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THE POWER OF PRO BONO:

BEST PRACTICES AND GLOBAL TRENDS

What if public benefit organizations

had access to the same resources as

corporations?

Pro bono is donated professional services benefitting organizations working to improve society.

SPECTRUM OF CORPORATE / COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS

Making Budget Extra Hands Infrastructure and Leadership

Financial SupportHands-on Volunteering

General Skills Pro Bono Service Board Service

►UNICEF ► Disaster Aid and

Response

► Habitat for Humanity► Donated manual

labor

► Tutoring► Financial Literacy► Teaching Basic

Computer Skills

► HR Assistance► Marketing Support► Strategic Planning

► Board Placement► Board Training

LOW HIGHIMPACT ON NONPROFIT

HIGH LOW# OF EMPLOYEES ENGAGED

Created by Taproot Foundation, 2008

JIM paints the schoolyard fence.

JILL creates an outreach plan for a school using her marketing skills.

JILL is 3 TIMES MORE LIKELYto gain material job-related skills while she provides*

6 TIMES MORE VALUEfor the community with each hour and her company provides**

5 TIMES MORE social impact as Jim’s company* .

JIM is¼ LESS LIKELYto develop new internal relationships*

LESS LIKELY TO BE SATISFIEDwith his experience*

100% MORE LIKELYto get paint on his suit.

© Taproot Foundation 2011 *True Impact/Points of Light Survey, 2010**CECP 2009; Independent Sector, 2010

Consulting Services► Corporate Advisory

Service

Market Building & Thought Leadership

► International & intermediary consulting

Programs for Nonprofits► Service Grant Program

► Powered by Pro Bono

► Pro Bono Lab

► ScopeAthon

► Virtual Coaching

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Our MISSION is to drive social change by leading, mobilizing, and engaging professionals in pro bono service.

% of nonprofits that have accessed pro bono

© Taproot Foundation 2011

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% of nonprofits that want more pro bono

“Nonprofit Survey: Leveraging Pro Bono Resources”, FTI Consulting and the Taproot Foundation, 2011.

• Skills-based volunteers at HP have 59% higher1

employee morale than non-volunteers and 13% higher morale than traditional “extra hands” volunteers 2

• 91% of HR professionals believe that skills-based volunteering can be an effective way to develop leadership skills3

• 90% of Capital One managers reported improvement in employees' leadership skills after pro bono service 4

1Hewlett-Packard, 20132The Civic 50, Points of Light and the National Conference on Citizenship, 20133Deloitte Volunteer IMPACT Survey, 20084“The Billion + Change Story,” A Billion + Change, 2013

Skilled Volunteering is Important For Company Employees Too EMPLOYEE VALUE

An effective pro bono program maximizes both business value and social impact

Increased Community Impact

Human Resources & Talent Development

Innovation

Reputation

BUSINESS VALUE

NONPROFIT NEED

Don’t know how to FIND high quality pro bono resources

65%

Don’t have enough staff TIME to manage pro bono resources

51%

Don’t have enough staff EXPERTISE to manage pro bono resources

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STRUCTURE work to take advantage of pro bono resources

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PRO BONO BARRIERS PRO BONO SUPPORT

PRO BONO BARRIERS & SUPPORTS

PRO BONO READINESS SOLUTIONS

1.CLEARLY DEFINED PROJECTS THAT MEET REAL NEEDS

2.ALIGN THE RIGHT RESOURCES FOR THE NEED

3.BE REALISTIC ABOUT PRO BONO TIMING

4.ACT LIKE THIS IS A PAID ENGAGEMENT

5.COMMIT TO FULLY IMPLEMENTED AND SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES

6.LEARNING GOES BOTH WAYS

PRINCIPLES OF GOOD PRO BONO

MATCHING NEED AND EXPERTISE

HEALTHY PRO BONO MARKETPLACE

Professionals with skills and interest

Nonprofits needing

professional support

Intermediary&

Infrastructure

►Educate

►Motivate

►Prepare

►Select & Match

►Manage

►Evaluate

►Systems, tools for

scale

CORPORATE PRO BONO KEY TRENDS

Taproot Corporate Key Trends Report Oct 2014

CORPORATE GLOBAL PRO BONO PROGRAMS

Asia (n=20)

Europe (n=19)

Latin America

(n=6)

Africa (n=9)

► % of companies offering domestic pro bono programs

46% 27% 33% 11%

► % of companies offering international pro bono programs

31% 20% 33% 0%

► Non-cash giving as a % of total giving breakdown

17% 10% 2% 27%

CECP Giving Around the Global Report 2014

Current Global Pro Bono Fellows Invited potential Global Fellows

GLOBAL PRO BONO SUMMIT & NETWORK

JOEL BASHEVKINDirector, Global Pro BonoTaproot Foundationjoel@taprootfoundation.org