2 Simple Strategies to Increase Donations Using Your Website

While the number of corporations offering volunteer grant programs as part of their corporate philanthropy isn’t as high as the number offering matching-gift programs, there is still a large amount of money being unclaimed by nonprofit organizations via their volunteers.

When an employee of a company volunteers with an eligible nonprofit organization, there is the opportunity for that employee to submit a volunteer grant request, which comes in two different forms. Some companies require employees to volunteer a certain number of hours before they can request volunteer grants (for example, if an employee of Best Buy volunteers 40 hours in one year, Best Buy will provide a $1,000 monetary grant to the same organization). The other type of grant is when a company pays a per-hour rate. For example, if a Capital One employee volunteers with a nonprofit organization, Capital One will pay $1 per hour volunteered.