Strengthen Your Organization
With Help from Skilled Volunteers
Get Help from 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.
Benefits In Action received an application from Sabrina for a Marketing Strategy Consultation project.
Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection received an application from Simon for a Website Content Audit project.
Fire Adapted Colorado received an application from Kali Prasad for a Customer Database (CRM) Audit project.
A Way Forward received an application from Kali Prasad for a Customer Database (CRM) Audit project.
WINGS Foundation, Inc. received an application from Alanson for an Organization Goal Setting project.
The Alliance for Collective Action received an application from Mihaela for an Email Layout & Template project.
Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc. received an application from Kali Prasad for a Customer Database (CRM) Audit project.
Sites and Insights received an application from Ivin for a Marketing Strategy consultation call.
Adrianne matched with Tiffany from Isabella Joy Thallas Foundation for an Event Management consultation call!
Jenny from WINGS Foundation, Inc. listed an Organization Goal Setting project.
Cathy from Sites and Insights listed a Marketing Strategy consultation call.
A Way Forward received an application from Alok for a Customer Database (CRM) Audit project.
Ocean First Institute received an application from Formeka for a Communications consultation call.
Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc. received an application from Alok for a Customer Database (CRM) Audit project.
Benefits In Action received an application from success for a Marketing Strategy Consultation project.
Stronger than box received an application from Vatsal Ajay for a Social Media consultation call.
Jeffco Schools Foundation received an application from Namrata for an Employee Handbook project.
The Alliance for Collective Action received an application from Deyaa for an Email Layout & Template project.
Madison from Colorado Repertory Singers listed a Human Resources consultation call.
Lucy matched with Ann from Carbon Valley Help Center for a Finance consultation call!
Nathaniel matched with Estefania from Energy Smart Colorado for a Social Media consultation call!
Varvara matched with Estefania from Energy Smart Colorado for a Social Media consultation call!
Pragya matched with Estefania from Energy Smart Colorado for a Social Media consultation call!
Quinn matched with Estefania from Energy Smart Colorado for a Social Media consultation call!
Marcia matched with Estefania from Energy Smart Colorado for a Social Media consultation call!
Matt matched with Estefania from Energy Smart Colorado for a Social Media consultation call!
Jeffery matched with Kim from Steamboat Reading for a Flexible Human Resources Support project!
Jefferson County Communities That Care received an application from Soham for a Marketing Strategy Consultation project.
Jeffco Schools Foundation received an application from Citra for an Employee Handbook project.
Jeffco Schools Foundation received an application from Valerie for an Employee Handbook project.
OutPaws received an application from Otilia for an Artificial Intelligence consultation call.
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Mesa County received an application from Amr for a Website Audit project.
OutPaws received an application from Mark for an Artificial Intelligence consultation call.
Isabella Joy Thallas Foundation received an application from Felicia for an Event Management consultation call.
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Mesa County received an application from Nitesh for a Website Audit project.
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Mesa County received an application from Irina for a Website Audit project.
Alison from Benefits In Action listed a Marketing Strategy Consultation project.
Nadia from Jefferson County Communities That Care listed a Marketing Strategy Consultation project.
Imogen from Jeffco Schools Foundation listed an Employee Handbook project.
Dominic matched with Kathy from The Alliance for Collective Action for a Communications consultation call!
Otilia matched with Kathy from The Alliance for Collective Action for a Communications consultation call!
Tyler matched with Kathy from The Alliance for Collective Action for a Communications consultation call!
Isabella Joy Thallas Foundation received an application from Jill for an Event Management consultation call.
Fire Adapted Colorado received an application from Easton for a Customer Database (CRM) Audit project.
OutPaws received an application from Abizer for an Artificial Intelligence consultation call.
OutPaws received an application from Julie for an Artificial Intelligence consultation call.
The Children's Treehouse Foundation received an application from Chatterjee for a Partnership Proposal Presentation project.
A Way Forward received an application from Easton for a Customer Database (CRM) Audit project.
Jarred from Isabella Joy Thallas Foundation listed an Event Management consultation call.
Jay matched with Carla from BIPOC Economic Success Trust for 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 Adrianne P. helped Isabella Joy Thallas Foundation
How Jeffery S. helped Steamboat Reading
How Dom G. helped Big City Mountaineers, Inc.
How Sam S. helped Developmental Disabilities Resource Center
How Francis P. helped Mountain Resource Center
How Fadugba G. helped Evergreen Scholarship/Bootstraps, Inc.
How Brian L. helped Aurora Public Schools Foundation
How Olivia S. helped Colorado Mountain Club
How Lindsay J. helped Habitat for Humanity of Colorado
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 Colorado Gives Foundation
Who We Are
We are the Colorado Gives Foundation. We connect people, ideas and nonprofits. We are a Jeffco grantmaker and statewide, we invest to build the capacity of nonprofits and donors via ColoradoGives.org, nonprofit endowments and donor services.
What We Believe
We believe that a community is built by connection, and everyone can make good happen. Together, we strive to build resilient, connected and thriving communities, which is good for everyone.
If your nonprofit is a partner of Colorado Gives Foundation and/or on ColoradoGives.org please sign up for Catchafire to access the amazing capacity building services for free!
Read more about Colorado Gives Foundation.
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