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.
Angela matched with Sherrie from My Life in a Bag Foundation for a Marketing Materials consultation call!
Sherrie from My Life in a Bag Foundation listed a Marketing Materials consultation call.
Adrianne matched with Felicia from Freddie Ford Family Foundation for an Event Management consultation call!
My Life in a Bag Foundation received an application from Alexis for a Marketing Materials consultation call.
Community of Hope, St. Louis received an application from Denis for a Website Audit project.
Veteran Women of Influence received an application from Stephen for an Open Board Position consultation call.
Veteran Women of Influence received an application from Robert for an Open Board Position consultation call.
Veteran Women of Influence received an application from Blessing for an Open Board Position consultation call.
My Life in a Bag Foundation received an application from Micheal for a Marketing Materials consultation call.
Kevin matched with Lee from Save Our Youth - St. Louis for a Website consultation call!
Tim matched with Lee from Save Our Youth - St. Louis for a Website consultation call!
Lyubov matched with Lee from Save Our Youth - St. Louis for a Website consultation call!
Chi matched with Lee from Save Our Youth - St. Louis for a Website consultation call!
Cynthia from Veteran Women of Influence listed an Open Board Position consultation call.
Carey matched with Denise from St. Louis County Parks Foundation for a Google Ads Campaign Support project!
Anna from YourWords STL listed an Organizational Strategy consultation call.
Christy from Epilepsy Foundation of Missouri and Kansas listed a Tech Systems consultation call.
Rene matched with Christy from Epilepsy Foundation of Missouri and Kansas for a Tech Systems consultation call!
Kingsley matched with Joyce from Black O'Kelleys Family Association, Inc. for a Website consultation call!
Community of Hope, St. Louis received an application from CHRISTOS for a Website Audit project.
Pakt Crc, Inc.s received an application from Sarayuu Reddy for a Finance consultation call.
Community of Hope, St. Louis received an application from Akubo for a Website Audit project.
Epilepsy Foundation of Missouri and Kansas received an application from Calion for a Tech Systems consultation call.
Community of Hope, St. Louis received an application from Umidjon for a Website Audit project.
Freddie Ford Family Foundation received an application from Calebe for a Website Minor Update project.
Freddie Ford Family Foundation received an application from Tomide for a Website Minor Update project.
Deb matched with Jennifer from St. Louis Art Place Initiative for a Copyediting project!
Chi matched with Kirsten from Our Brothers' Keepers of Southern Illinois for a Talent Recruitment consultation call!
Felicia from Freddie Ford Family Foundation listed a Website Minor Update project.
Sherrie from My Life in a Bag Foundation listed a Marketing Materials consultation call.
Siobhan matched with Sherrie from My Life in a Bag Foundation for a Marketing Materials consultation call!
Sherrie from My Life in a Bag Foundation listed a Marketing Materials consultation call.
Tina matched with Molly from EarthDance for a Talent Recruitment consultation call!
Chi matched with Jennifer from Hope Creates for a Tech Systems consultation call!
J. Toni from Pakt Crc, Inc.s listed a Brand Messaging consultation call.
J. Toni from Pakt Crc, Inc.s listed a Finance consultation call.
Pakt Crc, Inc.s received an application from Joshua for a Brand Messaging consultation call.
Northside Youth And Senior Service Center received an application from Kareem for a Print Materials Design project.
Community of Hope, St. Louis received an application from Elizabeth for a Website Audit project.
Community of Hope, St. Louis received an application from Kristie for a Website Audit project.
Missouri Coalition for the Environment received an application from Kareem for a Print Materials Design project.
Freddie Ford Family Foundation received an application from Jimoh for a Website Minor Update project.
Community of Hope, St. Louis received an application from Toluwanimi for a Website Audit project.
Ademola matched with Joyce from Black O'Kelleys Family Association, Inc. for a Website consultation call!
Naga Aparna matched with Joyce from Black O'Kelleys Family Association, Inc. for a Website consultation call!
Marc matched with Heather from St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra for a Website Audit project!
Chatterjee matched with Nicole from Reboot Robotics for a Presentation Creation project!
Chatterjee matched with Nicole from Reboot Robotics for an Organizational One-Pager project!
Patrick matched with Samantha from House Everyone STL for a Leadership Coaching project!
Allisha from Community of Hope, St. Louis listed a Website Audit 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 Adrianne P. helped Freddie Ford Family Foundation
How Carey S. helped St. Louis County Parks Foundation
How Deb F. helped St. Louis Art Place Initiative
How Marc T. helped St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra
How Chatterjee P. helped Reboot Robotics
How Patrick F. helped House Everyone STL
How Osvaldo S. helped Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
How kim e. helped Restored For More
How Gabriella H. helped Gateway Festival Orchestra
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
Missouri Foundation for Health and the St. Louis Community Foundation have joined forces to support a nonprofit capacity-building program, the Greater St. Louis & Missouri Capacity Building Network. The Greater St. Louis & Missouri Capacity Building Network is a program that was started with a shared vision that nonprofits within the region would have access to additional tools and talent through Catchafire’s pro-bono consultants.
As part of the Greater St. Louis & Missouri Capacity Building Network, 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, the Greater St. Louis & Missouri Capacity Building Network supports nonprofits as they strengthen their operations and teams, while ultimately accelerating their efforts to build stronger, healthier, and more equitable communities.
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.
Learn more about Missouri Foundation for Health and the St. Louis Community Foundation.
For foundations interested in learning more about the Greater St. Louis & Missouri Capacity Building Network and how to get involved, please contact Catchafire.
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