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Volunteering Changes Everything. Your Gift Makes It Possible.

Somewhere right now, a neighbor wants to help, a nonprofit doesn’t have the capacity to welcome them, and a community is waiting for both. Your gift closes that gap. Give today and turn the desire to help into meaningful action.

Why Give to Points of Light?

Millions of people want to serve. They want to mentor a student, rebuild after a storm, sit with someone who feels alone, or show up for a cause that moves them. What stops them is rarely willingness, but rather a missing connection, overstretched nonprofit, or a nonexistent pathway.

 

Your gift builds those pathways. It puts tools in the hands of the people already doing the work, opens doors for the people ready to serve, and closes the distance between good intentions and real impact. Every dollar you give today meets a need that cannot wait.

What Changes Because You Give

What Changes Because You Give

  • You help someone find their first volunteer experience. Your gift matches a person ready to serve with a cause that needs them, turning a good intention into a moment of real contribution.
  • You equip a nonprofit to do more with its offerings. Your gift gives a local organization the training and coaching it needs to welcome volunteers well and keep them coming back.
  • You help a young person discover the power of service. Your gift supports the programs, recognition, and pathways that show the next generation what civic life can look like.
  • You strengthen a community’s ability to respond. Your gift fuels the networks and rapid-response connections that help neighborhoods act quickly when it matters most.
Why This Matters Now Why This Matters Now

Why This Matters Now

Loneliness is rising. Trust is fraying. Community challenges are growing more complex by the month. Volunteering remains one of the most human, accessible answers we have. People are ready to give their time. Your gift connects them to the causes that need them. The sooner it arrives, the sooner it goes to work.

Ways to Give Ways to Give

Ways to Give

  • Give monthly. A recurring gift sustains the work all year and grows the impact of every dollar.
  • Make a one-time gift. Put resources to work today through a secure online donation.
  • Give through a donor-advised fund (DAF). Recommend a grant to Points of Light through your existing DAF.
  • Give stock or securities. Donate appreciated stock or mutual funds through our online stock gift option.
  • Give in tribute. Honor or remember someone with a gift made in their name.
  • Plan a legacy gift. Include Points of Light in your estate plans or speak with our team about legacy giving.

Your Support Fuels Our Impact

  • 3M

    volunteers engaged in 2024

  • 32

    countries with Points of Light programs

  • 120

    nonprofits in the Global Network

  • 122

    companies engaged in 2024