Expert session
Bring your experience to a focused conversation and help a nonprofit think through a challenge.
For Volunteers
Start with what you have.
Your skills and experience can help a nonprofit move forward — sometimes in just a few hours. Tell us what you care about and what you can offer, and we’ll help you discover opportunities where it can make a difference.
A 2-hour call. A workshop. A 2-day skills sprint. Your experience can be enough to make a difference.
How it works
Your skills. Your interests. Your time. Create your profile once and discover opportunities where what you know can make a difference.
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Create your skills profile
Tell us about your skills, experience and the ways you’d like to contribute.
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Tell us what interests you
Choose the causes, topics and types of projects that matter to you.
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Get matched with opportunities
When nonprofits post a relevant challenge, we’ll let you know.
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Share your skills
Join a focused call, workshop, sprint or short project and help move something forward.
Create Your Skills Profile
Free to join · Choose your interests · Hear about relevant opportunities when they’re posted
A few hours can be enough.
Sometimes a nonprofit doesn’t need months of support. It needs the right people in the room for a few hours.
Workshop
Work together on a problem, explore ideas and leave with practical next steps.
Skills sprint
Join others to tackle a defined challenge and create something useful.
Short project
Contribute remotely or in person over a few focused sessions.
What could you help solve?
Skills you use every day can help a nonprofit overcome a real challenge.
Marketing & Communications
How can we reach more people and tell our story better?
Technology
How could we improve our website or digital processes?
Strategy
How should we approach our next stage of growth?
Finance
Can you help us improve budgeting or financial planning?
Design & Media
How can we communicate our work more clearly?
Data & Analytics
What can our data tell us that we’re not seeing today?
Put your skills to work.
Discover nonprofits looking for people who can help with real challenges.
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Can’t find the right opportunity today?
Skills opportunities are specific. The right project for your experience may not be available today. Create your profile, tell us what you know and what you care about, and we’ll let you know when a nonprofit posts a match.
Create Your Skills Profile
Your profile
Skills + interests + availability
Experience
Interests
Availability
Relevant opportunities
Skills sought by nonprofits
Skills match
Clear challenge
Know what you’re signing up for.
Every skills opportunity starts with a defined nonprofit challenge, so you can choose where your experience can genuinely help — and how much time you want to give.
The challenge
What does the nonprofit need help with?
The goal
What should the engagement achieve?
The skills
What experience would be useful?
The commitment
How much time is expected?
You probably have more to offer than you think.
“I’m not an expert.”
You don’t always need to be. Practical experience and a willingness to help can already be valuable.
“I don’t have much time.”
That’s why many opportunities are designed around a few hours, a workshop or a short project.
“I’ve never volunteered before.”
Start with something you already know how to do. The opportunity will explain what the nonprofit needs.
“I’m not working at the moment.”
Your skills don’t disappear when your job title changes. Experience can come from work, education, hobbies and life.
Other ways to take part
Skills are one way to contribute. GivingTuesday celebrates many forms of generosity.
Join a volunteer activity
Take part in hands-on volunteering and support a nonprofit directly.
Explore Volunteer ActivitiesShare your skills
Use your experience to help a nonprofit solve a specific challenge.
Explore Skills OpportunitiesSupport a cause
Donate or support a fundraising campaign for a cause that matters to you.
Explore FundraisingFrequently asked questions
What is skills volunteering?
It means using your knowledge, professional experience or practical abilities to help a nonprofit with a specific challenge.
How much time do I need?
It varies. Some engagements may be a two-hour call or workshop, while others involve a one- or two-day activity or a short project.
How does matching work?
Your profile contains your skills and interests. When relevant opportunities are posted, you can be notified so you don’t have to keep checking for them.
Do I need to be an expert?
Not necessarily. Each opportunity describes the experience the nonprofit is looking for.
Can I participate remotely?
Yes. Some opportunities are remote, while others take place on-site or combine both.
Start with what you have.
An hour. A skill. An idea. Years of experience. Tell us what you can offer and what you care about, and we’ll help you discover where it can make a difference.
Create Your Skills ProfileFree to join · Choose your interests · Get notified about relevant opportunities