteers
http://www.sportsnet.gr/vol/gtinvolved_en.asp
Requests individuals who have volunteered for Olympic Games or other
major athletic events to exchange views and experiences, both positive
and negative ones. To be used in the planning for future Olympic
Games.
Virtual
Volunteering
Online Volunteering
http://www.onlinevolunteering.org/
Devoted to encouraging
online service on behalf of the developing world (run by United
Nations Volunteers).
Service-Leader.org
http://www.serviceleader.org/new/virtual/
Virtual volunteering is volunteer work done by real people,
but in cyberspace. For example, volunteers provide technical assistance
via e-mail or use cyber technology to tutor students or "visit"
the homebound.
Youth
Youth Service
America
http://www.ysa.org/
Focus on national service and other youth service opportunities.
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