Independent Sector announces 2019 cohort of NGen Fellows

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• Published date: 01 June 2019
• Date: 01 June 2019

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and in volunteer time served.

• Retirees can be a secret weapon. According to

the report, retirees contributed almost 4.5 times more

dollars and logged nearly eight times as many volun-

teer hours than full-time employees tracked under

the YourCause platform, making them an extremely

valuable resource for employers to draw upon. While

most charities don’t have large numbers of retirees at

their disposal, the ones they can call upon are likely

to show up and serve—inspiring current employees

along the way.

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employee volunteer program, or to read the full report,

visit https://solutions.yourcause.com. ■

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Employee participation rates, donation amounts vary

According to YourCause, levels of employee participation and engagement vary, depending on which

programs are offered by an employer. But on many of the most important metrics, those that offer both

a workplace giving program and an employee volunteer program see the best results.

Giving

Programs Only Volunteer

Programs Only Both

Employee engagement 8% 8% 21%

Average annual employee donation $777 NA $775

Average annual company match per participant $961 NA $733

Average transactions per donor 9 NA 9

Average hours per volunteer NA 9 19

Source: YourCause. ■

Independent Sector announces

2019 cohort of NGen Fellows

The Independent Sector has announced the 2019

cohort of the American Express NGen Fellows

program.

According to the IS, the NGen Fellows—12 char-

itable-sector leaders age 40 and under—are selected

each year to take part in a range of activities that help

them expand their access to the people, knowledge,

networks and resources necessary to scale their work

in the sector.

The program, now in its 10th year, includes a

curriculum focusing on six core components: self-

awareness, results-based decision-making, systems

change, racial equity, adaptive leadership and net-

work development.

The 2019 NGen Fellows include representatives

from organizations such as the Alliance for a Better

Community in Los Angeles; the Anchorage Coali-

tion to End Homelessness in Eagle River, Alaska;

the United Way of Southwest Georgia in Atlanta; the

Dividend Project in Chicago; Equity in the Center in

Washington, D.C.; the East Oakland Youth Devel-

opment Center in Oakland, Calif.; and MENTOR

North Carolina in Durham, N.C.

The program runs from May 2019 to the end of

the year. The NGen Fellows will convene in person

three times, rst in Washington, D.C.; then in Chicago

in August; and nally at the IS’s annual summit in

November, also in Chicago.

For more information, including a full list of NGen

Fellows, visit https://independentsector.org/programs/

ngen/ngenfellows. ■