Transforming lives through volunteers

The VolunteerNow® mission is to transform lives through volunteers. Volunteers change everything - where they live, work, and play - and transform their own lives in the process of serving others. Whether it's connecting nonprofits to the free workforce that they need, supporting teachers and students in the classroom, or providing volunteer infrastructure for municipalities, VolunteerNow programs and services build capacity for our communities to address critical needs.

As a national thought leader in volunteerism, and one of the largest volunteer centers in the country, VolunteerNow serves as the hub of volunteerism in North Texas. We are a national provider of volunteer recruitment and management software, leveraging our four decades of expertise in volunteer engagement.

Supporting all causes

Mission-driven technology: VOLY.org for schools

VolunteerNow’s innovative community engagement platform, VOLY.org, currently supports dozens of districts - and counting! More than 118,000 volunteers gave 536,000 hours in the 2018-2019 academic year, valued at $13 million. More than 400,000 students were directly impacted by parent help, corporate projects, individual mentoring, and a multitude of other ways in which school districts rely on their surrounding communities.

Raising Independence

Canine Companions for Independence dogs have learned more than 40 commands and become experts at opening doors, turning lights on and off, and even tugging laundry baskets for their owners. Children, adults and veterans with disabilities receive assistance from trained canines free of charge from the nonprofit, which recruits “puppy raisers” - volunteers who teach dogs basic obedience and socialization skills. “Recruiting quality volunteers is vital to the Canine Companions mission,” Mikell Bollinger, Canine for Companions Independence Development Director. “VOLY.org makes it possible.”

empowering women to find hope

With more than 13,000 volunteer hours given in one year, The Magdalen House was able to fulfill its critical mission of empowering 230 women to find hope in sobriety. The organization provides alcohol-dependent women with 52 solution-focused meetings; connections to safe, transitional housing; and access to the Peer Recovery Program free of charge. “Volunteers save the agency over $106,000 annually,” said Lauren McElroy, Magdalen House Development Manager. “Without our volunteers serving as overnight supervisors, yoga instructors and meeting chairs, we would have to hire those individuals as staff members.”

VOLY.org, powered by VolunteerNow

VolunteerNow is a national provider of volunteer recruitment and management software through our proprietary technology, VOLY.org. The easy-to-use system pairs VolunteerNow's volunteer engagement expertise with state-of-the-art technology that engages, tracks, and manages volunteers in service to their communities. VOLY.org has expanded as a software-as-a-service across the United States for the growth of volunteerism and mobilization of volunteer efforts in school districts, banks, companies, court systems, and governments and municipalities, as well as the continued support of nonprofits and volunteer centers.

Our annual impact

• Last year, VolunteerNow mobilized 310,000 volunteers who gave 1.625 million hours valued at $41.4 million.

• We serve 3,500 nonprofits and refer more than 700 volunteers per day.

• For every dollar of support we receive, we mobilize $10.55 of volunteer labor for our community.

Our partners

Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD)

The Dallas County VOAD coordinates planning and preparedness efforts in advance of a disaster. VolunteerNow is an independent member that collaboratively works to provide relief and recovery services in the event of a disaster

Mass Care Task Force

A collaboration between the American Red Cross North Texas Region, the Salvation Army DFW Metroplex Command, the North Texas Food Bank, and VolunteerNow.

Texas Volunteer Management Conference

The Texas Volunteer Management Conference provides a day of broad based, affordable, nearby training for professional volunteer managers in Texas and nearby states.