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.
How We Support Your Nonprofit
Recruit Volunteers
Recruit and engage volunteers through our volunteer opportunity database. Post one-time, on-going, hands-on, group, pro bono opportunities, and even in-kind needs such as food, hygiene items, and other essential supplies.
Build Your Capacity
Through our Pro Bono Advisory Program, we accelerate your impact through pro bono. We deliver Connected For Change events, offer the Pro Bono Best Practices & Scoping Workshop, and connect nonprofits with our corporate partners who lead pro bono programs.
Network and Support
Our nonprofit membership connects you to a broader community of supporters, increasing your reach to recruit passionate volunteers while gaining access to meaningful capacity-building opportunities. It also provides opportunities for peer learning, shared resources, and valuable connections.
Nonprofit Membership Details
Members receive access to all non-member services along with the exclusive benefits listed below:
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Membership benefits are available for an annual fee and active for one year from your join date. Fees are based on a sliding scale according to your organization’s current fiscal year annual budget.
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| Annual Budget | Fee |
| Up to $200k | $60 |
| $200,001 – $400k | $120 |
| $400,001 – $700k | $180 |
| $700,001 – $1m | $240 |
| $1,000,001 – $2m | $360 |
| $2,000,001 – $3m | $480 |
| Over $3m | $660 |
To become a nonprofit member of HandsOn Twin Cities, complete the below registration form and submit your preferred method of payment. Your membership is valid for one year from the date payment is received.
To renew your membership with HandsOn Twin Cities, complete the below registration form and submit your preferred method of payment. Your membership is valid for another 12 months.
Our Impact with Nonprofits:
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Over 250 volunteer projects with nonprofits
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More than 27,000 hours of service
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Nearly 57,000 kits delivered to nonprofits
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$3,127,980 total monetary value provided
Training & Capacity Building Workshops
Nonprofit Readiness | Engaging Pro Bono Talent to Build Capacity
September 18 | Time 10-11:30 a.m. | Junior Achievement
(1745 University Ave W. St. Paul, MN 55104)
A hands-on version of our Pro Bono Readiness training, offering opportunities for discussion and peer learning. Participants will leave with practical tools to assess their organization's readiness and identify high-impact pro bono projects.
Nonprofit Readiness | Engaging Pro Bono Talent to Build Capacity (Virtual)
September 30 | 9:00–10:15 a.m.
Learn how to prepare your organization to successfully engage skilled volunteers and pro bono professionals. This session will cover identifying project opportunities, defining scope, preparing internal stakeholders, and setting projects up for success.
No Sew Fleece Tied Blankets
In the cold Minnesota months, warmth is more than comfort—it’s a lifeline. No-Sew Fleece Tied Blankets provide cozy protection and a sense of care to individuals experiencing crisis, transition, or trauma. Volunteers work in small groups of 3–4 to craft these blankets using soft fleece fabric and fabric scissors provided. Each blanket becomes a tangible expression of compassion, helping someone feel safe, supported, and remembered during challenging times. This hands-on project is simple, creative, and deeply meaningful—perfect for making a real difference in the heart of winter.
Snack Packs
Volunteers help fight hunger and support kids and families in need by creating personalized snack packs. Each participant decorates a paper snack bag with markers and stencils, then fills it with nutritious snacks that provide an essential boost between meals. These simple, hands-on packs help fill gaps in food access and bring a tangible sense of care to those experiencing food insecurity—giving volunteers the chance to make an immediate, meaningful difference in their community.
Sock Bundles
Socks are one of the most requested items at homeless shelters and by nonprofits supporting low-income and resettling communities. Volunteers create sock bundles by pairing a warm pair of socks with snacks and essential hygiene items, providing both comfort and practical support to individuals in need. Each bundle becomes a tangible way to help someone stay warm, cared for, and supported—making a meaningful difference in their daily lives.
Hygiene Kits
Access to basic hygiene products is a daily challenge for many experiencing homelessness, low-income households, or resettling into a new community. Volunteers assemble hygiene kits with essential items such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, and other personal care products. Each kit provides dignity, comfort, and practical support, helping individuals stay healthy and cared for while navigating challenging circumstances. By creating these kits, volunteers make a direct and meaningful impact on the well-being of people in their community.
Offering pro bono opportunities empowers your employees to apply their professional skills in ways that benefit the community while fostering their own growth. These engagements play a key role in attracting, retaining, and developing top talent by providing real-world problem-solving experiences, collaboration across teams, and opportunities to build leadership skills. Through our Pro Bono Advisory Program, we work closely with your company to design, develop, and implement tailored experiences, from day-long projects to long-term sustainable engagements, that create measurable impact for nonprofits while helping employees grow professionally and personally.
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Long-Term Engagements
Multi-week programming is customized to fit a company’s needs robust volunteer and community-centered goals. We take a consultative approach to be sure that the opportunity we design fits within your business objectives and company values, is within budget, is captivating for employees, reaches organizations the company or foundation already supports, or provides space to meet partners' needs, and – ultimately – makes an impact in the community.
Short-Term Consultations
Short-term consultation sessions allow volunteers – functional area experts – to give the organization undivided attention. Whether they seek thought partnership, support in troubleshooting a specific challenge, or a deep brainstorm on a new strategic initiative. This engagement provides the space to do just that. Many nonprofits are unable to staff roles in all (or sometimes any) foundational functional areas, such as marketing, technology, human resources, finance, etc., and greatly benefit from being able to consult with trained, seasoned professionals.
1-Day Projects
Connected Day is a day-long, hackathon-style event that brings volunteers 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.
1-Day Plus
Connect& is similar in format to a Connected Day, but book-ended with a deep Scoping session and a Finalize session to review the deliverables after implementation. Pairing nonprofits with corporate volunteer teams in multiple ways allows for more robust deliverables and stronger relationships than just offering one day.
Sponsorship
Connected for Change events are an opportunity for professionals to help create solutions to pressing challenges faced by nonprofits. HandsOn Twin Cities connects nonprofits needing capacity-building support with a team of experts who give their time pro bono to collaborate with the nonprofit and develop tangible deliverables to activate solutions to their challenge. We partner with companies to prioritize their nonprofit partners for projects and create space for their workforce to participate in meaningful engagements.
Membership in Action
CLUES
Corporate teams supported Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES) by assembling culturally relevant spice kits for Canasta Familiar food distribution program in St. Paul and Minneapolis, ensuring families receive essential ingredients alongside groceries. Volunteers also contributed to painting and landscaping at their new Maria Building, strengthening and maintaining welcoming spaces where community members access critical services.
Avivo
Avivo increases well-being through recovery and career advancement while working to end homelessness. Corporate teams have mulched grounds, cleaned garages, and cleared out old materials for shredding to improve site functionality. Volunteers have also revitalized outdoor areas through weeding, planting clover and garden beds, refreshing mulch, and cleaning parking lots, with skilled volunteers assisting on repairs such as replacing the playhouse roof.
The Good Acre
The Good Acre is an organization advancing economic opportunity for farmers through market development and community partnership. Corporate teams have prepared their educational garden space by spreading soil in beds, mulching and maintaining paths, and preparing hoop houses with new plastic to keep the space ready for neighborhood growers. Volunteers have also assembled hundreds of community-supported agriculture (CSA) boxes, expanding access to fresh, seasonal produce from local and culturally diverse farmers.
5 Tips to Make the Most of Your Nonprofit Membership
This blog offers practical advice for nonprofit members on how to fully leverage membership benefits, such as volunteer recruitment tools, corporate partnerships, pro bono support, and peer networking, to expand impact and strengthen organizational capacity.
FAQ
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No. Any nonprofit organization can create an account on our volunteer opportunity database to post volunteer opportunities. Create your nonprofit account here.
To create a safe and welcoming space for individuals to search for volunteer opportunities, we will not approve any content that contains abusive, vulgar, offensive, racist, or offensive terms that target specific individuals or groups. As a volunteer center, we ask organizations not to post direct solicitations regarding membership or fundraising.
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If your organization already has an account, login here or click on the blue LOGIN button on www.handsontwincities.galaxydigital.com.
If your organization doesn’t have an account, you will first need to create one here. Complete the form and submit for approval. Once your account is approved, typically 1-2 days, then you will have access to begin posting volunteer opportunities.
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Create your nonprofit account here. Complete the form and submit for approval. Once your account is approved, typically 1-2 days, then you will have access to begin posting volunteer opportunities.
We work with organizations and nonprofits that align with our mission, vision, values, and equity framework. To create a safe and welcoming space for individuals to search for volunteer opportunities, we will not approve any content that contains abusive, vulgar, offensive, racist, or offensive terms that target specific individuals or groups. As a volunteer center, we ask organizations not to post direct solicitations regarding membership or fundraising.
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HandsOn Twin Cities does not recruit volunteers to:
Work with private individuals, independent of an agency or organization
Work on political campaigns and other partisan activities
Take part in direct religious proselytizing or political lobbying
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HandsOn Twin Cities does not screen or conduct background checks of potential volunteers. It is the responsibility of your organization to screen, interview, and place potential volunteers.
Questions about membership or nonprofit support?
Contact Katie Walsh, Program Director