Serving Handz Volunteer Event Records for Social Return Analysis

57 events across seven U.S. states between May 2024 and February 2026 document the operations of a student-led nonprofit. The dataset includes event dates, meal counts, clothing counts, volunteer numbers, fundraising totals, recipient organizations, and budget breakdowns. Ayush Deshpande published this data in April 2026 to support a Social Return on Investment analysis.

Use Cases

• Calculate per-meal operating cost using meal counts and budget breakdowns.
• Analyze volunteer leverage ratio from volunteer engagement numbers and total operating budget.
• Track geographic distribution of activities across seven states using event location data.
• Assess fundraising efficiency by correlating fundraising totals with event types and dates.
• Model Social Return on Investment (SROI) using event metrics like meal counts, clothing counts, and budget data.

Strengths

• 57 documented events provide a detailed operational log.
• Data spans a defined time range from May 2024 to February 2026.
• Includes concrete metrics like a calculated SROI of 12.0x and per-meal cost of $0.48.

Limitations

• Limited scope of 194.5 KB suggests a small dataset with potentially few rows.
• Focuses exclusively on one nonprofit, limiting generalizability.
• No column names provided, complicating direct analysis.

Provenance

Source

Ayush Deshpande via figshare.

Collection Method

Operational records of the Serving Handz nonprofit.

Time Range

May 4, 2024 to February 21, 2026.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

Seven U.S. states, based in Mountain House, California.