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.
Marta matched with Lisa from Kingdom Builder's Family Life Center for an Event Management consultation call!
Kirk from NAMI Colorado Springs listed a Time Management Coaching project.
Innovations in Aging received an application from RJ for a Pricing Strategy project.
Kingdom Builder's Family Life Center received an application from James for a Customer Database (CRM) Set Up project.
Innovations in Aging received an application from Cameron for an Infographic project.
YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region received an application from Togu for an Event Management consultation call.
Staishy matched with Jacob from The Chamber Orchestra of the Springs for a Marketing Strategy consultation call!
YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region received an application from Togu for an Organizational Strategy consultation call.
Kingdom Builder's Family Life Center received an application from Shivani for a Customer Database (CRM) Set Up project.
YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region received an application from Davon for an Organizational Strategy consultation call.
YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region received an application from Erica for an Organizational Strategy consultation call.
Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates received an application from Mila for a Storytelling project.
Kingdom Builder's Family Life Center received an application from Sukhjit for a Customer Database (CRM) Set Up project.
Kingdom Builder's Family Life Center received an application from Quratulain for a Customer Database (CRM) Set Up project.
Kingdom Builder's Family Life Center received an application from Judith for a Customer Database (CRM) Set Up project.
Kingdom Builder's Family Life Center received an application from Griffin for a Customer Database (CRM) Set Up project.
Kingdom Builder's Family Life Center received an application from Jeffery for a Customer Database (CRM) Set Up project.
The Justice Center received an application from Ebuka for a Flexible Tech Support project.
Chatterjee matched with Lisa from Kingdom Builder's Family Life Center for a Storytelling project!
Jitendra matched with Lisa from Kingdom Builder's Family Life Center for a Website Minor Update project!
Innovations in Aging received an application from Bushra for an Infographic project.
Bright by Three received an application from Mark for a Marketing Strategy consultation call.
Josie matched with Molly from Poetry Heals for a Management consultation call!
Lisa from Kingdom Builder's Family Life Center listed a Customer Database (CRM) Set Up project.
Laura from The Justice Center listed a Flexible Tech Support project.
Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates received an application from Vasudha for a Storytelling project.
Bright by Three received an application from Veronica for a Marketing Strategy consultation call.
Cory from Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates listed a Storytelling project.
Innovations in Aging received an application from Bingchen for a Pricing Strategy project.
Adam matched with Laura from The Justice Center for a Website consultation call!
YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region received an application from Zeena for an Organizational Strategy consultation call.
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity received an application from Nikki for a Data & Analytics consultation call.
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity received an application from Sampson for a Data & Analytics consultation call.
YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region received an application from Kevin for an Event Management consultation call.
YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region received an application from Nikki for an Organizational Strategy consultation call.
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity received an application from Rishabh for a Data & Analytics consultation call.
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity received an application from Priya for a Data & Analytics consultation call.
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity received an application from Madeline Evangeline for a Data & Analytics consultation call.
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity received an application from ARPIT for a Data & Analytics consultation call.
Elvia matched with Megan from Dream Centers of Colorado Springs for an Illustration project!
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity received an application from Chukwuemeka for a Data & Analytics consultation call.
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity received an application from Tejaswini for a Data & Analytics consultation call.
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity received an application from krishna for a Data & Analytics consultation call.
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity received an application from Olumide for a Data & Analytics consultation call.
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity received an application from Ryan for a Data & Analytics consultation call.
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity received an application from Birhane for a Data & Analytics consultation call.
Iain from Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity listed a Data & Analytics consultation call.
Sonny from YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region listed an Organizational Strategy consultation call.
Sonny from YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region listed an Event Management consultation call.
Rachel from Bright by Three listed a Marketing Strategy 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 Adam D. helped The Justice Center
How Elvia R. helped Dream Centers of Colorado Springs
How Chatterjee P. helped Pikes Peak Makerspace
How Jennifer P. helped Family Promise (Interfaith Hospitality...
How Karla K. helped Face It TOGETHER, Inc
How Wilson A. helped Partners in Housing
How Maggie S. helped Kids on Bikes
How Phylis B. helped Friends of the Children - Colorado Springs
How Dorothy J. helped Angels of America's Fallen
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 help@catchafire.org, 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 help@catchafire.org and one of Catchafire’s Nonprofit Advisors will be in touch within 24 business hours.
About this Program
The Chapman Trusts, Colorado Springs Health Foundation, The Dakota Foundation, El Pomar Foundation, Ent Credit Union Foundation, Gazette Charities Foundation, GE Johnson Foundation, Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation, Leighty Foundation, Lindsay-Brisbin Fund, Moniker Foundation, Pikes Peak Community Foundation, RNR Foundation, and the Strub Heer Fund have joined forces to support a nonprofit capacity-building program, Pikes Peak Connect. Pikes Peak Connect is a program that was started with a shared vision that nonprofits throughout the Pikes Peak Region would have access to additional tools and talent through Catchafire’s pro-bono consultants.
As part of Pikes Peak Connect, nonprofits get access to Catchafire’s innovative virtual platform and programming to leverage a network of more than 100,000 skilled pro-bono consultants who will help with needs such as website development, online marketing, strategic planning, professional development, and other areas of critical work. Through Catchafire, Pikes Peak Connect helps organizations identify and achieve their philanthropic goals while accelerating their mission to contribute towards an ecosystem for systemic change.
Catchafire is a full service, on-demand solution designed to address the wide-ranging and complex needs of nonprofits, and is the largest online tool to connect social good organizations with talented professionals looking to donate their skill sets.
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
