2023 Update on Benchmarking Employee Volunteering and Giving Programs

Thu Feb 08 11:23:00 UTC 2024
Susan Thomas

UPDATE (TEST): We have a new tool for benchmarking!

This tool is out of date and therefore has been removed from our website. For more information on volunteering, please visit the Community Involvement topic page.

The Boston College Center is conducting a benchmark study designed to generate benchmark data on employee volunteering and giving programs.

The Drivers of Effectiveness for Employee Volunteering and Giving Programs Fortune 500 survey, which was commissioned by Bank of America, is being conducted under the auspices of the Boston College Center by Bea Boccalandro, a Center faculty member. The Points of Light Institute and HandsOn Network are also supporting the study.

Center members and others are being asked to participate in the survey. Those who participate will receive, free of charge:

A confidential benchmarking report of their program relative to the newly developed Drivers of Effectiveness for Employee Volunteering and Giving Programs (an absolute benchmark) as soon as they complete the survey. In late August they will also receive a confidential benchmarking report of their program relative to the Fortune 500 (a relative benchmark).

The listing of their company in the published report as a supporter of this effort (if desired).
It takes most people between 30 and 60 minutes to complete the survey. (Participants can start the survey and return at any time; the system will provide a pin for this purpose.)

Company data are strictly confidential. Individual responses will not be shared with anybody outside the core Center research team without a company's prior permission. Not even the study's sponsor, Bank of America, will have access to individual company data. Only aggregate figures will be made public.

How to Participate

To participate in the survey, go to volunteerbenchmark.com before August 22. Any questions or concerns can be sent to Bea Boccalandro at bea@veraworks.com, 717.762.9865.

We encourage you to participate in generating the most rigorous benchmark ever produced of employee volunteering and giving programs!

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