Business Support for Employee Volunteers

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Business Support for Employee Volunteers
Presenters NameOrganizationDate
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Todays Presentation

• Relevance of employee volunteering
• Business support for charities nonprofits
• Survey results
• Summary of findings

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Relevance of Employee Volunteering

• 161,000 nonprofits in Canada
• 57 report problems in finding the types of
  volunteers they need
• For businesses, support for employee volunteering
  can be part of broader corporate citizenship
  initiatives
• Benefits businesses, employees, and communities

Data from the National Survey of Nonprofit
Voluntary Organizations, 2004.
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Benefits of employee volunteering (1)

• For companies
• Improves corporate public image
• Improves relations with surrounding community
• Helps maintain a healthy community
• Improves employee morale
• For employees
• Develop skills
• Gain experience for career growth
• Sense of fulfillment

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Benefits of employee volunteering (2)

• For charities and nonprofits
• New volunteers
• New ideas
• Potential for long-term relationships
• Potential for philanthropic support
• Broader support for programming
• Potential support for lobbying and advocacy

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Business Support for Charities Nonprofits

• In 2003, 3 of Canadas businesses claimed a
  total of just over 1 billion in charitable
  donations.
• 84 of corporate donations went to the 7 of
  nonprofits that reported annual revenues of more
  than 1 million.
• 58 of all corporate donations went to
• Sports Recreation organizations
• Grantmaking, Fundraising Voluntarism Promotion
  organizations and
• Arts Culture organizations.

Source Business Support for Charities
Nonprofits, Imagine Canada, 2006.
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The Survey

• Random sample of businesses operating in Canada
  were surveyed in November and December 2005
• 990 companies participated
• Companies of all sizes and operating in all
  regions were included
• Interviews were conducted in English or French

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Company Support for Employee Volunteerism
Overview
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Companies Allowing Employees to Adjust Work
Schedules and/or Take Time Off to Volunteer
Note These data apply only to the 71 of
companies that accommodate or encourage employee
volunteering during working hours and/or
encourage employees to volunteer on their own
time.
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Companies Providing Other Forms of Support to
Employee Volunteers
Note These data apply only to the 71 of
companies that accommodate or encourage employee
volunteering during working hours and/or
encourage employees to volunteer on their own
time.
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Companies Donating Money, Services, Goods, or
Facilities to Nonprofit Organizations or
Charitable Causes
Note These data apply only to the 71 of
companies that accommodate or encourage employee
volunteering during working hours and/or
encourage employees to volunteer on their own
time.
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Types of Organizations and Causes Targeted for
Support
Note These data apply only to the 71 of
companies that accommodate or encourage employee
volunteering during working hours and/or
encourage employees to volunteer on their own
time.
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Perceived Benefits of Supporting Employee
Volunteering
Note These data apply only to the 71 of
companies that accommodate or encourage employee
volunteering during working hours and/or
encourage employees to volunteer on their own
time.
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Perceived Challenges of Supporting Employee
Volunteering
Note These data apply only to the 71 of
companies that accommodate or encourage employee
volunteering during working hours and/or
encourage employees to volunteer on their own
time.
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Summary of Major Findings (1)

• There is widespread, but shallow, support for
  employee volunteering among businesses operating
  in Canada.
• Companies are more likely to accommodate employee
  volunteer activities than actively encourage
  them.
• Relatively few businesses invest company
  resources in formal volunteer programs.

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Summary of Major Findings (2)

• Companies that support employee volunteering feel
  that the benefits outweigh the challenges.
• Large businesses are more likely than small ones
  to support employee volunteers.
• There are few significant regional differences in
  support for employee volunteers.

Data not shown.
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• For more information
• www.imaginecanada.ca
• www.nonprofitscan.ca