Strengthen Your Organization
With Help from Skilled Volunteers
About this Program
North Texas Community Foundation drives meaningful change through charitable investment. The Foundation works with local donors and leaders to proactively respond to the needs of our region. Together, we can cultivate a more vibrant and resilient community where all North Texans can thrive.
Catchafire is a full service, on-demand solution designed to address the wide-ranging and complex needs of social good agencies. Catchafire is the largest online tool to connect social good organizations with talented professionals looking to donate their skills.
Nonprofits invited to participate in North Texas Community Foundation's first Catchafire program have access to Catchafire’s innovative virtual platform and programming. These resources 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.
To learn more about North Texas Community Foundation's partnership with Catchafire, please contact Catchafire.
To watch the recording of North Texas Community Foundation's cohort specific webinar, please click here.
Connect With Talented and Engaged Professionals
This program connects you with talented professionals looking to give back. 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.
Laura matched with Bethany from Fort Worth Museum of Science and History for a Translation project!
Kimberly matched with Shaida from EmpathyHQ for a Storytelling project!
Kristen from Be The Neighbor listed a Human Resources consultation call.
Create + Collaborate received an application from Uchenna for a Flexible Finance Support project.
Create + Collaborate received an application from Wanqing for a Flexible Finance Support project.
Create + Collaborate received an application from Rohit for a Website Visual Design project.
Create + Collaborate received an application from Lin for a Website Visual Design project.
Create + Collaborate received an application from Khanh for a Website Visual Design project.
Create + Collaborate received an application from Mariia for a Website Visual Design project.
Kimberly matched with Shaida from EmpathyHQ for a Brochure Writing project!
Deb matched with Shaida from EmpathyHQ for an Artificial Intelligence consultation call!
Create + Collaborate received an application from Janvi for a Website Visual Design project.
Create + Collaborate received an application from Ye for a Website Visual Design project.
Create + Collaborate received an application from Aydin Can for a Website Visual Design project.
Create + Collaborate received an application from Kelechi for a Website Visual Design project.
Create + Collaborate received an application from Anna for a Website Visual Design project.
Ricquel from Create + Collaborate listed a Website Visual Design project.
Create + Collaborate received an application from Emily for a Website Visual Design project.
Create + Collaborate received an application from Xier for a Website Visual Design project.
Ruth matched with Hallie from S.T.E.P.S. With Horses for a Logo Design & Visual Brand Identity project!
Lisa from Lighthouse for the Blind of Fort Worth listed a Print Materials Design project.
Sal matched with Jacob from Camp Fire First Texas for an Online Survey project!
EmpathyHQ received an application from Samsul for a Branded Digital Assets project.
Victoria matched with Caleb from Fort Worth Museum of Science and History for a Translation project!
Victoria matched with Caleb from Fort Worth Museum of Science and History for a Translation project!
Victoria matched with Caleb from Fort Worth Museum of Science and History for a Translation project!
John matched with Bethany from Early Learning Alliance for an Infographic project!
George matched with Ann from Renaissance Heights United for a Finance consultation call!
Araki matched with Cinetrea from 619 Productions for a Video Editing project!
Courtney matched with Remy from Fortress Youth Development Center for an Audio Editing project!
Victoria matched with Leigh from Fort Worth Museum of Science and History for a Translation project!
Shaida from EmpathyHQ listed a Branded Digital Assets project.
Create + Collaborate received an application from michelle for a Flexible Finance Support project.
Victoria matched with Marketing from Fort Worth Museum of Science and History for a Translation project!
Jan matched with Ron from S.T.E.P.S. With Horses for a Finance consultation call!
John matched with Cinetrea from 619 Productions for a Print Materials Design project!
Victoria matched with Caleb from Fort Worth Museum of Science and History for a Translation project!
Sonia matched with Avery from Fort Worth Museum of Science and History for a Translation project!
Laura matched with Bethany from Fort Worth Museum of Science and History for a Translation project!
Blaise matched with Ricquel from Create + Collaborate for a HR Policy Writing project!
Laura matched with Abigail from Fort Worth Museum of Science and History for a Translation project!
H. Patricia matched with Abigail from Fort Worth Museum of Science and History for a Translation project!
Chitra matched with ShaVonne from Maroon 9 Community Enrichment Organization for a Website Major Update project!
Laura matched with Abigail from Fort Worth Museum of Science and History for a Translation project!
Chatterjee matched with ShaVonne from Maroon 9 Community Enrichment Organization for a Website Copywriting project!
Arshitha matched with ShaVonne from Maroon 9 Community Enrichment Organization for a Website Content Plan project!
Harish matched with Abigail from Fort Worth Museum of Science and History for a Website Accessibility Audit project!
Srishti matched with Abigail from Fort Worth Museum of Science and History for an Email Marketing Copywriting project!
Debbie matched with Shey from Ronald McDonald House for a Management consultation call!
Gianpaolo matched with Shaida from EmpathyHQ for a Tech Systems Set Up 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 Laura B. helped Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
How Kimberly Y. helped EmpathyHQ
How Ruth D. helped S.T.E.P.S. With Horses
How Sal H. helped Camp Fire First Texas
How John M. helped Early Learning Alliance
How Araki A. helped 619 Productions
How Blaise M. helped Create + Collaborate
How Franziska H. helped Dysautonomia Support Network
How Chitra S. helped Maroon 9 Community Enrichment Organization
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.
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