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Anne from Institute for Early Education Leadership & Innovation, University of Massachusetts Boston listed a Market Analysis project.
Anne from Institute for Early Education Leadership & Innovation, University of Massachusetts Boston listed a Photography project.
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Samantha from Fathers' Uplift, INC listed an Event Plan Creation project.
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MA Office of Public Collaboration, University of Massachusetts Boston received an application from RaeLee for a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project.
Fathers' Uplift, INC received an application from Sabrina for an Event Plan Creation project.
Institute for Early Education Leadership & Innovation, University of Massachusetts Boston received an application from Sundar for a Photography project.
MA Office of Public Collaboration, University of Massachusetts Boston received an application from Heather for a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project.
Boston Mothers Care received an application from Sundar for an Event Photography project.
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Scott from Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House listed a Data Collection Plan project.
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Samantha from Fathers' Uplift, INC listed a Grant Template project.
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The Art Connection received an application from FRANCIS for an Email Fundraising Campaign project.
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Polly from Wildstar Equine Assisted Activities and Therapy, Inc. listed an Event Plan Creation project.
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Save the Harbor/Save the Bay received an application from Michaela for an Employee Handbook project.
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Lynn from SYFS listed a Website Update project.
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Lynn from SYFS listed a Board Assessment project.
Fernanda from Massachusetts General Hospital for Children listed a Translation project.
Rosalind from MA Office of Public Collaboration, University of Massachusetts Boston listed a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project.
Thomas matched with Rebecca from FamilyAid Boston for a Website consultation call!
David matched with Elizabeth from Sitters Without Borders for a Tech Systems Review project!
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Catchafire is an online platform for virtual, skills-based volunteering. Through Catchafire, professionals are able to directly support causes they care about by helping nonprofits with projects that match their skill sets. And because projects can be completed from anywhere, Catchafire makes it possible for nonprofits and skilled volunteers to connect for good, from all around the world!
Skills-based volunteering is a high impact form of volunteering that allows an individual to donate his or her professional skills and expertise, which in turn allows a nonprofit to build its capacity and focus more efficiently on its mission.
Skilled volunteers help nonprofits fill critical knowledge and staffing gaps, they work as thought partners on strategic projects, and they complete specific projects that require specialized skills, training, or experience. Very often, the relationships between volunteers and nonprofits extend far beyond the scope of the initial project that brought them together.
A specific example of skills-based volunteering is a marketing professional who volunteers to help a nonprofit create a marketing strategy.
We are partnering with Catchafire to provide our grantees with access to virtual, skilled volunteers. We believe that by providing this valuable resource for capacity building and strategic project work, we can help our grantees amplify and accelerate the impact they have on the communities and beneficiaries they serve.
No. Your access to Catchafire is sponsored through this program, so it’s completely free for your organization.
In order to participate, you must first register your organization and then post your first project or consultation call. Get started by visiting the Project Menu to browse through over 80 detailed project types.
You can work on an unlimited number of projects throughout your membership, but can only post up to five projects at a time. Once you finish a project, mark it “complete” and you can post a new project. Note: you can post as many Ask An Expert phone calls as you’d like.
Your posted projects are visible to Catchafire’s entire skills-based volunteer community of 40,000+ talented professionals on the platform, and millions more via Catchafire's partnership with LinkedIn. Those who are interested in your organization’s cause area and who have the skills required for your project will be able to apply.
Skills-based volunteers may apply to your projects from all across the country and around the world. We encourage you to engage with virtual skills-based volunteers. If you prefer to work with somebody local, please expect it to take longer than normal to receive applications from a professional in the area.
On average, projects are matched within two weeks. If you are not seeing the response you hoped for, please reach out to help@catchafire.org, and one of Catchafire's Nonprofit Advisors will get in touch to troubleshoot with you.
After the interview, you can log into your account dashboard and ACCEPT or PASS on the match. Once both parties accept, you are officially matched and can begin the project! If you need to exchange any materials or have follow-up conversations to determine if it is a good fit after the interview, you are encouraged to do so.
Absolutely! Schedule a call, or email your questions to help@catchafire.org and one of Catchafire’s Nonprofit Advisors will be in touch within 24 business hours.
The Boston Foundation devotes its resources to building and sustaining a vital, prosperous city and region, where justice and opportunity are extended to everyone. It fulfills this mission in three principal ways: Making grants to nonprofit organizations and designing special funding initiatives to address the community’s critical challenges; working in partnership with our donors and other funders to achieve high-impact philanthropy; and serving as a civic hub and center of information, where ideas are shared, levers for change are identified and common agendas for the future are developed.
We know that a strong nonprofit sector means a strong Greater Boston. We are partnering with Catchafire to connect select nonprofits with dedicated, skilled volunteers who share a common mission of addressing challenges and seizing opportunities to maximize the effectiveness and impact of nonprofit organizations.
Catchafire is the largest-online skills-based volunteer platform, providing social mission organizations with support in marketing and communications, web development, operations, strategic planning and more.
Email the Catchafire team at help@catchafire.org, or schedule a Catchafire introduction call to learn more about how your organization can build capacity with help from skilled pro bono professionals