Articles

Cultivating Volunteers

Title: Cultivating Volunteers
Source:Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2009
Author: Theresa M. Ellis
Website: http://www.ssireview.org/

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Theresa Ellis' letter to the editor about successfully establishing corporate partnerships was published in the Spring 2009 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

About Common Impact

Founded in 2000 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Common Impact develops and implements skills-based volunteering programs that pair business professionals from leading companies with high-potential local nonprofits addressing crucial after-school, housing, and community health care needs. Through its innovative model, Common Impact channels untapped resources into the nonprofit sector and fosters relationships that bridge the for-profit and nonprofit worlds.

Since its founding in 2000, Common Impact has worked with leading companies including Fidelity Investments, BEA Systems, CA, Cisco Systems, and State Street Corporation, achieving a 7:1 social return on investment.

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(e-mail: mgardner@commonimpact.org, phone: 857-222-2864).