Centro Para el Desarrollo de Voluntarios

What Centro Para el Desarrollo de Voluntarios does

Centro Para el Desarrollo de Voluntarios, operating as Red para el Desarrollo de Voluntariado (ReDV), is a Puerto Rico-based non-profit volunteer development network founded in 2008 as an AmeriCorps VISTA project and housed since 2009 within Universidad del Sagrado Corazón's Centro Sofía unit. Its core product is the voluntariospuertorico.com web platform, which enables nonprofit member organizations to register, post volunteer opportunities, and certify service hours, while individual volunteers across Puerto Rico can browse opportunities, register, and document community service. The organization serves three primary constituencies: nonprofit member organizations (civil society, health, environment, youth, elderly, and disaster-response sectors), individual volunteers (students, professionals, retirees, and spontaneous/disaster volunteers), and — to a lesser extent — corporate entities seeking structured CSR volunteering programs. Member organizations include Iniciativa Comunitaria, YMCA, Para la Naturaleza, Amnistía Internacional, SBP Puerto Rico, Friends of Puerto Rico, Instituto Psicopedagógico de Puerto Rico, and dozens of additional nonprofits across the island.

ReDV's business model is non-commercial: services are provided free of charge to both nonprofits and volunteers, with operating support provided through university sponsorship at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón and original AmeriCorps VISTA/CNCS federal backing. The organization supplements the core platform with auxiliary programs under Centro Sofía — Voluntarios de Corazón (permanent university volunteer corps), Comesa / Comedor Solidario (food assistance), and Sagrado Contigo (disaster preparedness) — plus an annual International Volunteer Day celebration at Teatro Emilio S. Belaval featuring gubernatorial proclamations and an editorial platform, Periodismo Solidario. Go-to-market is community-led: digital self-service via the website and social channels (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, X), word-of-mouth through university stakeholders, and live events. The organization has approximately 5 employees, no disclosed revenue, no funding rounds, no acquisitions or M&A activity, and no APIs, AI capabilities, or third-party integrations evidenced in the input data.

Name

Centro Para el Desarrollo de Voluntarios

Legal name

Red para el Desarrollo de Voluntariado de la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón

Website

https://voluntariospuertorico.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Centro Para el Desarrollo de Voluntarios operates ReDV, a Puerto Rico non-profit volunteer network housed at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón. Its voluntariospuertorico.com platform matches nonprofit member organizations with individual volunteers, certifies service hours, and coordinates community-service events island-wide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Volunteer Management Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

Keywords

• Volunteer management platform
• Nonprofit network services
• Community engagement programs
• Volunteer hour certification
• Civic volunteering infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

San Juan

HQ country

Puerto Rico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. University Sponsorship and Federal Support: ReDV is a project of the Centro Sofía at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, operating under university auspices since 2009. From 2008 to 2009, it was funded as an AmeriCorps VISTA project under the CNCS (Corporación para el Servicio Nacional y Comunitario). The organization does not appear to charge fees for its services to nonprofits or volunteers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Centro Para el Desarrollo de Voluntarios (operating as Red para el Desarrollo de Voluntariado, ReDV) runs a volunteer development network that connects individual volunteers with nonprofit organizations across Puerto Rico through its web platform voluntariospuertorico.com. It offers volunteer registration, opportunity matching, hour certification, training resources, and a collaborative membership network for nonprofits. The organization is a project of Centro Sofía at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón.

Product overview

Centro Para el Desarrollo de Voluntarios operates as a volunteer development network centered around the voluntariospuertorico.com platform, which serves as a matching platform connecting non-profit organizations with volunteers across Puerto Rico. The core offering is the Red para el Desarrollo del Voluntariado (ReDV) network, which provides volunteer registration, opportunity matching, and hour certification services. Additional programs include Sagrado Contigo (disaster preparedness), Comesa (food assistance), and Voluntarios de Corazón (university volunteer corps). The portfolio functions as a unified volunteer management ecosystem with the web platform as the central hub.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Red para el Desarrollo del Voluntariado (ReDV) Network A volunteer development network that connects individual volunteers with nonprofit organizations across Puerto Rico, providing a collaborative membership network, training resources, and professionalization of volunteer management for member organizations.
• voluntariospuertorico.com Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of nonprofits trained; thousands of volunteers registered on voluntariospuertorico.com since 2008
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Comisión Nacional de Voluntariado y Servicio ComunitariocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 December 2023The National Commission for Volunteering and Community Service participated in ReDV's International Volunteer Day 2023 celebration, reading the Governor's proclamation for the day. The Commission represents the government's body for promoting volunteering and provides official recognition and governmental legitimacy to ReDV's activities.
• Teatro Emilio S. Belaval (Universidad del Sagrado Corazón)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 December 2023The Teatro Emilio S. Belaval at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón serves as the venue for ReDV's annual International Volunteer Day celebration, hosting the ceremony, artistic presentations, and award recognitions for volunteers from across Puerto Rico.
• Comisión del Gobernador para la promoción del voluntariado y el servicio comunitariocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 December 2022The Governor's Commission for the Promotion of Volunteering and Community Service participated in ReDV's International Volunteer Day 2022 event, with Executive Director Amanda L. Préstamo Torres delivering the governmental proclamation. The Commission provides official governmental recognition and endorsement for ReDV's mission island-wide.
• Centro Sofía (Universidad del Sagrado Corazón)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019The Centro Sofía is the institutional unit within Universidad del Sagrado Corazón that houses ReDV. It serves as the organizational home and provides coordination through its social action and volunteering coordinator (Iris S. Núñez Tolentino). Centro Sofía also operates related programs including Voluntarios de Corazón, Comesa, and Sagrado Contigo that are connected to ReDV's mission.
• Universidad del Sagrado CorazóncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Since 2009, the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón has provided institutional sponsorship for ReDV (formerly CDV). The university houses the organization within its Centro Sofía unit and provides administrative, operational, and campus-based support. In December 2019, the university restructured CDV into ReDV as a project of Centro Sofía. The university also hosts major events including the annual International Volunteer Day celebration at Teatro Emilio S. Belaval.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Catchafire: Skills-based volunteer matching platform that pairs professionals with nonprofits for pro bono engagements. Comparable in digital-matching model but specializes in skills-based rather than general volunteering, complementing ReDV's broader mandate.
• VolunteerHub: SaaS volunteer management platform used by nonprofits to coordinate their own volunteers. Represents the software/tooling layer adjacent to ReDV's coordination role, but supplies infrastructure rather than running a network itself.

Direct peers

• Idealist: Global nonprofit matching platform that connects volunteers and professionals with nonprofit jobs and opportunities. Shares ReDV's positioning as a discovery and engagement layer between volunteers and mission-driven organizations.
• Points of Light: Global nonprofit focused on volunteer mobilization and civic engagement, with a HandsOn Network of local affiliates. Closely comparable mission of professionalizing and systematizing volunteering at scale, including through civic and corporate channels.
• VolunteerMatch: The largest U.S. nonprofit volunteer-matching platform. Operates a similar two-sided marketplace connecting volunteers with nonprofit opportunities and is the most direct functional analog to voluntariospuertorico.com, though at significantly larger national scale.
• HandsOn Network: Affiliate network under Points of Light that recruits and trains volunteers through local HandsOn chapters. Replicates ReDV's member-organization model at U.S. mainland scale with similar training, matching, and recognition programs.

Broad incumbents

• AmeriCorps: U.S. federal agency funding national service and volunteer programs, including the VISTA program that originally seeded ReDV. Comparable in mission of promoting volunteering, but functions as a funder/convener rather than a direct volunteer-matching network.
• United Way: Large, established nonprofit coordinating community impact and volunteer mobilization through a federated network of local United Ways. Operates in the same civic-volunteer space as ReDV but at vastly larger scale and with corporate fundraising as its primary model.

Others

• Para la Naturaleza: Puerto Rico's leading environmental nonprofit and a member organization of ReDV. Representative of the type of vetted nonprofit customer that ReDV serves and onboards, illustrating the network's sectoral composition rather than direct platform competition.

Regional players

• Corporación para el Servicio Nacional y Comunitario (CNCS) de Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico's local affiliate administering national service programs. Directly comparable to ReDV in serving the same Puerto Rican territory and volunteer ecosystem, and historically ReDV's original programmatic funder.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/voluntariospr
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@voluntariospuertorico
• Facebookfacebook.com/voluntariadopr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centro-para-el-desarrollo-de-voluntarios
• Instagraminstagram.com/voluntariadopr

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