Monetary Value of Volunteer Time

Determining an economic value to assign to volunteer time is getting more and more attention. Be aware that most of the calculations are really wage replacement costs and have little to do with intrinsic worth. 

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Advocacy for Volunteer Involvement: The Role of Funders, Susan J. Ellis
Be Careful What We Wish For! The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Volunteering, Linda L. Graff
The Choice of the Citizen: Pay Taxes, Do Without, or Volunteer, Susan J. Ellis
The Correlation between Time Donors and Money Donors, Susan J. Ellis
Get the Most Support: Blending Money, Things, and People, Susan J. Ellis
How Will the Economic Crisis Affect Volunteering?, Susan J. Ellis
Is the challenge recruiting citizens to volunteer or making sure agencies are ready for volunteers?, Susan J. Ellis
Is the Rising Cost of Gas a Crisis or an Opportunity for Volunteering?, Susan J. Ellis
It's Time to Start Counting Volunteers Seriously, Susan J. Ellis
It’s Time to Discuss the Complex Relationship of Volunteering and Money, Susan J. Ellis
The Money Factor in Volunteer Management, Susan J. Ellis
Money is No Object, Susan J. Ellis
A Note On Assessing Value, Linda Graff, , pp. 20-22, Linda Graff and Associates Inc.
Part-time Volunteer Management Means Equally Limited Volunteer Involvement, Susan J. Ellis
Raising Money through Volunteer Labor, Susan J. Ellis
Should We Ask Volunteers to Give Money on Top of Time?, Susan J. Ellis
Statistics, Bikinis and Volunteers: The New Independent Sector Study on Giving and Volunteering, Susan J. Ellis
Value of Volunteering, Betsy McFarland
Volunteers Should Not Be Second-Class Taxpayers, Susan J. Ellis
When the Ax Falls: Budget Cutting and Volunteers, Susan J. Ellis
Wouldn't It Be Nice to Really Know, Susan J. Ellis
Guide from Nonprofits Canada, 2002, pp. 24
By the Grantmaker Forum on Community and National Service reveals the level of infrastructure neccessary for an organization to effectively involve volunteers , 2003, pp. 24

A "State of Volunteering Report" for 2014, produced by the Institute of Project Management for Volunteering Tasmania, Australia. Looks at the "value" of volunteers beyond financial.

, 2014, pp. 125

Produced by the Institute of Project Management for Volunteering WA. Comprehensive look at the "value"--beyond financial--of volunteer services. Report has nice infographics at the start and an executive summary.

, 2015, pp. 164
This document from Volunteering England explores what "valuing volunteer management" really means and is designed to help organisations assess how they currently value volunteer management, why this is important, and what extra steps they could take., 2011, pp. 16

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From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Successful Volunteer Involvement

Outlines the key executive decisions necessary to lay the foundation for successful volunteer involvement: policies, budgeting, staffing, employee-volunteer relationships, legal issues, cost and value of volunteers, and more.