Corporate Social Impact Built to Deliver

Points of Light helps companies build employee volunteer and social impact programs that are purposeful, scalable, and designed to perform. 

Purposeful Employee Volunteering Crafted for Real-World Impact

Points of Light brings together strategy, implementation, and community connection to help companies create volunteer experiences that engage employees and deliver lasting value for communities. With decades of experience working with corporations, a global network of affiliate organizations, and deep community expertise, we help organizations move from intention to action — and from action to results that endure.

Activation Services

Activation Services

Make your corporate volunteering more impactful and easier to execute. We work alongside your team and community partners to design and deliver service experiences that align with your priorities, engage employees in meaningful ways, and respond to real community needs. 

 

What we deliver: 

  • Company-wide days, weeks, and months of service  
  • In-person, virtual, and hybrid volunteer experiences  
  • Leadership meetings, conferences, and team activations  
  • Engagement opportunities for employees, ERGs, interns, new hires, and distributed teams  
  • Return-to-office, ambassador, and culture-building engagement moments  
  • Implementation support, coordination, and post-event reporting Program Consulting 
Program Consulting

Program Consulting

Move beyond event-based volunteering to a social impact strategy that is connected, scalable, and built to grow. We help companies assess where they are, clarify where they want to go, and build the infrastructure, strategies, and tools to get there. 

 

What we deliver:

  • Program assessment and benchmarking  
  • Strategic planning and facilitation  
  • Measurement approaches and impact reporting  
  • Skills-based and pro bono volunteering programs  
  • Volunteer recognition and awards  
  • Volunteer grant programs  
  • Board service strategies  
  • Volunteer time off programs  
  • Playbooks and infrastructure guidance for long-term growth  

 

How Corporate Solutions Work Together 

Activation Services and Program Consulting Activation are designed to work independently or in combination, depending on where you are and where you want to go. Some companies need support for a single employee engagement moment. Others are building a broader, longer-term social impact strategy. Most find value in both.

Measurement and Impact 

We work with companies to define what success looks like in practical terms— then provide reporting that captures participation, volunteer hours, stories of impact, and community outcomes.

Points of Light is not a technology platform. We work alongside your existing systems, bringing programs to life through strategy, community partnerships, local expertise, and on-the-ground activation. 

Why Companies Choose Points of Light

Our enterprise has 35+ years of experience helping organizations build meaningful volunteering and social impact programs. In addition, we offer: 

  • Access to relationships with affiliate organizations around the world, giving companies access to trusted local nonprofit insight and genuine community connection.
  • Flexible support that can be collaborative or turnkey, from a single activation to a broader multi-market or enterprise-wide effort.
  • Deep experience aligning company goals with community priorities, so programs are credible, relevant, and locally informed.
  • Expertise that spans strategy, implementation, and measurement.
  • Nonprofit partnership that understands both corporate priorities and community realities