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.
Blaire matched with Emily from Habitat for Humanity of Colorado for a Flexible Graphic Design Support project!
Build Pagosa, Inc received an application from Olajuwon for a Display Materials Design project.
Sand Creek Regional Greenway Partnership, Inc. received an application from Richard for a Flexible Graphic Design Support project.
Bicycle Colorado received an application from Iteoluwa for a Website consultation call.
Clinica Colorado received an application from Jeff for an Excel Training project.
Bicycle Colorado received an application from Prince for a Website consultation call.
www.revelinlife.org received an application from Samuel for a Tech Systems consultation call.
The Action Center received an application from Jeff for a Tech Systems consultation call.
Linda matched with Bianka from Colorado Black Women for Political Action for an Event Management consultation call!
Whitney matched with Bianka from Colorado Black Women for Political Action for an Event Management consultation call!
Daniel matched with Mo from Sand Creek Regional Greenway Partnership, Inc. for an Audio Editing project!
The Right Step Inc received an application from Tiffany for a Management consultation call.
Artistic Apothecary received an application from Wan Ching for a Website Audit project.
Catholic Sports received an application from Afolabi for an Open Board Position consultation call.
Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado received an application from Prince for a Website consultation call.
Bicycle Colorado received an application from Emmanuel for a Website consultation call.
Build Pagosa, Inc received an application from Ayub for a Display Materials Design project.
Ross matched with Maia from Blue Channel Therapy for a Facebook Ads Set Up project!
Tyler from English Learning Center Denver listed a Volunteer Manual project.
Margaret matched with Kuwa-Jasiri from Artistic Apothecary for an Elevator Pitch Coaching project!
"I Have A Dream" Foundation of Boulder County received an application from Fredrick for an Email Marketing Copywriting project.
Build Pagosa, Inc received an application from Hongxia for a Display Materials Design project.
ChannelMom received an application from Michael for an Event Management consultation call.
Clinica Colorado received an application from RJ for an Excel Training project.
Clinica Colorado received an application from Usha for an Excel Training project.
"I Have A Dream" Foundation of Boulder County received an application from Olajuwon for an Email Marketing Copywriting project.
Clinica Colorado received an application from Emanuel for an Excel Training project.
Carolin matched with Ann from Carbon Valley Help Center for a Website consultation call!
Otilia matched with Dan from Mile High 360 for a Communications consultation call!
Saqib matched with Dan from Mile High 360 for a Communications consultation call!
Cindy from Build Pagosa, Inc listed a Display Materials Design project.
VANESSA from Clinica Colorado listed an Excel Training project.
Kuwa-Jasiri from Artistic Apothecary listed a Transcription project.
Liz matched with Kuwa-Jasiri from Artistic Apothecary for a Proposal Review project!
Clinica Colorado received an application from Kefilwe for an Excel Training project.
"I Have A Dream" Foundation of Boulder County received an application from Seanan for an Email Marketing Copywriting project.
"I Have A Dream" Foundation of Boulder County received an application from Princess Aleah for an Email Marketing Copywriting project.
Bicycle Colorado received an application from Araki for a Website consultation call.
Build Pagosa, Inc received an application from Sofia for a Display Materials Design project.
"I Have A Dream" Foundation of Boulder County received an application from Chatterjee for an Email Marketing Copywriting project.
Scott from "I Have A Dream" Foundation of Boulder County listed an Email Marketing Copywriting project.
Ashley from Bicycle Colorado listed a Website consultation call.
Chrissy from Ocean First Institute listed an Organizational Strategy consultation call.
Creative Music Works received an application from M-Jo for a Finance consultation call.
Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado received an application from kim for a Website consultation call.
Jefferson County Food Policy Council (Fiscal Sponsor: Trailhead Institute) received an application from Agbo for a Copywriting project.
Feeding Pueblo Initiative received an application from Judy for an Event Management consultation call.
Katherine from The Right Step Inc listed a Management consultation call.
Soujanya matched with Erica from Community First Foundation for a Flexible Tech Support project!
Amy matched with Elizabeth from Horizons Specialized Services for a Communications consultation call!
How It Works
On-demand project support
Access expert pro bono consultants to fill every skill and staffing gap
On-site volunteers
Recruit in-person volunteers for your next community event
Technical training
Get technical advice and training on new software
Coaching
One-on-one coaching and professional development
Custom work, at no expense to you
Get specific deliverables done for every need including translation, website creation, donor letters, HR handbook, and more
Community groups
Meet leaders like you with access to peer to peer forums and networking opportunities
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 Blaire B. helped Habitat for Humanity of Colorado
How Ross E. helped Blue Channel Therapy
How Margaret M. helped Artistic Apothecary
How Carolin M. helped Carbon Valley Help Center
How Lou M. helped American Academy Of The Martial Arts / Alpha Omega Martial Arts
How Leo Z. helped Northern Colorado Wildlife Center
How Marco A. helped AGILE-International.org
How Kim H. helped The Alliance for Collective Action
How Alejandra C. helped Big City Mountaineers, Inc.
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