The cost of volunteerism: Nonprofits talk the value in people Herald Democrat One Grayson County office had 337 volunteers who together put in 16,000 hours which would equate to about $444,000 worth of labor for projects in the community in 2020. Another local organization said in fiscal year 2020, that organization received 4,370 volunteer hours which equated to about $96,140 worth of services. And another said in the last 12 months, 4,015.3 service hours were donated by volunteers. That means that during a year when people were most worried about health, pay checks and maintaining lifestyle norms, many people were concerned about ways to make sure this community was alive and well.