Points of Light, the Atlanta-based nonprofit founded by Former President George H.W. Bush, will lead an effort to double the number of people who volunteer with U.S. charitable organizations from 75 million annually to 150 million in 10 years.
The ambitious goal, announced in New Orleans at the foundation’s annual conference, which concluded Friday, would represent a major change in the way Americans spend their time and interact with nonprofits.
It aspires to mobilize people to volunteer with nonprofits in the U.S. at a scale that only federal programs like AmeriCorps have in the past.
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