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.
Avenues Counseling Center received an application from Nicole for a Website Set Up (CMS-Based) project.
Jay matched with Jennifer from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri for a Marketing Materials consultation call!
Lisa from Carol House Quick Fix Pet Clinic listed an Event Management consultation call.
Felicia from Freddie Ford Family Foundation listed a Communications consultation call.
Ross matched with Jennifer from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri for a Marketing Materials consultation call!
House Everyone STL received an application from Prathyusha for an Event Concept & Plan project.
Good Journey Development Foundation received an application from Riley for a Website Minor Update project.
Denise from Missouri Voter Protection Coalition listed an Event Management consultation call.
Good Journey Development Foundation received an application from Amer for a Website Minor Update project.
Good Journey Development Foundation received an application from Bhuvana for a Website Minor Update project.
The Lindbergh Foundation received an application from Mike for an Organizational Strategy consultation call.
Good Journey Development Foundation received an application from Netnapa for a Website Minor Update project.
Chatterjee matched with Dennis from Gateway Festival Orchestra for a Copywriting project!
Melissa from House Everyone STL listed an Event Concept & Plan project.
Peace Economy Project received an application from May for a Flexible Finance Support project.
HLH Heroes Foundation received an application from SELAMAWIT for a Tech Systems consultation call.
PYNKK TABLE ORGANIZATION received an application from Gideon for a Christmas Jumper Day – Event Management consultation call.
Reboot Robotics received an application from Dillon for a Marketing Materials consultation call.
Stephanie from PYNKK TABLE ORGANIZATION listed a Christmas Jumper Day – Event Management consultation call.
HLH Heroes Foundation received an application from Khoi for a Tech Systems consultation call.
Robert matched with Cynthia from Veteran Women of Influence for an Open Board Position consultation call!
HLH Heroes Foundation received an application from Ben for a Tech Systems consultation call.
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation received an application from David for a Brand Messaging consultation call.
HLH Heroes Foundation received an application from Brent for a Tech Systems consultation call.
Jake from HLH Heroes Foundation listed a Tech Systems consultation call.
Kyra from Family Care Health Centers listed a Translation project.
Lindsey from Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation listed a Brand Messaging consultation call.
Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation received an application from Flavian for a Brand Messaging consultation call.
Avenues Counseling Center received an application from Ayo-oni for a Website Set Up (CMS-Based) project.
Concerned Clergy of Kc received an application from Mumbia Yvonne for an Organizational Strategy consultation call.
Grace matched with Diarra from The Bailey Foundation for a New Employee Onboarding project!
Jay matched with Dennis from Gateway Festival Orchestra for a Communications consultation call!
Allan matched with Dionne from Good Journey Development Foundation for a Display Materials Design project!
Vanshika matched with Shelby from Criminal Justice Ministries for a Display Materials Design project!
Attah matched with Dionne from Good Journey Development Foundation for a Website consultation call!
Concerned Clergy of Kc received an application from Matt for an Organizational Strategy consultation call.
Dionne from Good Journey Development Foundation listed a Website Minor Update project.
Dunsin matched with Dionne from Good Journey Development Foundation for a Customer Database (CRM) Set Up project!
Avenues Counseling Center received an application from Patrick for a Website Set Up (CMS-Based) project.
Avenues Counseling Center received an application from Felix for a Website Set Up (CMS-Based) project.
Avenues Counseling Center received an application from Holley for a Website Set Up (CMS-Based) project.
Jill matched with Nancy from Saint Louis Ballet for a Copywriting project!
Thea matched with Diarra from The Bailey Foundation for a Website Set Up (CMS-Based) project!
Courtney from Avenues Counseling Center listed a Website Set Up (CMS-Based) project.
Jan matched with Mattie from St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America for a Flexible Finance Support project!
Patrick matched with Diarra from The Bailey Foundation for a Website Technical Updates project!
Avenues Counseling Center received an application from Gayatri for a Website Set Up (CMS-Based) project.
Gabriel matched with John from SIL Columbia for a Flexible Copywriting Support project!
Stephanie from Concerned Clergy of Kc listed an Organizational Strategy consultation call.
Araki matched with Pamela from Lewis Place Historical Preservtion for a Logo Design 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 Jay Z. helped Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
How Chatterjee P. helped Gateway Festival Orchestra
How Grace A. helped The Bailey Foundation
How Allan K. helped Good Journey Development Foundation
How Jan H. helped St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America
How Gabriel K. helped SIL Columbia
How Araki A. helped Lewis Place Historical Preservtion
How Bill H. helped wreSTL
How Joanne C. helped St. Louis Community Foundation
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