For example, the DOL has opined that there is no employment relationship between a for-profit hospice and individuals who volunteer their services to perform activities of a charitablenature, such as running errands, sitting with patients so that a family may have a break, and going to funerals.
However, individuals may not donate their services to hospices to do activities such as general office or administrative work that are not charitable in nature.
While entrepreneurial-minded concerns like the Adventure Project and ILF in many ways represent the future of social impact work, corporate, foundation and civic giving practices remain largely charitable in nature.