Successful partnerships with corporations occur when you take the time to understand why businesses support charitable causes and to figure out how to match their business goals to your program. Corporate social responsibility in the form of employee volunteer programs is also a growing trend that can benefit everyone involved — businesses, employees, and the communities in which they serve. Following are some of our most relevant resources for this topic.

• NEW: Pro Bono Resources
• A Billion + Change Initiative
• Corporate Sponsors & Business Partnerships (Special Issue of On-the-Go e-TA)
• Creating "New Value" Partnerships with Business: Step by Step
• Community Partnerships Issue Brief from Business for Social Responsibility
• Business Partnerships (list of print and web resources)

Online Courses and Presentations

• Corporate Motivation and Response
• Business Travel Kit - Learn to capture the attention of the business world.

Effective Practices

• Assessing corporate climate for employee volunteer programs
• Implementing an employee volunteer program in ten steps
• Supporting volunteerism in the workplace
• Providing social services with corporate volunteers

Lending Library

• Take Your Partner for the Corporate Tango: A Guide to Building Successful Business and Community Partnerships
• Common Interest, Common Good: Creating Value through Business and Social Sector Partnerships
• Collaboration Challenge: How Nonprofits and Businesses Succeed Through Strategic Alliances

Related Websites

• Business Resources from the Points of Light Foundation
• Mission & Market: The Resource Center for Effective Corporate-Nonprofit Partnerships
• UPS Volunteerism