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Points of Light is your trusted partner for employee volunteering and creating community and business impact.
Points of Light is your trusted partner for employee volunteering and creating community and business impact.
Advantages of Working with Points of Light
- Tailored Solutions: We customize programs to suit your company’s unique needs and preferences, ensuring personalized strategies for maximum impact.
- Decades of Experience: Founded in 1990, we lead the field in employee volunteering, consulting and implementation, internal and external volunteering and community impact frameworks, offering unparalleled knowledge and insight.
- End-to-End Support: From initial strategy to global implementation and reporting, we provide full guidance and support at every stage of the process.
- Global Reach: With a Global Network of 120 nonprofit affiliates and 57,000 comunity partners across 32 countries, we offer extensive reach and resources for impactful volunteer activation worldwide.
- Community-Focused: As a nonprofit organization, we deliver our services with our organization’s deep understanding and commitment to community-led impact and will bring that expertise to you.
Best-In-Class Customized Support with Proven Results
The Points of Light team can act as an extension of your team to directly plan and manage volunteer events or support the strategic planning efforts for your employee volunteer program. We design and facilitate listening sessions to uncover employee perspectives on organizational culture and its alignment with corporate objectives to identify key pain points, opportunities and strategic priorities. Everything from developing a volunteer time off (VTO) policy to creating or enhancing a volunteer ambassador program, and engaging thousands of employees in multiple markets — we’ve got you covered.
Connect with us today so we can customize a plan for your unique needs to elevate your programs and increase your impact. Areas of service include:
Consulting & Advisory Support for Employee Volunteer Programs
Tailored strategies to align volunteer programs with your company's values and goals, incorporating strategic planning sessions, listening tours, ambassador training and more.
Benchmarking, Strategy Assessment and Recognition for Community-Minded Companies
Showcase your company's positive community and social impact with The Civic 50.
Learning Opportunities and Peer Networking for CSR Professionals
Learn more about the Corporate Service Council.
Community-Centered Social Impact Initiatives
Planning and Management of Global Employee Volunteer Projects
Volunteer Recognition and Social Impact Storytelling
CONTACT US TODAY TO GET STARTED!
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Case Studies
Explore case studies to see how our services have helped companies enhance their social impact initiatives and employee volunteer programs.
- Challenge: Fidelity Investments needed to create volunteer opportunities that fit a changing workforce with staggered hybrid schedules while ensuring meaningful impact for nonprofit organizations and communities.
- Solution: Partnering with Points of Light, Fidelity developed a monthlong initiative, Fidelity Cares Month, which involved customized volunteer projects tailored to local community needs, leveraging Points of Light's Global Network of affiliates and thousands of employee volunteers.
- Result: In May 2023, Fidelity Cares Month saw 5,100 volunteers participate in 175+ events, contributing over 10,000 volunteer hours, impacting 28 communities, reaching 5,000 students, packing 70,000+ meals, and donating 17,900 diapers, among other achievements.
Fidelity Investments
- Challenge: Fidelity Investments needed to create volunteer opportunities that fit a changing workforce with staggered hybrid schedules while ensuring meaningful impact for nonprofit organizations and communities.
- Solution: Partnering with Points of Light, Fidelity developed a monthlong initiative, Fidelity Cares Month, which involved customized volunteer projects tailored to local community needs, leveraging Points of Light's Global Network of affiliates and thousands of employee volunteers.
- Result: In May 2023, Fidelity Cares Month saw 5,100 volunteers participate in 175+ events, contributing over 10,000 volunteer hours, impacting 28 communities, reaching 5,000 students, packing 70,000+ meals, and donating 17,900 diapers, among other achievements.
Lowe's
- Challenge: Lowe’s aimed to complete 100 local impact projects between July and October 2021 but needed additional support due to the scale and timeframe.
- Solution: Points of Light helped manage the program by vetting projects, supporting grant recipients, processing grants, and providing training and consulting.
- Result: The initiative was a success, impacting over 1.3 million people, engaging 1,800 Lowe’s employees as volunteers, and supporting local economies with 1,291 hired vendors.
Resources for Companies
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Research & Reports
Volunteer Time Off: Implementing and Optimizing Workplace Programs and Policies
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Proof Points to Support Investment in Employee Community Engagement
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Making Social Impact Accessible for All Employee Roles and Settings
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