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.
Milwaukee Christian Center received an application from Tobey for a Leadership Coaching project.
Hanan Refugees Relief Group received an application from Emmanuella for a Management consultation call.
Milwaukee Christian Center received an application from Michael for a Leadership Coaching project.
Milwaukee Christian Center received an application from Micaiah for a Leadership Coaching project.
Food For Health, Inc received an application from Heidi for a Storytelling project.
Milwaukee Christian Center received an application from Colleen for a Succession Planning Sessions project.
Great Lakes Urban Empowerment Center, Inc. received an application from Chatterjee for a Case Study Writing project.
Milwaukee Christian Center received an application from Megan for a Leadership Coaching project.
Jess from Milwaukee Christian Center listed a Leadership Coaching project.
Radio Milwaukee received an application from Sara for a Marketing Strategy consultation call.
Bridge to Brighter received an application from Jate for a Finance consultation call.
Food For Health, Inc received an application from Rebecca for a Storytelling project.
Hanan Refugees Relief Group received an application from James for a Management consultation call.
TRUE SKOOL received an application from Jate for a Finance Process Assessment project.
Heddy from Center For Leadership of Afrikan Women's Wellness listed a Talent Recruitment consultation call.
Zhi Yan matched with Antresia from Serving Older Adults of Southeast Wisconsin Inc. for a Flexible Finance Support project!
Brenda from Donovan Hines Foundation of Exuberance Co listed a Customer Database (CRM) Set Up project.
Waldorf School Association of the Delaware River Valley received an application from Adm. Etim for a Community Agreement Creation Training project.
Victor matched with Julieane from Danceworks, Inc. for a Social Media Audit project!
Waldorf School Association of the Delaware River Valley received an application from Jan for a Finance consultation call.
Great Lakes Urban Empowerment Center, Inc. received an application from Muralidhar Reddy for a Customer Database (CRM) Audit project.
Bridge to Brighter received an application from KARTHIAYANI for a Finance consultation call.
Hanan Refugees Relief Group received an application from Adejumo for a Management consultation call.
forMartha received an application from Lyubov for a Website consultation call.
Walter from Great Lakes Urban Empowerment Center, Inc. listed an Elevator Pitch Coaching project.
Walter from Great Lakes Urban Empowerment Center, Inc. listed a Case Study Writing project.
SHEILA RAWHI from Hanan Refugees Relief Group listed a Management consultation call.
TRUE SKOOL received an application from Jan for a Finance consultation call.
TRUE SKOOL received an application from Herbert for a Finance Process Assessment project.
Jim matched with Walter from Great Lakes Urban Empowerment Center, Inc. for a Mission, Vision & Values project!
Milwaukee Tennis & Education Foundation received an application from Ross for a Marketing Strategy Consultation project.
FIDEL from TRUE SKOOL listed a Finance Process Assessment project.
Karen from Milwaukee Christian Center listed a Succession Planning Sessions project.
FIDEL from TRUE SKOOL listed a Finance consultation call.
Waldorf School Association of the Delaware River Valley received an application from Mehal for a Finance consultation call.
Walter from Great Lakes Urban Empowerment Center, Inc. listed a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project.
Walter from Great Lakes Urban Empowerment Center, Inc. listed a Customer Database (CRM) Audit project.
Food For Health, Inc received an application from Tu for a Storytelling project.
Food For Health, Inc received an application from Yei Ling for a Storytelling project.
Peter matched with Shannon from The Community for a Marketing Strategy consultation call!
Jennifer from Waldorf School Association of the Delaware River Valley listed a Finance consultation call.
Milwaukee Riverkeeper received an application from Brittney for an Email Layout & Template project.
Waldorf School Association of the Delaware River Valley received an application from Saumya for a Pricing Strategy project.
Waldorf School Association of the Delaware River Valley received an application from Peter for a Marketing Strategy consultation call.
FIDEL from TRUE SKOOL listed a Video Editing project.
Maryna matched with FIDEL from TRUE SKOOL for a Video Editing project!
Chukwura matched with FIDEL from TRUE SKOOL for a Board Prospecting project!
Maire Cait from FoodRight listed a Tech Systems consultation call.
Mike matched with Maire Cait from FoodRight for a Tech Systems consultation call!
Food For Health, Inc received an application from Jennifer for a Storytelling 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 Zhi Yan H. helped Serving Older Adults of Southeast Wisconsin Inc.
How Jim S. helped Great Lakes Urban Empowerment Center, Inc.
How Maryna B. helped TRUE SKOOL
How Mike S. helped FoodRight
How Kmc V. helped Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity
How Sabirah A. helped Food For Health, Inc
How Amadeo C. helped Urban Ecology Center
How Glen Paul F. helped Friedens Food Pantry
How Christopher T. helped Groundwork Milwaukee
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
Bader Philanthropies, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, and Zilber Family Foundation have joined forces to support a nonprofit capacity-building program, the Greater MKE Partnership. The Greater MKE Partnership is a program that was started with a shared vision that nonprofits in Milwaukee would have access to additional tools and talent through Catchafire’s pro-bono consultants.
As part of the Greater MKE Partnership, 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 MKE Partnership 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.
Bader Philanthropies, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, and Zilber Family Foundation.
For foundations interested in learning more about the Greater Milwaukee Partnership 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