For nonprofits, risk management may refer to assessing finances or insurance coverage, but it also may refer to screening volunteers, training employees and reducing liability, to name a few.

As with all questions having to do with tax law, please consult a legal, tax, or accounting professional for definitive answers to your specific question(s).

Volunteers provide more than an extra set of hands. They provide outside expertise, future employees, a community network and a pool of potential donors. Recruit and manage your volunteers basically like your employees.

Every April, Independent Sector publishes an estimated national value of each volunteer hour. This page includes historical national data and the value of volunteers’ contribution by state or territory.

If you're looking for volunteer opportunities, start with organizations whose causes you support. Your school, workplace, or place of worship also are good places to start inquiring. To find volunteers, use social media or find volunteer recruitment websites.

Gracias a los sitios Web que ofrecen bases de datos para voluntarios, hoy en día es más fácil que nunca conseguir oportunidades y posiciones para voluntarios dentro de organizaciones sin fines de lucro. A la vez, las organizaciones que buscan reclutar a voluntarios para sus programas pueden utilizar estos sitios para anunciar estas posiciones.

Check out YouthGiving.org, a service of Candid that aims to inspire, connect, and inform youth-led grantmaking. Find youth grantmaking programs near you, the causes and projects they give to, and the foundations that support them. Want to start a youth-led program? Learn how they operate, best practices, and how to stay connected with similar programs that are part of this growing movement.