
Title: Cultivating Volunteers
Source:Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2009
Author: Theresa M. Ellis
Website: http://www.ssireview.org/
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.
For more information, please contact Meghan Gardner, Public Relations Specialist
(e-mail: mgardner@commonimpact.org, phone: 857-222-2864).