Statistics on Volunteering

Data reported by official sources, usually governments, around the world.

Of Course We Should Give Volunteer Firefighters a Tax Break, Jordan Golson, Wired, 2015

Evaluating by Comparisons: Watch out for the Traps!, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2001

A Great New Report to Praise, Criticize, and Use, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2004

It's Time to Start Counting Volunteers Seriously, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2001

Mystifying Data: Can America's Promise Get Away with It?, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 1999

Statistics, Bikinis and Volunteers: The New Independent Sector Study on Giving and Volunteering, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 1999

Troubling Numbers in Volunteering Rates, Paul Clolery, The NonProfit Times, 2014

Universal Standards vs. Your Own Situation, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2003

Wouldn't It Be Nice to Really Know, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2006

Youth Volunteering in the States: 2002 to 2009,

By Emily Hoban Kirby, Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, and Surbhi Godsay, from CIRCLE/Civic Youth.

, 2011, pp. 23

Corporation for National and Community Service Research and Policy Reports

http://www.nationalservice.gov/impact-our-nation/research-and-reports

Various reports and studies on volunteering in the US, especially on youth service and AmeriCorps.

Giving and Volunteering in the Americas

http://dev.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/issues/view/12

From the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, this complete online journal issue contains more than 30 articles by various authors on some aspect of philanthropy, volunteering, corporate social responsibility, and more in Central and South American countries (particularly Brazil, Peru, and Mexico).

Nonprofits Canada

http://sectorsource.ca/

Site with research findings and reports on the voluntary sector in Canada, with many items on volunteering.

Volunteer Canada - Engaging Volunteers

http://volunteer.ca/content/engaging-volunteers

How-to resources on many volunteer management topics, most free for download or for sale in printed form.

Volunteering in America

http://www.nationalservice.gov/impact-our-nation/research-and-reports/volunteeri...

Interactive site from the Corporation for National and Community Service, offering six years of data on volunteering, rankings of states and cities, and volunteer trends and demographic information for every state and 162 large and mid-sized cities.

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