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Which types of organizations can use VolunteerMatch?
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2VolunteerMatch encourages all community service organizations to register on our site. The following organizations are welcome to join the VolunteerMatch community:
Organizations with 501(c) tax exempt status
Organizations that have applied for, and are waiting for approval, of their 501(c) tax-exempt status.
Government entities within the United States, including public schools and libraries
Organizations with state-level tax exemption
Organizations fiscally sponsored by another organization with 501(c) status
Registered political campaigns
For-profit hospices, hospitals, long-term care facilities and schools
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I run a small poetry organization - we hold poetry open mics, poetry slams, and other similar events. Because of the small scale of the enterprise (only a few thousand dollars pass through the org each year), it doesn't make much sense to me right now to go through the headaches and paperwork of applying for non-profit status, especially since I foresee the org running at a loss into the future (I support it out of pocket).
I am not operating it for profit and I never will, but it isn't a non-profit. Can I list here?
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Hi my name is Tammie, we are serving in SL west africa, building a hospital, digging wells ect, we have a need for soap. how could we work together? we are headquartered in Buffalo Ny. Global Outreach Mission.
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Good Day,
Do you have volunteers that you could provide for this program to recruit seniors from a sr center to oversee a phone buddies program? If not, do you suggestions for recruiting volunteers
Thank you for your time and assistance. It is greatly appreaciated. Lastly can you tell me about your partnership with NYU.
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Hello Jason,
VolunteerMatch does not 'place' volunteers, but rather provides the platform for organizations to recruit volunteers through posting 'Volunteer Opportunities'. Volunteers reach out to offer their services at their convenience. For more clarification, please see below:
VolunteerMatch Policy On Individuals Seeking Personal Volunteers
To register your organization, please go to VolunteerMatch Organization Registration ...and fill out all of the required forms.
In order to complete your registration, you may need to submit information about your organization including a mission statement and description of services, an EIN (Employer Identification Number, also known as a Tax ID), and current volunteer opportunities.
I hope this helps!
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Hello Dana,
Your listings are inactive because your organization has not been approved. See above, non-profits that are awaiting approval of their 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status can register with our site.
If you are currently applying for tax exempt status:
Please send us a copy of the letter that you received from the IRS verifying their receipt of your application for tax exempt status. We can accept this document by e-mail or by fax at (415) 520-9650.
If you have state-level tax exemption:
Please send us state-level articles of incorporation which mention your nonprofit status or provide a link to a listing on your Secretary of State's website. We can accept your articles of incorporation by e-mail or by fax at (415) 520-9650.
email: support@volunteermatch.org
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Do you work with for profit organizations, wanting to assist in formation of non profit org to benefit a certain cause?
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I am starting a non profit and am not incorportated yet. Am I able add my organization to attempt to attact volunteers to help me get started? I do not have an EIN yet.
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Hello Joseph,
We can approve your organization if it falls into one of the categories mentioned above.
If you have any more questions feel free to respond to this post.
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how can a business get volunteers to come help them
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Hello Miss Mitchell,
If your business does not fall into one of the categories listed above you might want to check out our Corporate Solutions page:
http://www.volunteermatch.org/corporations/
Let me know if you have any more questions!
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Can a group without a non-profit status sign up on here to get volunteers? Our animal welfare group has over 200 members and we need volunteers, but we aren't a non-profit yet.
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My organization is a 401c4. We host many volunteer projects where we fund raise for a charity or do community events. Can I register as a non profit?
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Hi Wilmington,
Most 401(c)(4)'s are eligible to use VolunteerMatch. Go ahead and register your organization. We will email you if we require more information. If you have any additional questions please post them here or respond to our emails!
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My organization is a Rotary Club that receives grants from Rotary International which is a 501c so we should fit under this category:
Organizations fiscally sponsored by another organization with 501(c) status
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Hello Tiffany,
As we discussed yesterday, VolunteerMatch allows organizations using 'parent affiliate' information to register with our site. However, you will need to supply the EIN of the parent affiliate and proof of your organization's affiliation. We can accept this information via email [support@volunteermatch.org] or via fax at 415-241-6872.
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I am Rick O'Connor and I work for RTI here in Raleigh. The Census Bureau has contracted RTI to interview American host parents of exchange students to see how to improve the 2020 Census in this field. I would like to send you a flier for these parents to review and call me if they might be interested in participating in the study. We will pay the parents $40.00 for the one hour study... Please advise.
Rick O'Connor
919 597-5166
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Website Develper.
I have organization based in Tanzania iam trying to grow i would like to get a volunteer from USA that can help to make better site.
Iam able to coordinate with the person,my email is,atalphonce@yahoo.com.
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Is there a way NAtional Honors Society may get involved with this organization? There will be min. 12 cadets from the Air Force Academy willing to do a group project with your organization. May I Cynthia Ruiz President of the NHS have a response back please and thank you!
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I am a one person business, that is new, not making an great sums of money on the retail side(created as a micro business). However, I am cultivating a giving fund from my own pockets and need volunteers to help me to grow to official non profit status. It would be great if VM would approve those small(entrepreneurs that are actively growing a fund from their small existing retail(online) business. I am grassroots.
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Can a for profit volunteer agency utilize the volunteer match data base to recruit volunteers?
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cant seem to write out my message on the page. i can here though. want to ask about inviting foreignn exchange student here to my place from brazil.
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I am not an organization. I am just a parent of a child with autism putting on a fundraiser to benefit the ASCC. I neeed volunteers for this fundraiser, how do I continue past the organization selection page?
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I am very interested in using VolunteerMatch to recruit volunteers for my organization. We work with a number of different non-profits, but my organization, The San Francisco Marathon, is not technically a non profit organization. The volunteer opportunities available are for our Ultramarathon at the end of July which is campaign to create awareness and support for 8 different charities. Can I still use VolunteerMatch?
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Hello,
I am a volunteer for a local consortium of Non-profit organizations that comes together as a "taskforce" against homelessness. We are a federally recognized body that coordinates homeless services in our County, however we are not a formal 501(c)(3) organization yet (we will be doing this in early 2013). We do host events though and have an upcoming community resource event for homeless individuals and families and we were seeking volunteers to serve lunch and breakfast at the event. With these circumstances, how could I register our organization and post for our volunteering opportunity? Thank you,
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do you only accept non profit agencys? I am the volunteer coordinator for a hospice. We need volunteers to sit with our patients to give our caregivers respite.
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If we are not nonprofit, can we still register if we staff with volunteers?
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I had thought politically directed posts were not allowed. Are they allowed?
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Hello Everett,
Good question!
Our mission is to "strengthen communities by making it easier for good people and good causes to connect," and we try to live up to that standard by promoting a wide variety of volunteer needs and issues on our site.
VolunteerMatch does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, physical/mental handicap, or sexual orientation. Organizations that post their opportunities on VolunteerMatch are offered 27 interest areas to choose from to categorize their opportunities from. By offering such a large volume of choices, we aim to make it as easy as possible for volunteers to seek and find relevant and interesting opportunities and get involved. In generating our list of categories, we try to offer as broad and all-encompassing a menu as possible, without creating an overwhelming list.
Please remember that even if you are not interested in volunteering for something that is specifically promoted on our homepage, there are more than 50,000 available opportunities on VolunteerMatch. Please take a moment to search and sign up for an opportunity that is meaningful and rewarding to you, and that will help build and enrich our communities.
You are welcome to check out our terms of service. Let me know if you have any more questions.
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The Kitt Peak National Observatory is located atop Kitt Peak, 55 miles SW of Tucson, on the Tohono O’odham Native American Reservation. We have the largest collection of optical telescopes of any observatory anywhere in the world.
I am trying to add an organization to Volunteer Match, but when I get to the “pick a category” section, I get stuck.
NONE of the categories on the list apply to us. We are the Kitt Peak National Observatory’s Visitor Center. Categories that might apply to us are:
Science Museum
Museum
Education and Public Outreach
Education
Science Education
Astronomy
The pull-down menu lists “Education and Literacy.” This is the only category that has an education component, but we do not teach anyone how to read. There is a “Computers and Technology” category, both of which we use here, but that is not what our volunteers would be working with.
I would love to list our organization with your web site and see if we might benefit from it and find some volunteers, but until the category list has at least one thing that applies to us, we simply can’t.
I am actually VERY surprised that the simple category of “Museum” is not a choice. There are hundreds, if not thousands of museums out there.
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Hi , I need volnteers for my home based autism treament program . I'm starting it in my home with my daughter ,I'm not an organization or a member of one ...so how can i complete the registration process .
thank you ,
nadia
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The center I wish to register is a Multilingual Center within a school distract. All employees are salaried through the district but we also do fundraising and receive grants in an effort to run additional programs, and are in need of volunteers as tutors/event coordinators. We are not a non-profit as we do not have 401(c)3 status but we are not found if I list us as a school.
Which is the more appropriate course of action: to list us as a non-profit despite our non-401(c)3 status or to list the school at which we are basd?
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I work with an all-volunteer group to put on an annual event (www.seattlegivecamp.org) when tech volunteers help non-profits with projects. I'd like to post our organization and event, but I can't get through your registration process because we're don't fit into your categories. Any advice?
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That won't fit us. I'm glad were were able to post on other sites, like Idealist.org.
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You might also want to try craigslist.org. Lots of organizations that don't qualify to use VolunteerMatch have great success on Idealist and Craigslist.
Happy Recruiting!
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I'm trying to get people to help with logistics at a one-day event at the University of Las Vegas (UNLV) I don't know which organization type to use. Selecting education doesn't work.
The event is not for profit, but we are not an official non-profit (we're not anything; this is just students putting on an event)
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We are a Educational Workshop program, a domestic non profit in Florida. what do I put the organization under when trying to recruit volunteers?
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Hello Emily,
Without having any additional information about your organization I believe you would qualify as an incorporated state level nonprofit. Select 'Nonprofit' and 'Other' in the registration process.
I hope this helps!
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Being a U.N.V, I am sure that we can do a lot to link people,helping people around he Globe.
Wish you all, all the best.