VolunteerBadge Research
Authoritative, deeply-sourced data on volunteering, nonprofits, screening, churches, and the workplace — organized into hubs, with a new report published every day.
The data behind finding and signing up volunteers — the ask, channels, motivations, and what makes people say yes.
Explore hubKeeping volunteers active: retention, turnover, burnout, satisfaction, recognition, and engagement benchmarks.
Explore hubRunning the program: coordinators, scheduling, training, software, communication, ROI, and technology adoption.
Explore hubWho volunteers — by age, gender, generation, education, income, and geography — and how to target your outreach.
Explore hubThe value volunteers create: economic impact, the dollar value of a volunteer hour, ROI, and lifetime value.
Explore hubBackground checks, identity verification, screening adoption, risk, incidents, compliance, and program safety.
Explore hubProtecting young people: child abuse data, youth-program safety, SafeSport, mandatory reporting, and prevention.
Explore hubThe shape of the sector: number of nonprofits, revenue, employment, salaries, boards, formation, and failure rates.
Explore hubWhere the money comes from: individual, corporate, and foundation giving, donor retention, grants, and online donations.
Explore hubHow nonprofits use tech: CRM, websites, email, social media, AI adoption, cybersecurity, and marketing benchmarks.
Explore hubCongregations by the numbers: attendance, membership, ministries, giving, technology, safety, and growth.
Explore hubEmployee volunteering, CSR/ESG, HR technology, background screening, and AI adoption across the modern workplace.
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