Charity Guide was a tax-exempt, nonprofit

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organization in the

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dedicated to inspiring and facilitating

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opportunities through an approach known as flexible volunteerism. Its website, VolunteerGuide.org, offered a list of volunteer opportunities, service projects and volunteer vacation ideas designed to be entirely flexible and immediately actionable by would-be volunteers. Charity Guide was based in

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Approach

Based on the premise that many would-be volunteers have hectic and unpredictable schedules, making it difficult for them to commit to traditional, regular volunteer schedules, Charity Guide focused on listing flexible volunteer opportunities through which people can help a cause of their choosing in as little as 15 minutes. Also known as “Volunteering On-Demand,” the approach sought to give busy people a way to help a cause any time, from anywhere, without having to commit to a schedule or register in advance.

Volunteer opportunities

VolunteerGuide.org listed volunteer opportunities, service projects and

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in six areas, including

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, helping children,

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al protection,

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and safety and

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. Service projects include paid listings as part of VolunteerGuide.org's corporate citizenship program.Corporate Citizenship

History

Charity Guide was founded in 2000 by

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and

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consultant, Michael Organ, who served as executive director. Charity Guide ceased operations in 2015, linking instead to VolunteerMatch.org

References

External links

* {{URL, http://www.charityguide.org/, former official site Charities based in Illinois Defunct non-profit organizations based in the United States Organizations established in 2000 Organizations disestablished in 2015