Dollar value of Volunteer time at Bike Valet or in general?
We're wrapping up much of our summer programming here in Longmont, CO and I'm trying to determine the "dollar value" of our services.
Currently we don't pay our volunteers to do bike parking and we don't charge events for this service either. We struggled to fill many of our bike parking shifts this summer, so, our board will be discussing developing a charge for bike parking and rental of our rack/bike valet in a box program.
In order to do so I'm wondering - dear Think Tank members....
What is the per hour value of volunteer time for bike valet/parking at events (or in general) in your area?
thx.
Ryan & thinkers,
In California, in-kind volunteer valuation is $24.75 - how 'bout that!
we allocate for in-kind volunteer hours, but we've learned to be pretty rigorous about it. We make sure we only count volunteer's who signed in that day and worked a real shift, usually 3-4 hours. We don't count folks who just showed up or make estimates (we used to make estimates just to get started) The volunteers do work that we'd have to pay someone to do if volunteers were unavailable.
Here is a link to national and various state valuation. http://www.independentsector.org/volunteer_time
We use this in reporting our value to the community (impact) as well as part of a match for a government grant. I'm glad the valuation is generous, but in reality it's pretty fair as it costs extra money to pay people money for their work (payroll deductions, unemployment insurance, workers comp, etc). The whole budgeting exercise gives me new found appreciation for our volunteer work!!!
I'm really interested in this thread if others have valuation for their in-kind goods and services and how they account for those in budgeting.
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Ryan Kragerud rjkragerud@gmail.comwrote:
We're wrapping up much of our summer programming here in Longmont, CO and I'm trying to determine the "dollar value" of our services.
Currently we don't pay our volunteers to do bike parking and we don't charge events for this service either. We struggled to fill many of our bike parking shifts this summer, so, our board will be discussing developing a charge for bike parking and rental of our rack/bike valet in a box program.
In order to do so I'm wondering - dear Think Tank members....
What is the per hour value of volunteer time for bike valet/parking at events (or in general) in your area?
thx.
-- "We all do better when we all do better" - Paul Wellstone
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At the Salt Lake Bike Collective we've got a valet coordinator in the summer who works pretty intense shifts, sometimes triple-booked. In the past we've charged $12 an hour for the service, which is what we pay our coordinator. For some groups that's a total dealbreaker, but we've grown to the point where that's what we can sustain, and we'll still subsidize things we really want to encourage a bicycle commute to and grandfathered obligations from when we did it for free.
I have been having meetings with our largest customers (150+ bikes per event) about increasing that rate to $15-20 an hour to cover admin and material costs, which has to be determined on a case-by-case basis: Some orgs balk at the price, others agree no problem. For our largest event, the Twilight Concert Series, we charge $24 an hour for 2 employees and park 400-600 bikes a night, and are considering charging a flat $40 an hour for that event.
My thinking is: encourage and grow the service where you want it to be established by subsidizing rates (farmer's markets, recurring events), then when it's become a substantial volunteer and employee burden increase the rates so you're not paying to do what is essentially a municipal service. Make sure the organizations that you do valet with know that they're getting a reduction ("The valet costs us $20 an hour to run, we only charge our employee's cost @ $12 an hour, and we're willing to do it for free for the first year to see how the community responds to the service at your event") so they're not surprised when you up the rates.
Davey
David Eyer Davis Executive Director Bicycle Collective c: 801-230-6308 www.bicyclecollective.org
The mission of the Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households.
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Edward G France ed@sbbike.org wrote:
Ryan & thinkers,
In California, in-kind volunteer valuation is $24.75 - how 'bout that!
we allocate for in-kind volunteer hours, but we've learned to be pretty rigorous about it. We make sure we only count volunteer's who signed in that day and worked a real shift, usually 3-4 hours. We don't count folks who just showed up or make estimates (we used to make estimates just to get started) The volunteers do work that we'd have to pay someone to do if volunteers were unavailable.
Here is a link to national and various state valuation. http://www.independentsector.org/volunteer_time
We use this in reporting our value to the community (impact) as well as part of a match for a government grant. I'm glad the valuation is generous, but in reality it's pretty fair as it costs extra money to pay people money for their work (payroll deductions, unemployment insurance, workers comp, etc). The whole budgeting exercise gives me new found appreciation for our volunteer work!!!
I'm really interested in this thread if others have valuation for their in-kind goods and services and how they account for those in budgeting.
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Ryan Kragerud rjkragerud@gmail.comwrote:
We're wrapping up much of our summer programming here in Longmont, CO and I'm trying to determine the "dollar value" of our services.
Currently we don't pay our volunteers to do bike parking and we don't charge events for this service either. We struggled to fill many of our bike parking shifts this summer, so, our board will be discussing developing a charge for bike parking and rental of our rack/bike valet in a box program.
In order to do so I'm wondering - dear Think Tank members....
What is the per hour value of volunteer time for bike valet/parking at events (or in general) in your area?
thx.
-- "We all do better when we all do better" - Paul Wellstone
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Bikerowave doesn't pay anyone, we value an hour of work-trade at $10. Additionally we couldn't staff a weekly valet shift at the local farmers' market so were planning to cancel it but the FM came forward and offered to pay $100 for the 5hr shift. One of our volunteers staffs the valet and gets to keep the money, they also get to promote our shop.
Enzo Loconte Board Secretary Bikerowave
On Sep 26, 2013, at 10:53 AM, David Eyer Davis davey@bicyclecollective.org wrote:
At the Salt Lake Bike Collective we've got a valet coordinator in the summer who works pretty intense shifts, sometimes triple-booked. In the past we've charged $12 an hour for the service, which is what we pay our coordinator. For some groups that's a total dealbreaker, but we've grown to the point where that's what we can sustain, and we'll still subsidize things we really want to encourage a bicycle commute to and grandfathered obligations from when we did it for free.
I have been having meetings with our largest customers (150+ bikes per event) about increasing that rate to $15-20 an hour to cover admin and material costs, which has to be determined on a case-by-case basis: Some orgs balk at the price, others agree no problem. For our largest event, the Twilight Concert Series, we charge $24 an hour for 2 employees and park 400-600 bikes a night, and are considering charging a flat $40 an hour for that event.
My thinking is: encourage and grow the service where you want it to be established by subsidizing rates (farmer's markets, recurring events), then when it's become a substantial volunteer and employee burden increase the rates so you're not paying to do what is essentially a municipal service. Make sure the organizations that you do valet with know that they're getting a reduction ("The valet costs us $20 an hour to run, we only charge our employee's cost @ $12 an hour, and we're willing to do it for free for the first year to see how the community responds to the service at your event") so they're not surprised when you up the rates.
Davey
David Eyer Davis Executive Director Bicycle Collective c: 801-230-6308 www.bicyclecollective.org
The mission of the Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households.
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Edward G France ed@sbbike.org wrote:
Ryan & thinkers,
In California, in-kind volunteer valuation is $24.75 - how 'bout that!
we allocate for in-kind volunteer hours, but we've learned to be pretty rigorous about it. We make sure we only count volunteer's who signed in that day and worked a real shift, usually 3-4 hours. We don't count folks who just showed up or make estimates (we used to make estimates just to get started) The volunteers do work that we'd have to pay someone to do if volunteers were unavailable.
Here is a link to national and various state valuation. http://www.independentsector.org/volunteer_time
We use this in reporting our value to the community (impact) as well as part of a match for a government grant. I'm glad the valuation is generous, but in reality it's pretty fair as it costs extra money to pay people money for their work (payroll deductions, unemployment insurance, workers comp, etc). The whole budgeting exercise gives me new found appreciation for our volunteer work!!!
I'm really interested in this thread if others have valuation for their in-kind goods and services and how they account for those in budgeting.
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Ryan Kragerud rjkragerud@gmail.com wrote:
We're wrapping up much of our summer programming here in Longmont, CO and I'm trying to determine the "dollar value" of our services.
Currently we don't pay our volunteers to do bike parking and we don't charge events for this service either. We struggled to fill many of our bike parking shifts this summer, so, our board will be discussing developing a charge for bike parking and rental of our rack/bike valet in a box program.
In order to do so I'm wondering - dear Think Tank members....
What is the per hour value of volunteer time for bike valet/parking at events (or in general) in your area?
thx.
-- "We all do better when we all do better" - Paul Wellstone
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Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition & Bici Centro (805) 203-6940 ed@sbbike.org
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Time banks?! Here is a different take on the whole subject. As a member of my local time i am finding a lot of sustanice and value in simply doing the things that actually mater. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ySzlmwmiHDo
From: Edward G France ed@sbbike.org To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Dollar value of Volunteer time at Bike Valet or in general?
Ryan & thinkers,
In California, in-kind volunteer valuation is $24.75 - how 'bout that!
we allocate for in-kind volunteer hours, but we've learned to be pretty rigorous about it. We make sure we only count volunteer's who signed in that day and worked a real shift, usually 3-4 hours. We don't count folks who just showed up or make estimates (we used to make estimates just to get started) The volunteers do work that we'd have to pay someone to do if volunteers were unavailable.
Here is a link to national and various state valuation. http://www.independentsector.org/volunteer_time
We use this in reporting our value to the community (impact) as well as part of a match for a government grant. I'm glad the valuation is generous, but in reality it's pretty fair as it costs extra money to pay people money for their work (payroll deductions, unemployment insurance, workers comp, etc). The whole budgeting exercise gives me new found appreciation for our volunteer work!!!
I'm really interested in this thread if others have valuation for their in-kind goods and services and how they account for those in budgeting.
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Ryan Kragerud rjkragerud@gmail.com wrote:
We're wrapping up much of our summer programming here in Longmont, CO and I'm trying to determine the "dollar value" of our services.
Currently we don't pay our volunteers to do bike parking and we don't charge events for this service either. We struggled to fill many of our bike parking shifts this summer, so, our board will be discussing developing a charge for bike parking and rental of our rack/bike valet in a box program.
In order to do so I'm wondering - dear Think Tank members....
What is the per hour value of volunteer time for bike valet/parking at events (or in general) in your area?
thx.
--
"We all do better when we all do better" - Paul Wellstone
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Wouldn't it me nice if we could write off the in kind value of our volunteering the way others write off charitable donations?
Enzo Loconte Board Secretary Bikerowave
On Sep 27, 2013, at 12:04 PM, james bledsoe jamesbleds0e@yahoo.com wrote:
Time banks?! Here is a different take on the whole subject. As a member of my local time i am finding a lot of sustanice and value in simply doing the things that actually mater. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ySzlmwmiHDo
From: Edward G France ed@sbbike.org To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Dollar value of Volunteer time at Bike Valet or in general?
Ryan & thinkers,
In California, in-kind volunteer valuation is $24.75 - how 'bout that!
we allocate for in-kind volunteer hours, but we've learned to be pretty rigorous about it. We make sure we only count volunteer's who signed in that day and worked a real shift, usually 3-4 hours. We don't count folks who just showed up or make estimates (we used to make estimates just to get started) The volunteers do work that we'd have to pay someone to do if volunteers were unavailable.
Here is a link to national and various state valuation. http://www.independentsector.org/volunteer_time
We use this in reporting our value to the community (impact) as well as part of a match for a government grant. I'm glad the valuation is generous, but in reality it's pretty fair as it costs extra money to pay people money for their work (payroll deductions, unemployment insurance, workers comp, etc). The whole budgeting exercise gives me new found appreciation for our volunteer work!!!
I'm really interested in this thread if others have valuation for their in-kind goods and services and how they account for those in budgeting.
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Ryan Kragerud rjkragerud@gmail.com wrote: We're wrapping up much of our summer programming here in Longmont, CO and I'm trying to determine the "dollar value" of our services.
Currently we don't pay our volunteers to do bike parking and we don't charge events for this service either. We struggled to fill many of our bike parking shifts this summer, so, our board will be discussing developing a charge for bike parking and rental of our rack/bike valet in a box program.
In order to do so I'm wondering - dear Think Tank members....
What is the per hour value of volunteer time for bike valet/parking at events (or in general) in your area?
thx.
-- "We all do better when we all do better" - Paul Wellstone
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-- Edward France Executive Director
Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition & Bici Centro (805) 203-6940 ed@sbbike.org
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Way over here in Boulder we do $10/hour
On Friday, September 27, 2013, wrote:
Wouldn't it me nice if we could write off the in kind value of our volunteering the way others write off charitable donations?
Enzo Loconte Board Secretary Bikerowave
On Sep 27, 2013, at 12:04 PM, james bledsoe jamesbleds0e@yahoo.com wrote:
Time banks?! Here is a different take on the whole subject. As a member of my local time i am finding a lot of sustanice and value in simply doing the things that actually mater. Time Bank Founder Edgar Cahnhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ySzlmwmiHDo
*From:* Edward G France ed@sbbike.org *To:* The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org *Sent:* Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:40 AM *Subject:* Re: [TheThinkTank] Dollar value of Volunteer time at Bike Valet or in general?
Ryan & thinkers,
In California, in-kind volunteer valuation is $24.75 - how 'bout that!
we allocate for in-kind volunteer hours, but we've learned to be pretty rigorous about it. We make sure we only count volunteer's who signed in that day and worked a real shift, usually 3-4 hours. We don't count folks who just showed up or make estimates (we used to make estimates just to get started) The volunteers do work that we'd have to pay someone to do if volunteers were unavailable.
Here is a link to national and various state valuation. http://www.independentsector.org/volunteer_time
We use this in reporting our value to the community (impact) as well as part of a match for a government grant. I'm glad the valuation is generous, but in reality it's pretty fair as it costs extra money to pay people money for their work (payroll deductions, unemployment insurance, workers comp, etc). The whole budgeting exercise gives me new found appreciation for our volunteer work!!!
I'm really interested in this thread if others have valuation for their in-kind goods and services and how they account for those in budgeting.
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Ryan Kragerud rjkragerud@gmail.comwrote:
We're wrapping up much of our summer programming here in Longmont, CO and I'm trying to determine the "dollar value" of our services.
Currently we don't pay our volunteers to do bike parking and we don't charge events for this service either. We struggled to fill many of our bike parking shifts this summer, so, our board will be discussing developing a charge for bike parking and rental of our rack/bike valet in a box program.
In order to do so I'm wondering - dear Think Tank members....
What is the per hour value of volunteer time for bike valet/parking at events (or in general) in your area?
thx.
-- "We all do better when we all do better" - Paul Wellstone
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