Philippines Corporate Volunteering Report 2025

This report analyzes the Philippines' corporate volunteering landscape, examining key insights and emerging trends from community, management, and employee perspectives. The study highlights the Philippines' strong recovery in volunteering participation since 2022 and its strategic government-led approach to volunteerism through the National Volunteering Strategy, positioning the country as the 2nd highest in Southeast Asia for individual volunteer participation rates.

Key volunteering trends revealed in the report:

• Strong recovery trajectory - volunteering participation increased significantly from 39% in 2022 to 48% in 2024, though still below pre-COVID levels
• Philippines ranks #2 in Southeast Asia for individual volunteering participation among regional countries
• Government-mandated volunteering strategy - corporate and citizen volunteering embedded into the country's national development strategy through the Bayanihang Bayan Program
• Strategic geographic focus - National Volunteering Strategy pinpoints top cause areas (Education, Environment, Health) and high-need cities (Lanao del Sur, Cebu, Sulu) for targeted intervention
• Strong corporate program adoption - 90% of top 20 companies have well-defined volunteering programs, highest among analyzed countries

• Community perspective analysis - recovery trends in individual participation rates and government policy impacts
• Regional comparison - Philippines' 2nd place ranking vs. Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam
• National strategy framework - detailed breakdown of Bayanihang Bayan Program and targeted city interventions
• Management perspective insights - comprehensive analysis of top 20 Philippine companies including SM Investments, Ayala, Maybank, Jollibee, and others‍
• Employee perspective data - format preferences, quarterly participation patterns, and cause area distribution trends