Strengthen Your Organization
With Experts Who Help Advance Your Mission
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.
Lucy matched with Stephanie from Behavioral Health Innovators for a Finance consultation call!
Eric from Seaside Sustainability listed a Website User Experience project.
Samuel matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for a Marketing Channel Plan project!
Siobhan matched with Jessie from Centerboard, Inc. for a Social Media consultation call!
Seaside Sustainability received an application from Mayinuzzaman for a Flexible Web Development Support project.
Seaside Sustainability received an application from Claire for a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project.
Seaside Sustainability received an application from Ashley for a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project.
Seaside Sustainability received an application from Matthew for a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project.
Tom matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for a Fundraising Plan Assessment project!
Seaside Sustainability received an application from Harsh for a Flexible Web Development Support project.
Deepak matched with Nikki from Momentum Choir for a Customer Database (CRM) Set Up project!
Seaside Sustainability received an application from Grace for a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project.
Seaside Sustainability received an application from Chandu for a Flexible Web Development Support project.
Seaside Sustainability received an application from Shawn for a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project.
Seaside Sustainability received an application from Rocio for a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project.
Chengzong matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for a Market Analysis project!
Seaside Sustainability received an application from Kyle for a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project.
Sony matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for a Market Analysis project!
Quinn matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for a Marketing Channel Plan project!
Seaside Sustainability received an application from Eric for a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project.
Seaside Sustainability received an application from Ro for a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project.
Sabina matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for a Website User Experience project!
Eric from Seaside Sustainability listed a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project.
Seaside Sustainability received an application from Jack for a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project.
Laura Valentina matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for a Market Analysis project!
Geethika matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for a Market Analysis project!
Chi matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for a Flexible Web Development Support project!
Khanh matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for a Market Analysis project!
Randa matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for a SWOT Analysis project!
Eric from Seaside Sustainability listed a Flexible Web Development Support project.
Tristan matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for a SWOT Analysis project!
Tom matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for a Program Strategy & Goals project!
Ibrahim matched with Jessie from Centerboard, Inc. for a Social Media consultation call!
Randa matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for a Mission, Vision & Values project!
Kafayat matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for an Operating Budget project!
Eric from Seaside Sustainability listed a Flexible Web Development Support project.
Eric from Seaside Sustainability listed an Organizational Executive Summary project.
Kirill matched with Kerry from Pathways for Children, Inc. for a Tech Systems consultation call!
Fannuel matched with James from Provincetown Art Association and Museum for a Finance consultation call!
Chukwura matched with Kirsten from New York Alliance for Inclusion & Innovation for a Data Collection Plan project!
Tonie matched with Eric from Seaside Sustainability for a Fundraising Plan Assessment project!
Cecilia matched with Rina from Mass Audubon for a Translation project!
Vanessa matched with Rina from Mass Audubon for a Translation project!
Paula matched with Gwynne from Helping Our Women for a Flexible Graphic Design Support project!
Gideon matched with Rina from Mass Audubon for a Translation project!
Cecilia matched with Rina from Mass Audubon for a Translation project!
Cornelius matched with Rina from Mass Audubon for a Translation project!
Victoria matched with Rina from Mass Audubon for a Translation project!
Victoria matched with Rina from Mass Audubon for a Translation project!
Victoria matched with Rina from Mass Audubon for a Translation project!
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 Lucy P. helped Behavioral Health Innovators
How Samuel M. helped Seaside Sustainability
How Chukwura d. helped New York Alliance for Inclusion & Innovation
How Cecilia F. helped Mass Audubon
How Paula D. helped Helping Our Women
How John M. helped Asperger/Autism Network
How Yvonne L. helped Peter & Elizabeth Tower Foundation
How Jonathan M. helped Cape Cod Toy Library
How Duhyung S. helped The NAN Project
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 grant partners 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 grant partners 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
The Peter & Elizabeth Tower Foundation is a family foundation that supports and collaborates with nonprofit organizations and community partners that share our mission of helping children, adolescents, and young people affected by intellectual disabilities, mental health challenges, learning disabilities, and substance use disorders. Our giving is focused in Western New York and Eastern Massachusetts, areas that are important to the Tower family.
Recognizing the importance of strong organizational infrastructure for delivering high-quality programming and promoting organizational sustainability, we partner with Catchafire to connect select organizations with skills-based volunteers.
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 volunteers.