The Doing Good Better Study brought together hundreds of corporate social responsibility (CSR) experts and nonprofit stakeholders, focusing on both the business benefits to community engagement as well what works and what doesn’t in the intersection of corporate and nonprofit sector relationships. The Doing Good Better Summit convened nearly 100 regional experts in CSR to process and unpack the study’s results, reflect on it’s powerful findings, and create actionable ideas and best practices for CSR professionals worldwide to elevate their practice and do good better.

The culmination of these is Business Volunteers’ premier Doing Good Better Guide.

The Doing Good Better Guide

The Guide contains:

Results of the Doing Good Better Study, complete with powerful statistics, relevant infographics, and dozens of themed quotes from focus group participants to view our findings first-hand.
A Best Practice Guide with actionable ideas and tested applications of corporate community engagement. Over 100 CSR leaders share their methods on how to grow your impact and elevate your company’s give back efforts from transactional to transformational.

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About the Study

Focus Groups

The Business Volunteers Advisory Board convened 36 Baltimore-based nonprofit leaders and 37 Baltimore-based CSR leaders in a series of focus groups to understand opportunities, challenges, and insights on working with the corporate and nonprofit sectors. Nonprofit focus groups were completed in January 2023, while corporate focus groups were completed in January 2024.

Business of Community Engagement Survey

This survey was designed to better understand and tell the story about how  Greater Baltimore businesses and their employees engage in the community and the impact of this work on employers, professionals, and the region. Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance (BNIA) provided their expertise and an exploratory analysis of the survey data. Completed November 2023.

Business Volunteer’s Advisory Board members, staff, and other key stakeholders assisted in collecting, analyzing, and summarizing the information.

About the Summit

On September 25th, 2024, Business Volunteers debuted the Doing Good Better Study results to assist Baltimore businesses in fostering more impactful and meaningful engagements with the city’s nonprofit sector. Unlike traditional events that follow a “listen and learn” format, this gathering was designed to be interactive. Participants collaborated in groups to delve into in-depth discussions, generate ideas, and formulate meaningful actions.

Attendees consisted of Baltimore’s corporate and private sector leadership and those occupying positions directly responsible for overseeing and implementing philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, and/or employee volunteerism initiatives. This was an invitation-only event.