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Find volunteer opportunities, nonprofit jobs, social-impact opportunities and more on the Idealist platform.
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6Volunteer Engagement Resources for OrganizationsFree training resources and webinars to help nonprofit organizations recruit, train, and keep volunteers. Includes live webinars, recorded sessions, worksheets, and expert guidance on building strong volunteer programs. Led by Jennifer Bennett, a volunteer management expert. Organizations can learn how to write better volunteer job descriptions, create recruitment messages, and follow up with volunteers.
Volunteer Engagement Pages for OrganizationsIdealist creates custom volunteer pages for companies and organizations. These pages help your employees or community members find volunteer opportunities that match your values. The pages show real volunteer jobs from around the world. You can customize the page with your company's colors and logo. The page automatically updates with new volunteer opportunities. You can filter opportunities by location, cause, and skills needed. Idealist handles all the technical work and hosting. You get a dashboard to see how many people use your page. This helps organizations connect their people with meaningful volunteer work in their community.
Nonprofit Salary ExplorerA free online tool that helps nonprofit workers find out if they're being paid fairly. You can see what other people earn in similar jobs by sharing your own salary information anonymously. The tool helps you prepare for salary negotiations and compare pay across different cities and organizations. It's powered by real salary data from thousands of nonprofit professionals. You can use it to research salaries before job interviews, ask for raises, or decide if you should switch jobs.
Volunteer Match API - Connect Your Platform to VolunteersThis is a service that helps companies and organizations add volunteer opportunities to their websites or apps. Idealist has a database of over 80,000 volunteer opportunities from 200,000 organizations around the world. They provide an API (a way for computer systems to talk to each other) so other platforms can show these volunteer opportunities to their users. This is perfect for companies wanting to help employees find volunteer work, government agencies that need to connect people to community service, or startups building volunteer platforms. The service includes technical documentation, flexible ways to display the opportunities, and custom support to help set everything up.
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Oscar Wilde.