Who Benefits from Building Impact?
Building Impact, through its Connect Program and Call to Action fundraiser, channels 100% of all collected resources to 40+ nonprofit partners serving clients throughout eastern Massachusetts. These agencies serve:
• Children, adults, families, and seniors sufffering, or at risk of joblessness, homelessness, educational barriers, and/or food insecurity.
• Low income people living in Greater Boston, Metrowest and the Merrimack Valley.
In 2011, Building Impact:
• Generated $600,667 in donations including clothing, educational supplies, food and volunteer time, most valued at about $15 each!
• Fostered sustained engagement, with repeat participations up 40% from 2010.
• Sparked 21% of companies we work with to advance down Building Impact’s Path of Engagement, ending the year with more frequent and meaningful community involvement than when the year began.
• Filled community needs: 100% of Non-Profit Partner survey respondents said they would:
“want to do their event again” and that “the event brought volunteers to our organization to do what we needed, when we needed it."
• Facilitated 349 community service opportunities, including volunteer opportunities, donation and blood drives: almost one opportunity every day!
