Strengthen Your Organization
With Help from Skilled Volunteers
Connect With Talented and Engaged Professionals
This program connects you with talented professionals looking to give back, allowing you to access expertise in areas such as marketing, web development, operations, strategy, and more.
Catchafire's menu of 150+ pre-scoped projects, each with specific deliverables and project steps, makes it easy to find what you need and match with a volunteer with the right skills for the job. And if you aren't sure where to begin, start by talking to a volunteer to get advice and explore ideas.
Madison from African Bridge Network listed a Talent Recruitment consultation call.
New Beginnings Reentry Services, Inc. received an application from Mubashir for a Flyer Graphic Design project.
New Beginnings Reentry Services, Inc. received an application from Casey for a Flyer Graphic Design project.
New Beginnings Reentry Services, Inc. received an application from Jessica for a Flyer Graphic Design project.
SHANITA from New Beginnings Reentry Services, Inc. listed a Flyer Graphic Design project.
Get Girls Going received an application from Thais for a Flexible Human Resources Support project.
Tomica from He is Me Institute, Inc. listed a Finance Process Improvement project.
Get Girls Going received an application from M. for a Merchandising project.
Andy matched with Susan from We Are Better Together Warren Daniel Hairston Project for a Tech Systems Set Up project!
Get Girls Going received an application from Diana for a Flexible Human Resources Support project.
Olio Culinary Collective received an application from Matt for a Website consultation call.
Olio Culinary Collective received an application from Sophie for a Website consultation call.
Nana from Get Girls Going listed a Flexible Human Resources Support project.
Ben matched with Danubia from Boston Opportunity Agenda for a Website consultation call!
Get Girls Going received an application from Vanessa for a Board Prospecting project.
The Every Voice Coalition received an application from Alice for a Fundraising Plan Assessment project.
Get Girls Going received an application from Vindhya for a Board Prospecting project.
Drew matched with Mallytza from Healthy Chelsea for a Website consultation call!
Madison from African Bridge Network listed a Website Major Update project.
Jojo matched with Danubia from Boston Opportunity Agenda for a Website consultation call!
Olio Culinary Collective received an application from Paola for a Website consultation call.
Landlords for Affordable Housing received an application from Eduardo for a Translation project.
Olio Culinary Collective received an application from Jojo for a Website consultation call.
Jessica matched with D. Elaine from Humanistic Communications, Inc. for a Program Strategy & Goals project!
Carly matched with Lily from The Every Voice Coalition for a Marketing Strategy Consultation project!
Get Girls Going received an application from FOLASADE for a Board Prospecting project.
The Every Voice Coalition received an application from Tanuja for a Fundraising Plan Assessment project.
Nana from Get Girls Going listed a Merchandising project.
Get Girls Going received an application from Apoorva for a Board Prospecting project.
Nana from Get Girls Going listed a Board Prospecting project.
Chatterjee matched with SHANITA from New Beginnings Reentry Services, Inc. for an Organizational One-Pager project!
SHANITA from New Beginnings Reentry Services, Inc. listed an Illustration project.
Lily from The Every Voice Coalition listed a Fundraising Plan Assessment project.
Jordan matched with D. Elaine from Humanistic Communications, Inc. for a Social Media Set Up project!
Lily from The Every Voice Coalition listed a Social Media Audit project.
The Every Voice Coalition received an application from Evan for a Social Media Audit project.
Landlords for Affordable Housing received an application from Gabrielle for a Translation project.
Jordan matched with Julie from Cat Companions for a Social Media consultation call!
Elvimar matched with Madeline from Center for Women & Enterprise for a Translation project!
Landlords for Affordable Housing received an application from Sawadogo for a Translation project.
Landlords for Affordable Housing received an application from Ergys for a Translation project.
Landlords for Affordable Housing received an application from Ioana for a Translation project.
Iris matched with Madison from African Bridge Network for a Google Analytics Reporting project!
Landlords for Affordable Housing received an application from Yokasta for a Translation project.
Melissa from Landlords for Affordable Housing listed a Translation project.
Annie matched with Olivia from Boston Women's Fund for a Fundraising Plan Assessment project!
Ken matched with Aisha from Boston Women's Fund for a Print Materials Design project!
Jessica matched with D. Elaine from Humanistic Communications, Inc. for an Organizational Executive Summary project!
Phyllis matched with D. Elaine from Humanistic Communications, Inc. for a Copyediting project!
Githmi matched with Maria from Student Immigrant Movement for a Data & Analytics consultation call!
How It Works
1. Explore Available Projects
Browse through over 150 pre-scoped projects and post your own.2. Find Your Pro Bono Professional
Review applications from interested professionals and choose who you want to work with.3. Get The Help You Need
Kick off your project and start making progress.Two ways to connect!
Consultation Calls
Projects
What Do You Need Help With?
Select from 150+ pre-scoped projects or post a consultation call to get started.
Great Connections Are Made Here
How Andy C. helped We Are Better Together Warren Daniel Hairs...
How Jessica O. helped Humanistic Communications, Inc.
How Carly C. helped The Every Voice Coalition
How Elvimar O. helped Center for Women & Enterprise
How Iris L. helped African Bridge Network
How Annie F. helped Boston Women's Fund
How Lawrence M. helped First Teacher
How Fraun G. helped BMEN Foundation
How Akram M. helped Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center
ABOUT THE VOLUNTEERS
Work With Talented Professionals From Around the World
Finding the right match is important. Each of the 150+ pre-scoped projects contains prerequisite skills and experience, core deliverables, and time estimates, so volunteers know exactly what is required when they apply to work with you.
The rigorous application process, which includes work experience, portfolios, and statements of interest, limits applicants to those who are serious about working with you. It's not a one-click application, and it shouldn't be.
You can review up to three applications at a time, and interview candidates before deciding. The decision is yours.
What Other Organizations are Saying
Frequently Asked Questions
New around here? Start with the basics.
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 organizations 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 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 150+ detailed project types.
You can work on an unlimited number of projects and calls throughout your membership. Once you finish a project, just make sure to mark it “complete”.
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 [email protected], and one of Catchafire's Nonprofit Advisors will get in touch 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 [email protected] and one of Catchafire’s Nonprofit Advisors will be in touch within 24 business hours.
About this Program
After taking a pause to incorporate nonprofit partner feedback and reflect on our longstanding
partnership with Catchafire, we are delighted to launch the next phase of this collaboration.
Through this partnership the Boston Foundation aims to equip nonprofits, stretched thin by
increasing demands on their time and services, with added capacity to address timely projects
within their organizations.
The Boston Foundation’s Nonprofit Sector Infrastructure Strategy invests in sector
intermediaries to equip leaders with the tools and support they need to build and run diverse,
inclusive, and effective organizations that can challenge systems of inequity. The foundation
has partnered with Catchafire over the past six years to provide Greater Boston nonprofits with
skills-based volunteering support on specific capacity building projects, ranging from graphic
design and marketing to program planning and evaluation, at no cost to participating
organizations. We know that a strong nonprofit sector means a strong Greater Boston.
Have more questions? Drop us a line.
Email the Catchafire team at [email protected], or schedule a Catchafire introduction call to learn more about how your organization can build capacity with help from skilled pro bono professionals
