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Baltimorebillionaire t1_j9pauur wrote

Reply to comment by The_Waxies_Dargle in If someone says “the most effective nonprofit (or community group) in Baltimore” - what groups do you think of? by caseyswatts

Paid volunteers are not volunteers, they are employees

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Random-Cpl t1_j9rf2ue wrote

This oversimplifies things; many organizations compensate volunteers on a subsistence stipend level that isn’t commensurate with what going rate salaries for their services would be. AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps provide stipends for volunteers but no one would call them employees.

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