City of New York

Volunteers Count by Neighborhood

The annual NYC Volunteers Count report is the City’s largest scan of residents volunteering at organizations across New York City. Maintained by the City of New York.

Example records
Namelegal entityCityaddressStateaddressZIP CodeaddressStreet AddressaddressYear SurveyedtemporalTotal VounteersquantityYouth VolunteersquantityAdult VolunteersquantityOlder Adult VolunteersquantityOrganization TypeclassificationInterest Areasclassification
Young Israel of Forest Hills Senior LeagueForest HillsNY1137568-07 Burns Street20195351830Community-based organizationSenior Services
YWCA of QueensFlushingNY1135542-07 Parsons Blvd.2019163000Community-based organizationChildren and youth related, Education and literacy
YMCA of Greater New YorkNew YorkNY100235 West 63rd St.20191760000Community-based organizationChildren and youth related, Immigrants and/or refu
Use cases

Nonprofit Vendor Screening for Corporate Giving Programs

A corporate social responsibility team vetting nonprofit partners for employee volunteer programs checks whether a candidate organization has a verified street address, consistent organizational type, and a meaningful volunteer base before committing funds or staff time.

NameStreet AddressZIP CodeOrganization TypeTotal Vounteers

Community Footprint Scoring for Neighborhood-Level Insurance Underwriting

An insurance analyst building a neighborhood risk model uses the density of active volunteer organizations and the populations they serve as a proxy for social cohesion, which correlates with lower property crime and faster disaster recovery in actuarial literature.

ZIP CodeBoroughs ServedSpecial Populations ServedTotal VounteersYear Surveyed

Market Sizing for Volunteer Management Software Sales

A sales team at a SaaS company targeting nonprofits uses organization type, interest area, and volunteer counts to prioritize outreach toward mid-size community-based organizations with enough volunteers to justify a paid coordination platform but without the budget of large institutions.

NameOrganization TypeInterest AreasTotal VounteersStreet Address