Minnesota Alliance for Volunteer Advancement (MAVA)
The Minnesota Alliance for Volunteer Advancement (MAVA) envisions a world in which everyone has an equitable opportunity to positively impact their community through volunteerism.
As a state and global leader in meeting pressing community needs through effective and equitable engagement of volunteers, MAVA has embedded equity into internal structures and works with other organizations to dismantle structural racism in volunteer systems.
Also a 501(c)3 tax exempt nonprofit, and one-of-its-kind organization, MAVA propels organizations and volunteer engagement professionals to maximum mission capacity through multiple services and programs. These include:
Innovative consulting, training, and conferences in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and best practice training in volunteer engagement
An AmeriCorps VISTA program focused on volunteer engagement capacity building
Certification of service enterprise organizations demonstrating solid leveraging of volunteer resources
Research resulting in cutting-edge curriculum in topics that advance organizational effectiveness in solving pressing community problems
Connection, networking, and advocacy for volunteer engagement professionals.
Funding for volunteer engagement capacity-building
