The Volunteer Management Progress Report

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2025 volunteer management progress report

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Learn the volunteer recruitment trends, tactics, and challenges of today's volunteer-involving organizations in our 52-page report.

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    Reporting Today’s Volunteer Recruitment Trends​

    In this, our 10th survey – The Recruitment Edition – we have taken on an ambitious goal of collecting one of the largest data sets of recruitment strategy and industry trend information to date globally. 

    We hope these insights will help volunteer-fueled organizations make informed decisions about how to drive robust volunteer engagement in a rapidly shifting environment.

    Thank you to all who participated this year. We appreciate you!

    Warm Regards,

    Tobi Johnson, President & Founder
    VolunteerPro | Tobi Johnson & Associates

    P.S. Interested in past reports? Scroll down the page to download them directly.

    What You Will Learn …

    • What recruitment tactics organizations are currently using to attract volunteers 

    • Which recruitment strategies organizations are finding to be the most effective 

    • What recruitment benchmarks can we use for comparison 

    • What are the most popular websites for posting volunteer opportunities 

    • To what extent organizations are using paid advertising 

    • What are the current salaries for leaders of volunteers and have they improved

    • The key challenges an trends for leaders of volunteers in today’s world

    • And more …

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    Thank You to This Year’s Distribution Partners

    • Rob Jackson Consulting Ltd
    • Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service
    • Harrington Hospital at UMass Memorial
    • Volunteer Ireland
    • Skye Consulting
    • Civic Champs
    • Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration
    • The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
    • Volunteer Center
    • Rochester Area Administrators of Volunteer Services
    • Sue Carter Kahl Consulting
    • DOVIA-LA / L.A. Works
    • Make-A-Wish America
    • Association of Volunteer Managers
    • America’s Service Commissions
    • VQ Volunteer Strategies
    • American Public Gardens Association
    • Southern Arizona Volunteer Management Association (SAVMA)
    • U.S. Naval Undersea Museum
    • AL!VE (Association of Leaders in Volunteer Engagement)
    • Kayla Paulson, LLC
    • Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries
    • Special Olympics BC
    • Baptcare Ltd
    • Forum for Volunteer Administrators
    • Georgia Association for Volunteer Administration (GAVA)
    • Foodbank Victoria
    • MAVA (Minnesota Alliance for Volunteer Advancement)
    • VolunteerMatch
    • Volunteer Alberta

    About The Survey

    The survey is a project of Tobi Johnson & Associates | VolunteerPro.

    Got questions or want to be a distribution partner?  Email us at wecare@volpro.net.

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