Annual Membership
Turn a year of meaningful service into a documented and celebrated record of impact, with member materials, support, and recognition opportunities.
Your service matters
You give your time to make a difference. Global Volunteer Recognition Program makes sure that impact is seen.
The Global Volunteer Recognition Program™ helps volunteers turn meaningful service into a documented record of impact, earned recognition, leadership growth, and a community that celebrates the people behind the work.
68,426
Documented volunteer hours through June 2026
287
Active members as of June 2026
9
Partner and participating organizations
Recognition you can feel good about
A program built to honor real service
Global Volunteer Recognition Program is a mission-driven, for-profit small business created to make volunteer recognition more accessible and meaningful. We welcome volunteers of many ages, backgrounds, locations, and service paths, and we are BBB Accredited, BBB4Good Verified, Women-Owned Small Business certified, and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business certified.
Your service. Your goals. Your next step.
Start with annual membership for the most complete GVRP experience, or choose the individual tools, courses, and opportunities that support your goals.
Keep Every Hour Organized
Record service dates, activities, hours, notes, and progress with the separately available GVRP Volunteer Companion App.
Celebrate Milestones You Earned
Explore Global Volunteer Awards™, Volunteer Achievement Badges, student honors, and other recognition created around real service.
Grow While You Serve
Build practical leadership, communication, volunteer engagement, and community-impact skills through optional self-paced courses.
Find Flexible Ways to Help
Discover remote and community-based project ideas that help you serve causes you care about from wherever you are.
Recognize Your People
Create a meaningful recognition experience for students, volunteers, employees, titleholders, teams, and community leaders.
More than a medal. A year built around your impact.
Volunteers give their time, skills, and compassion without always receiving meaningful recognition. Annual membership brings your service, documentation, member materials, and recognition journey together in one clear experience.
Included
What your annual membership supports
- Official membership for your selected recognition year
- Personalized welcome letter
- Annual member certificate and custom GVRP medal
- Volunteer-hour documentation and submission support
- Member communications, project ideas, and program updates
- Eligibility to submit qualifying service for designated Global Volunteer Awards™ recognition
Optional
Available separately when they fit your goals
- Leadership Academy certification courses
- Volunteer Hour Tracking App
- Volunteer Achievement Badges
- Physical Global Volunteer Award packages
- Event tickets, journals, merchandise, and other optional items
Recognition is earned through service.
Membership is not the purchase of an earned service award. Hours-based recognition requires qualifying documented service and review under the applicable requirements.
How your recognition year works
GVRP creates structure around your service without taking away from the heart behind it.
Choose your recognition year
Select the annual membership that matches the calendar year in which your eligible service was completed.
Serve in meaningful ways
Volunteer locally, remotely, nationally, or globally through causes and organizations that matter to you.
Document your impact
Track your dates, activities, hours, results, and supporting information throughout the year.
Submit and celebrate
Follow the applicable requirements. Qualifying service is reviewed before eligibility-based recognition is issued.
Every kind of positive impact deserves a place to shine.
GVRP celebrates volunteer hours, leadership, citizenship, storytelling, community influence, and the people who inspire others to serve.
Global Student Citizenship & Service Award
Recognize a student for citizenship, character, leadership, service, and positive community impact.
Global Volunteer Voices
Share a volunteer story, interview, or reflection for consideration in GVRP's annual publication.
Community Champion Spotlight
Nominate an inspiring volunteer or community leader for a public spotlight. Nominations are free.
2027 Volunteer Awards Ceremony
Celebrate volunteers, honorees, nominees, members, and supporters at GVRP's next formal ceremony.
Your impact is worth celebrating
Your service is already changing lives. Let it become part of a story worth remembering.
Join a growing recognition community created for volunteers who deserve to feel seen, supported, and proud of the difference they are making.