Catchafire
American volunteering organization
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Catchafire is a New York-based organization which makes skill-based connections between professional volunteers and other non-profits. It was founded in 2009 by Rachael Chong.[1][2] Catchafire matches professionals who want to donate their time with nonprofits who need their skills.
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| Type of business | Private |
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| Founded | April 21, 2009 |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York |
| Founder | Rachael Chong |
| URL | catchafire |
Volunteers with any of a wide variety of skills can browse Catchafire[3] to find short-term projects which match their specific talents. Catchafire has been explicitly compared with matchmaking or dating websites.[4]
Chong has said she was inspired to start Catchafire by her experience volunteering for a house-building project in The Bronx, which left her financial and banking skills "untapped," requiring her instead to haul lumber around a building site.[5] "We're matching what people do in their day-to-day lives with the opportunity to apply those amazing skills to a non-profit that truly needs it," she has said.[6]