摘要:The article reveals significance and theoretical grounds for the development of voluntarism as a social institute. It has been proved that voluntarism in Russian Federation must be considered as a regulator of public relations between social institutes and as a free-standing social institute-subject and an institute-mechanism. 6 models of volunteering development are presented. These can be delivered in Russia: development model of voluntarism as an effective method of solving the state issues, development method of volunteering institute as a pedagogical recourse of society, development model of volunteering institute as a catalyzer of social orientation of institute of economy, development model of volunteering institute as embodiment of religious values, development model of volunteering institute, development model of voluntarism as a free-standing social institute for solving specific assignments in development of civil society.