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Year founded: 1998

President: Greg Baldwin

Mission: VolunteerMatchhelps everyone find a great place to volunteer.

Accomplishments:

• Referred more than 3,400,000 people to active volunteer opportunities
• Established active list of volunteer opportunities, currently at 52,610
• Registered more than 57,000 organizations
• Registered more than 1,614,000 volunteers
• Became first-ranked site for "volunteer" on Google, MSN, and Yahoo!

Profile: VolunteerMatch is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. Its award-winning online service makes it easy to find local volunteer opportunities by ZIP code, interest area, and/or keyword. The VolunteerMatch network regularly welcomes more than 125,000 visitors each week and has become the preferred volunteer recruiting service for tens of thousands of participating nonprofits across the country. The organization is committed to building world-class internet applications that bring our communities closer together, expand the capacity of civil society, and encourage a culture of individual empowerment and participation.

To learn more and get more involved, go to VolunteerMatch's Volunteer Pageor its Donations Page.

–Huntington W. Sharp, Editor, Homepage & Special Projects, Red Room

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