In this paper we analyze the costs and benefits of the investments that non-profit organizations (NPOs) make for the recruitment, training, and management of volunteers. Our main research question is whether we can apply the Social Return on Investment (SROI) to the identification and quantification of social returns in monetary terms. We believe that the “SROI of volunteering” may represent an effective instrument of internal control for NPOs for improving efficiency and sustainability. In order to verify the feasibility and appropriateness of the SROI approach, we present a case study on the Italian association Dynamo Camp, which works with children with serious illness through the organization of summer camps that offer “recreational therapy”. We believe that the presented methodology has the potential to contribute to the debate about the socio-economic impact organizations create for volunteers and for society at large.

Investing in volunteering: measuring social returns of volunteer recruitment, training, and management / G.Manetti; M.Bellucci; E.Como; L.Bagnoli, E. Como. - ELETTRONICO. - (2014), pp. 1-34. (Intervento presentato al convegno Euram 14th Annual Conference. Waves and Winds of Strategic Leadership for Sustainable Competitiveness tenutosi a Valencia nel 4-8 June 2014).

Investing in volunteering: measuring social returns of volunteer recruitment, training, and management

MANETTI, GIACOMO;BELLUCCI, MARCO;BAGNOLI, LUCA
2014

Abstract

In this paper we analyze the costs and benefits of the investments that non-profit organizations (NPOs) make for the recruitment, training, and management of volunteers. Our main research question is whether we can apply the Social Return on Investment (SROI) to the identification and quantification of social returns in monetary terms. We believe that the “SROI of volunteering” may represent an effective instrument of internal control for NPOs for improving efficiency and sustainability. In order to verify the feasibility and appropriateness of the SROI approach, we present a case study on the Italian association Dynamo Camp, which works with children with serious illness through the organization of summer camps that offer “recreational therapy”. We believe that the presented methodology has the potential to contribute to the debate about the socio-economic impact organizations create for volunteers and for society at large.
2014
Waves and Winds of Strategic Leadership for Sustainable Competitiveness
Euram 14th Annual Conference. Waves and Winds of Strategic Leadership for Sustainable Competitiveness
Valencia
4-8 June 2014
G.Manetti; M.Bellucci; E.Como; L.Bagnoli, E. Como
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