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 120+ 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.
Carolyn matched with Osagie from The Innocent Convicts for a Fundraising consultation call!
My Brother's Table received an application from Corissa for a Social Media consultation call.
The Innocent Convicts received an application from Rubi for a Website consultation call.
Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust received an application from Jerry for an Employee Handbook project.
Lucys Love Bus Charitable Trust received an application from Ali for a Search Engine Keyword Research project.
First Teacher received an application from Kate for a Website Visual Design project.
Osagie from The Innocent Convicts listed a Website consultation call.
Margaux matched with Osagie from The Innocent Convicts for a Website consultation call!
Osagie from The Innocent Convicts listed a Fundraising consultation call.
Annie from My Brother's Table listed a Social Media consultation call.
Julie from Lucys Love Bus Charitable Trust listed a Search Engine Keyword Research project.
Burne from Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness Inc. listed a Webinar Set Up & Training project.
Kristen from METCO - Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity listed a Tech Systems consultation call.
Bams Fest Inc. received an application from Pavithra for a Website consultation call.
METCO - Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity received an application from Monica for an Event Management consultation call.
METCO - Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity received an application from Jennifer for an Event Management consultation call.
METCO - Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity received an application from Bob for a Tech Systems consultation call.
Loop Lab received an application from Robert for a Board Recruitment Plan project.
Kristen from METCO - Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity listed an Event Management consultation call.
Christopher from Loop Lab listed a Flexible Human Resources Support project.
Loop Lab received an application from JIM for an Individual Donor Letter project.
Loop Lab received an application from Sarthak for an Individual Donor Letter project.
Loop Lab received an application from Michael J. for a Change Management Coaching project.
Loop Lab received an application from Cherish for an Individual Donor Letter project.
Loop Lab received an application from Anna for a Change Management Coaching project.
Loop Lab received an application from Felix for an Excel Training project.
Osagie from The Innocent Convicts listed a Fundraising consultation call.
MARIA from Latinos Unidos En Massachusetts Inc. listed a Fundraising consultation call.
Catherine from Bams Fest Inc. listed a Website consultation call.
Amanda from Lionheart Foundation, Inc. listed a Translation project.
Jenny matched with Amanda from Lionheart Foundation, Inc. for a Mobile App Prototyping project!
Meridith from Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust listed an Employee Handbook project.
Christopher from Loop Lab listed an Excel Training project.
Christopher from Loop Lab listed a Change Management Coaching project.
Christopher from Loop Lab listed an Individual Donor Letter project.
Christopher from Loop Lab listed a Board Recruitment Plan project.
Loop Lab received an application from Liz for a Change Management Coaching project.
Loop Lab received an application from Kyle for an Excel Training project.
The Innocent Convicts received an application from Nafiaz for a Fundraising consultation call.
Loop Lab received an application from Bob for an Excel Training project.
METCO - Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity received an application from Bob for an Event Slideshow Creation project.
Alray Scholars Program received an application from Monica for a Google Ads Set Up project.
Alray Scholars Program received an application from Terry for a Google Ads Set Up project.
Loop Lab received an application from Deborah for a Change Management Coaching project.
Alray Scholars Program received an application from MUHAMMAD ABDUL for a Google Ads Set Up project.
Kristen from METCO - Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity listed an Event Slideshow Creation project.
Karla from First Teacher listed a Website Visual Design project.
Janet from Alray Scholars Program listed a Google Ads Set Up project.
METCO - Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity received an application from Kelsey for an Event Slideshow Creation project.
We Are Better Together Warren Daniel Hairston Project received an application from Simone for an Organization Goal Setting project.
How It Works
1. Explore Available Projects
Browse through over 120 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 120+ pre-scoped projects or post a consultation call to get started.
Great Connections Are Made Here
Matched Oct 20th, 2020
How Jenny J. helped Lionheart Foundation, Inc.
Mobile App Prototyping
Matched Oct 13th, 2020
How Vern D. helped FriendshipWorks
Flexible Graphic Design Support
Matched Oct 7th, 2020
How Gabriel A. helped Health Care Without Walls
Tech Systems
Matched Oct 2nd, 2020
How Enakshi R. helped The Steppingstone Foundation
Illustration
Matched Sep 23rd, 2020
How Sheryl M. helped Boston Youth Wrestling Inc.
Website Major Update
Matched Sep 18th, 2020
How Brent S. helped METCO - Metropolitan Council for Educatio...
Video Editing
Matched Sep 14th, 2020
How Chinue U. helped We Are Better Together Warren Daniel Hai...
Data Collection Plan
Matched Sep 3rd, 2020
How Caitlin A. helped My Brother's Table
Flyer Graphic Design
Matched Aug 31st, 2020
How Ajay G. helped Team IMPACT
Google Ads Set Up
ABOUT THE VOLUNTEERS
Work With Talented Professionals From Around the World
Finding the right match is important. Each of the 100+ 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 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 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 120 detailed project types.
You can work on an unlimited number of projects and calls throughout your membership. Once you finish a project, just mark 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 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.
About This Program
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.
Have more questions? Drop us a line.
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
