We believe that a good volunteer experience can transform someone’s life, and we also know that a bad one can turn someone away from giving their time forever.
Over the past five years the volunteer rate in America has dropped. In 2005 it was at nearly 29% and last year it was under 27%.
We think the volunteer rate is falling because volunteer experiences don’t always make the best use of a volunteer’s time. We want to change this.
It really kills us to know that almost $50 billion is left on the table every year because volunteers aren’t able to give their skills. We want to change this.
Catchafire’s mission is to increase the quality of the volunteer experience for both the nonprofit and the volunteer by providing the opportunity for people to volunteer their skills in a meaningful way.
We believe in providing efficient and effective volunteer experiences.