The changing nature of volunteerism, and how some local organizations are adjusting

A January, 2026 Gallup poll found that 63% of people volunteer their time to a religious or nonprofit organization each year. That’s up from 56% in 2021.

But Dyana Mason, the Director of the University of Oregon’s Master’s in Nonprofit Management program, said the shape of volunteering is different now.

“I think there’s been a trending change over the past decade of more online volunteering, more episodic volunteering,” Mason said…

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