Finances

Materials about costs, budgeting, and financial management for volunteer involvement.

The Correlation between Time Donors and Money Donors, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2010

It Pays to Volunteer, Come Tax Time, Wall Street Journal, 2016

Money is No Object, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2001

Seeking Funder Support for Volunteer Engagement? Assess Your Approach!, Betsy McFarland, Energize Hot Topic, 2018

Seven Tips to Capitalize on Volunteer Resources During Tight Financial Times

The Socioeconomic Resource Statement, Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook , Betty Jane Richmond, pp. 97-98, Pearson Education, 2003

Tempting But Confusing and Dangerous: Paying Volunteers "Just a Little Something", George L. Head, Nonprofit Risk Management Center, 2015

Tracking Volunteer Time to Boost Your Bottom Line: A Complete Accounting Guide, Dennis Walsh, 2011

Treasurers of All-Volunteer Organizations: Eight Key Responsibilities, Dennis Walsh, 2010

Volunteer Management System: Standalone or Consolidated?, Chris Bernard, 2011

When the Ax Falls: Budget Cutting and Volunteers, Susan J. Ellis, Energize Hot Topic, 2009

Inputs Matter

By the Charity Finance Directors Group in the UK, with an Appendix on "The Development of Recommendations on Valuing Volunteers" , pp. 68

Monitoring Volunteers: A Guide to Collecting and Using Data

By the Institute for Volunteering Research UK , 2008, pp. 16

Coyote Communications Listing of Volunteer Management Software

http://www.coyotecommunications.com/tech/volmanage.html

Jayne Cravens, expert on virtual volunteering, has compiled (and keeps updated) an advertising-free list of all available volunteer program management software she can identify.

Print and e-Books in Our Store

From the Top Down

Outlines the key executive decisions necessary to lay the foundation for successful volunteer involvement: policies, budgeting, staffing, employee-volunteer relationships, legal issues, cost and value of volunteers, and more.

From the Top Down, UK Edition

UK Edition of the best-selling book that identifies the critical link between the actions of an organisation’s senior management and the overall success of volunteer engagement.

Leading the Way to Successful Volunteer Involvement

Workbook of checklists, worksheets, idea stimulators, and other practical tools for senior-level leaders to incorporate volunteer involvement as a key ingredient in the overall strategy of an organization.

Self-Help Accounting, 2nd Edition

A how-to guide to fulfilling the role of board treasurer, written in simple, clear language for the non-accountant.

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