Take the Pledge. Get Results. Lead the Change.

A Billion + Change is a national campaign to mobilize billions of dollars of pro bono and skills-based volunteer service from businesses by 2013. Together, our more than 100 pledge companies are seeking fellow organizations willing to pledge their best business skills and talents to build nonprofit capacity and address critical community needs at home and around the world.

Whether it’s lending strategic planning or IT solutions, contributing the expertise of your financial analysts or marketing gurus, or board service by your company’s leadership, skills-based and pro bono service makes a deep and lasting contribution to the communities you serve and the organizations you support. We invite you to join

A Billion + Change to be nationally recognized for your leadership in advancing innovative, high-impact skills based volunteering. Together, we will inspire the largest commitment of corporate pro bono service in history.

Creating Value for Your Company and Your Community

Take the Pledge. We are asking you to commit to create or expand a skills-based volunteer program in your workplace. As a business leader, you know that investing in your community is not a question of “if” but of “how”:

SBV is a talent management tool: 91% of Fortune 500 human resource managers said volunteering knowledge and expertise to a nonprofit can be an effective way to cultivate critical business and leadership skills.

Engage your younger workforce: Skilled volunteer engagements could provide valuable learning opportunities that respond to millennials’ voracious appetite for professional development, leadership roles and stimulating and rewarding work.

Achieve high-impact social change: For nonprofits and communities, the value of skilled support in areas such as general operations, technology and professional services can be 500% greater than the value of traditional volunteering.

Our Commitment to You

A Billion + Change will help you develop your program so that your pledge brings value to your company.

• When you pledge for free, we will:
• Share your skills-based volunteer story with your peers and best practice corporate citizens
• Give you access to networking opportunities to learn about new trends in the field of national service from top decision-makers and influencers in policy, civic engagement and industry
• Send you invitations to campaign events, peer-to-peer mentoring webinars, e-newsletters and regional and national networking events
• Give you access to free consulting services and vetted resources
• Help you establish your role as a thought leader through speaking opportunities, media interviews and guest blogging opportunities.
• To take the pledge for free, access http://www.abillionpluschange.org/ or call 202-729-8189.