Kris Kewitsch | Executive Director, Charities Review Council | July 2024
Multiply Your Impact with Time and Treasure
Volunteering for an organization that you already support financially can be an incredibly fulfilling way to deepen your engagement and multiply your impact. Here are several compelling reasons to volunteer for an organization that you donate to:
See the Impact of Your Donations
Volunteering allows you to witness the direct impact of your financial contributions. Seeing how your donations make a difference can be rewarding and affirming.
Enhance Trust and Transparency
By getting involved on the ground, you gain a clearer picture of how the organization operates. Engaging in volunteer opportunities can build your visibility to and trust in the organization’s work, making you feel confident in continuing and possibly increasing your financial support.
Build Relationships
Volunteering provides opportunities to meet and collaborate with like-minded individuals, including staff, other volunteers, and beneficiaries. These relationships can expand your networks and enrich your personal and professional life.
Develop New Skills
By getting involved in volunteer activities, you can develop new skills or hone existing ones. Whether it’s event planning, fundraising, mentoring, or administrative work, volunteering can offer valuable experience that benefits both you and the organization.
If you are in a position to do so, the Council highly recommends volunteering your time as a way to learn more about the work being done at an organization that you’ve generously given to for years or at an organization that you’re considering for a new financial donation. There will be great value for you and for the organization as trust, relationships, and commitment grow.
Not sure where to begin?
Visit the organization’s website – many nonprofits highlight volunteer opportunities in the “About” or “Get Involved” sections of their website.
Check out Meets Standards® nonprofit partner HandsOn Twin Cities for individual and group volunteer opportunities.
