Welcome to Reimagining Service

Reimagining Service is a national coalition of multi-sector representatives from nonprofit organizations, government, education, faith-based organizations, funders, and corporations, which seeks to explore new ways of addressing the challenges and opportunities of increasing social impact through volunteer engagement. Reimagining Service aims to increase the impact of volunteering through:

PRACTICE: Inspiring organizations to leverage volunteers more fully in their core operations in an effort to address the social missions of their organizations. We promote the fundamental integration of volunteers into organizations in a strategic way, designed to make a difference in service delivery and social outcomes.
RESEARCH: Supporting and disseminating research aimed at highlighting effective volunteer engagement practices and policies and their impact on the core mission of the organization
FUNDING: Engaging funders in recognizing that volunteerism and civic engagement are cost effective strategies that help organizations and community groups accomplish their missions, thus meriting their financial support

We believe that one way to increase the impact of volunteering is to encourage the creation of more service enterprises. A service enterprise is a nonprofit or for-profit organization that fundamentally leverages volunteers and their skills to successfully deliver on the social mission of the organization. Click here to learn more about service enterprises.

We encourage you to become a signatory to the Reimagining Service principles to show your commitment to bringing these principles to life. Click here to sign on in support of the principles. And click here to a list of signatories to date. To learn more about the Reimagining Service Council and its members, click here.