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This information was last updated on December 11, 2000

 
The Virtual Volunteering Project identified more than 500 groups and organizations who have or are involving volunteers via the Internet through:

• the agencies completion of our online survey for agencies involving online volunteers
• e-mails to the VV Project regarding their involvement of online volunteers
• newspaper articles highlighting agency involvement of online volunteers
• web searches by the VV Project staff and volunteers
• referrals from online volunteers

 
12 agencies participated as affiliates of the VV Project, sharing experiences about their online volunteering activities and virtual volunteering management issues, and trying out suggestions from the Virtual Volunteering Project staff and each other.

In addition, many more organizations also provide suggestions for Project resources, and feedback about how this Project can be promoted. The Project Team is committed to making the Virtual Volunteering Project collaborative and mutually beneficial.

We have listed approximately 100 agencies involving online volunteers and other collaborating organizations here on our Web site. We no longer include in this list every agency involving online volunteers; rather, we concentrate on agencies that involve volunteers in virtual situations with clients or other volunteers (direct service) and offer management suggestions for other groups; agencies or informal, all-volunteer groups that have provided the Project with information to help other organizations involve online volunteers effectively; and agencies or groups involving online volunteers in unique or innovative ways.

The purpose of this list is to give volunteers and agencies an idea of the variety of online tasks available, and the variety of organizations -- public sector, for-profit, nonprofit, or unaffiliated all-volunteer groups -- involving online volunteers.

You can view these agencies in alphabetical order, by region, or by type of virtual volunteering activity and program mission.

 
Affiliates
12 agencies that worked directly with the VV Project during our first two years and are excellent examples of programs that successful involve online volunteers.

 
Alphabetical Listing:
More than 100 organizations.

• Agencies by name, a - c
  
• Agencies by name, d - i
  
• Agencies by name, j - p
  
• Agencies by name, q - z

 
By Region:

North East: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.

South: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia.

Mid West: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Wisconsin.

South West: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas.

Mountain/Western States:Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming.

West Coast/Pacific States:Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington

National (United States) Organizations
Includes international organizations based in the United States

Organizations Outside the United States

Agencies and Initiatives That Involve:

• Seniors as Online Volunteers and/or Online Volunteers Assisting Seniors
  
• Youth as Online Volunteers and/or Online Volunteers Assisting Youth
  
• People with Disabilities, as Online Volunteers or as Those Served
  
• Volunteers in Online Mentoring/TeleMentoring or TeleTutoring
  
• Online Volunteering for Hospitals and Other Healthcare Settings
  
• Online Volunteers Answering Questions from the Public or Clients
  
• Online Volunteers Working Primarily with Staff and Other Volunteers
  
• Online Volunteers Focused Primarily on Computer-Related Assistance
  
• Online Volunteers in Arts and Entertainment-Related Groups and Activities
  
• Online Volunteers in Legal-Related Groups and Activities
  

• Examples of Virtual Volunteering
  A list of various types of online tasks for volunteers.

• How I involve online volunteers
  A first-hand account of how Jayne Cravens, manager of the Virtual Volunteering Project, recruits, screens, assigns, manages and acknowledges her own online volunteers. See how the suggestions from the Project's Web site are put into practice at our own organization.

• What about online support groups and other informal activities by online volunteers?
  Part of the Virtual Volunteering Project FAQs (frequently asked questions and their answers).

If your organization involves volunteers "offline" to promote your agency's mission (tutoring clients, staffing a crisis line, support groups, etc.), and you want to explore involvement of online volunteers in a similar capacity, OR, if you already DO involve online volunteers and want to expand these activities, the Virtual Volunteering Project would love to help you. Read more about how we might collaborate.

 
Information for those who wish to
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If you find this or any other Virtual Volunteering Project information helpful, or would like to add information based on your own experience, please contact us.

If you do use Virtual Volunteering Project materials in your own workshop or trainings, or republish materials in your own publications, please let us know, so that we can track how this information is dissiminated.