Skills-based volunteering (SVB):
✔️ Gives nonprofits access to professional expertise in areas like marketing, HR, data management, and strategic planning—skills they may not have on staff. SVB help nonprofits run smoother, fill important gaps, and expand their reach in the community.
✔️ Companies can use skills-based volunteering to develop their employees’ leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills in a real-world setting. It also helps boost team morale and retention while bringing different departments together to work on meaningful projects.
✔️ Volunteers have a chance to sharpen their skills, find personal fulfillment, and give back to causes they care about.
The result? Happier employees, stronger teams, and a deeper connection to the community.
Explore the impact of skills-based volunteering.
- How Kayla Works and Unum Group Helped Sakhi for South Asian Survivors Build Resilience
- The State of Black Arizona Improves Their Earned Revenue Strategy Through Common Impact’s Skills-based Volunteering Program
- Heights Philadelphia is Strengthening Student Pathways with Common Impact and Strategic Corporate Engagement
- LUCY Outreach and Comcast Volunteers Team Up to Uncover New Funding Opportunities for Camden’s Youth Programs
- Fenway CDC Enhanced Corporate Engagement Strategy Through Collaboration with Wayfair Volunteers
- Allstate Foundation’s Skills-Based Volunteering Event Boosts Nonprofit Efforts to End Domestic Violence and Abuse
Skills-based volunteering is transforming the way companies and employees support nonprofits, offering high-impact opportunities to apply professional expertise for social good.
Our skills-based volunteering program models
DESIGN & PLAN
Strategic Consulting
For companies looking to start or expand a skills-based volunteer (SBV) program.
ACTIVATE EMPLOYEES
Program Management
For companies looking for expert support in implementing a successful SBV program.
AMPLIFY YOUR IMPACT
Training & Tools
For companies seeking to improve how they run, evaluate, and grow their programs internally.
Ask us how we can build a program tailored to your corporate goals and culture.
94%
of employees said it’s important that their employer is making a positive impact in the community and that they are also personally doing so.
(Deloitte)
55%
of companies are evolving their volunteer programs to focus more deeply on driving social impact through skills-based volunteering and nonprofit board service. (Benevity)
35%
increase in nonprofit reach and 28% boost in effectiveness when nonprofits receive support from skills-based volunteers, compared to traditional volunteering. (True Impact)