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When it comes to HR expertise, the nonprofit sector needs our help. Too often, nonprofits simply do not have the internal resources or capacity needed to best empower their own people and ensure their success. In fact, these vital organizations face daunting HR challenges that threaten to undermine their effectiveness and their impact.
As an HR practitioner, you can be part of the solution. Volunteering a little bit of your time to help a nonprofit with a specific HR project can make a big difference.
That’s why we created the HR Pro Bono Corps. Through the HR Pro Bono Corps, we recruit and match HR professionals with nonprofits in need of human capital management consulting. By lending your time and talents, you can help a nonprofit boost its impact and join a growing community of HR practitioners who are passionate about strengthening nonprofits and helping them succeed.
The HR Pro Bono Corps is staffed and managed by the Foundation. We do all the legwork to match you with a nonprofit in need. All projects are carefully scoped and very specific, and we ask only as much of your time as you are able to volunteer. There are two ways you can support a nonprofit:
- Coaching sessions
- Project-based consulting
The HR Pro Bono Corps team works closely with our volunteers to understand their skills and interests so we can best match them with a nonprofit that will benefit from their particular expertise.
Becoming an HR Pro Bono Corps member is easy. The process begins with a simple application that helps us understand your skills and interests.
Once we find a suitable project, we discuss the opportunity with our volunteer and then introduce the volunteer to the nonprofit’s staff to ensure the match is a good fit. If everyone agrees to move forward, we provide a short orientation, create a project agreement, and the consultation can then begin.
Depending on the scope of the project, Corps members dedicate three to four hours for coaching sessions or up to 20 hours over a 12-week period (one to two hours per week) for a project-based consulting engagement. If you’re ready to join the HR Pro Bono Corps, click here to apply.
“When they had positive outcomes, I felt like I really made a difference,” Beckford said. “It also helped reinforce how University of Miami manages its processes. Most HR professionals want to give back, and this program makes it very easy.”
The volunteer: Marcia Beckford, University of Miami’s Executive Director of Professional Development and Training
The project: Helping Stand for Children, an education advocacy organization, create a learning and development strategy for staff nationwide through coaching sessions
Number of hours donated: 5
The impact: Guidance on a needs assessment and allocation of resources
“As busy as we all are at our ‘regular work’ every day, it can be tough to take on new assignments that go above and beyond,” Stevens said. “If you’re going to do it, there has to be some return. For me, this opportunity combined multiple returns, including the chance to help an organization that’s doing important work for [its] community and our society.”
The volunteer: Ray Stevens, Director, Staples SellingXchange
The project: Helping Hale Kipa, a social services agency, set up an e-learning module to teach science and technology skills to at-risk youth
Number of hours donated: Less than an hour a week for 12 weeks
The impact: A course that will benefit 1,000 youth this year
