Reimagine your volunteer potential.
We increase your nonprofit’s capacity by working as an extension of your staff, increasing your ability to provide meaningful volunteer experiences to more effectively deliver on your mission.
Become a Member
We collaborate with companies and nonprofits to build pro bono experiences that empower employees to use their skills for community impact, while advancing corporate social responsibility (CSR) and engagement goals. When working with a corporate partner, we take a fully customized consultative approach to the creation of an internal corporate pro bono program.
Long-Term Engagements
What it is: The Pro Bono Advisory Program designs customized volunteer opportunities—from short consultations and hackathons to multiweek or yearlong projects—matching corporate expertise with community needs.
Why it’s important: Corporate talent is a powerful force for good. Investing employee skills and resources strengthens communities, fosters professional growth, and advances lasting social impact.
Short-term Consultation
What it is: Connected for Change is a day-long, hackathon-style event that brings corporate professionals together to solve real challenges for nonprofits. Each event matches organizations needing capacity-building support with skilled volunteers who offer expertise pro bono. Multiple sessions are held annually across focus areas such as Finance, HR, Marketing, and Technology. Participation is free, providing a meaningful way to apply professional skills for community impact.
Learn more1-Day Projects
What it is: Connected Day is a day-long, hackathon-style event that brings employees and teams together to solve real challenges for nonprofits. The event matches organizations needing capacity-building support with skilled volunteers who offer expertise pro bono.
Connect with Us1-Day Plus
What it is: Connected Day is a day-long, hackathon-style event that brings employees and teams together to solve real challenges for nonprofits. The event matches organizations needing capacity-building support with skilled volunteers who offer expertise pro bono.
Connect with UsSponsorship
What it is: Connected Day is a day-long, hackathon-style event that brings employees and teams together to solve real challenges for nonprofits. The event matches organizations needing capacity-building support with skilled volunteers who offer expertise pro bono.
Connect with UsWe collaborate with companies and nonprofits to build pro bono experiences that empower employees to use their skills for community impact, while advancing corporate social responsibility (CSR) and engagement goals. When working with a corporate partner, we take a fully customized consultative approach to the creation of an internal corporate pro bono program.
Connected for Change
Connected For Change (formerly known as Impact Day) is a day-long, hackathon-style workshop that leverages corporate-sector talent for social-sector needs. We pair nonprofits in need of capacity-building support to a team of experts in their field who give their time pro bono to tackle challenges and develop tangible solutions. We offer four events per year within the following functional areas: Finance, HR, Marketing, and Technology. Participation is free of charge.
Learn morePro Bono Scoping Workshop
This interactive workshop focuses on the best practices of pro bono and will also guide you through the creation of your own scope of work to help hone your needs, set expectations, and identify the right pro bono volunteer expertise. Participation is free of charge. Examples include strategy, marketing, data, and tech.
Archived InformationDid you know?
Our Volunteer Opportunity Database connects more than 800 nonprofit organizations with volunteers eager to make a difference. Beyond traditional hands-on roles, you can also post pro bono opportunities, unlocking incredible skills that can strengthen your organization. Whether you need one-time help, ongoing support, or specialized expertise, our database helps you find the right match. Best of all, registering your organization and posting opportunities is free of charge.
Create your free nonprofit account and submit your volunteer opportunitiesConnected for Change
Who is it for: Individuals with professional expertise in areas such as Finance, HR, Marketing, or Technology are invited to apply to share their skills through Connected for Change. Participation is confirmed once matched with a nonprofit partner whose needs align with their experience and interests.
Get updated on upcoming opportunitiesVolunteer on Your Own Time
Find pro bono volunteer opportunities with direct community impact, such as board member, photographer, marketer, and more. Use your skills and expertise and help nonprofits in need of capacity-building and support.
Browse EventsShare Your Skills with Us!
Do you have skillsets that you'd like to share with nonprofits as a workshop? In partnership with us, volunteers have run their in-person and virtual workshops, like marketing and data, for nonprofits.
Browse EventsOur Impact Since 2018:
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801 pro bono projects completed for nonprofits and small businesses
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4,099 pro bono volunteers engaged
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96,421 hours of pro bono service completed
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$18,641,590 value of service provided
Examples of projects
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12-week project: General Mills provided Cheesecake Funk with marketing insights including industry trends, and ideas around loyalty programs, partnerships, POS systems and marketing offers.
Connected Day: Anderson Windows and Doors volunteers helped Open Arms of Minnesota with their social media strategy to boost engagement.
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12-week pro bono project: General Mills volunteers helped improve Namaste Brows and Boutique’s financial strategies by recommending POS systems that could handle inventory management and CRM, and developed a pricing analysis tool.
Lightning Skills: Boston Scientific worked with Accompany Doula Care to complete an operations assessment.
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Lightning Skills: Boston Scientific supported Fathers' UpLift with employee retention by brainstorming resources to support their team’s mental health and decreasing burnout.
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Connected Day: Andersen Windows and Doors volunteers supported Outreach Food Shelf with a new WordPress website, improved UX and design, better SEO, and new guides to support with ongoing updates.
“The Pro Bono Advisory Team at HandsOn took our concept and brought their expertise to help design a program that delivers impact to the community and our team members. Beyond design, the knowledge and skills they possess in implementation, program management, all the way through evaluation, was critical in standing up a sustainable program with measurable results.”
Jenny, Target
About our program
Launched in 2018, HandsOn Twin Cities’ Pro Bono Advisory Program connects nonprofits with skilled volunteers who bring professional expertise to help organizations grow and thrive. Many nonprofits operate with limited staff and resources, making it hard to access specialized knowledge in areas like marketing, finance, HR, or strategic planning. Pro bono support fills these gaps, strengthening organizations and the communities they serve.
Past & Present Corporate Partners:
Our work in action!
Literature Review on Pro Bono Outcomes
To evaluate effectiveness and provide accountability to partners, clients, and volunteers, we partnered with Wilder Research to develop a review of pro bono programs and their outcomes.
Nonprofit
Impact
Xcel Energy partnered with WomenVenture to strengthen the lending experience for women entrepreneurs. Read our case study about this 8-week pro bono project!
The Benefits of Pro Bono Volunteering for Professionals
There are many benefits to volunteers, nonprofits, and small businesses when undertaking pro bono volunteerism. In our blog, we list some of those benefits.
Corporate Partner
Spotlight
Andersen Windows & Doors turned the challenges of the pandemic into an opportunity to innovate, launching a pro bono volunteer program in partnership with HandsOn Twin Cities. Read about it!
“This was our third Connected Day as a nonprofit participant, and our first focused on a non-technical topic/issue. It was exceptional! The volunteers were a perfect match for what we needed to accomplish. They are experts in their field, brought tools and training to the discussion, and were excellent listeners!”
Connected for Change Nonprofit Participant
Is your company looking to make a bigger impact?
Contact Joy Altmann, Managing Director, Pro Bono Advisory Program.