Corporate Volunteer Reporting Standards
The Bay Area Corporate Volunteer Council (BACVC) invited VolunteerMatch and others to develop a new set of Corporate Volunteer Reporting Standards, which were presented at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Seattle on June 19, 2006.
The Standards are intended to help the Corporate Volunteer Community accomplish a number of goals, including: Establish a common set of definitions for employee volunteering Enable consistent comparisons, common reporting and benchmarks Encourage greater corporate community involvement Facilitate the use of better Employee Volunteer Program practices.
Standards
Volunteer Activities ” A Volunteer Activity must benefit a Not-For-Profit Organization and include at least one Employee Volunteer. ” A Volunteer Activity and the hours associated with it are reported if it is Company Supported. ” Volunteer Activities are reported by Employee Volunteers or others through the Employee Volunteer Program.
Employee Volunteers ” An Employee Volunteer is an individual employee who participates in at least one Volunteer Activity in a 12-month period. ” An employee is defined as a person on the companys payroll.
Volunteer Hours ” Hours are reported as whole numbers. ” Volunteer Hours are reported for each individual Employee Volunteer. ” Volunteer Hours are reported by Employee Volunteers or others through the Employee Volunteer Program
Dollar Value of Volunteer Hours ” Total number of Volunteer Hours multiplied by the industry standard value of a volunteer hour as set by Independent Sector.
Not-For-Profit Organizations ” Organizations must serve the public good ” Examples of such organizations are 501(c)(3), Schools, Hospitals, NGOs, etc. ” Organizations are counted once in a 12-month period if they host a Volunteer Activity.
Total Employees “Total number of employees on the companys global payroll at year-end.
To download a copy of the complete standards, please go to: http://www.thevolunteercenter.net/BACVC_CVRSv2.0.pdf.
