Which comes first—the volunteering or the donations? Great Study from Fidelity

Citing a new report that’s well worth your time, Fidelity Charitable provides us with a peek into the motivations and demographics of donors who also volunteer. Fidelity Charitable reported on Monday that in 2014, a record $2.6 billion in grants were made through its donor-advised funds to 92,000 nonprofits. The donors who give through this vehicle are shielded from scrutiny if they wish to be, so of course that means we cannot necessarily identify them as potential donors. But if you run a big volunteer program, you may come into contact with them, because according to this report, “Eighty-seven percent of volunteers say there is overlap between the organizations they support financially and where they volunteer, with 43 percent describing significant or total overlap with the organizations they support financially and as a volunteer.”

So which comes first—the volunteering or the contributions? 

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