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.

Nonprofits

Nonprofit Membership Details

Members receive access to all non-member services along with the exclusive benefits listed below:

Non-Member Benefits Membership Benefits
  • Post volunteer opportunities on the Volunteer Opportunity Database
  • Attend the Pro Bono Best Practices & Scoping Workshop
  • Participate in Connected for Change (space permitting)
  • Guaranteed access to Connected for Change (≈ $6,000 value)
  • Partner through Pro Bono Advisory Program
  • Access Corporate Projects Program
  • Promotion via social media and weekly e-newsletter
  • Access to recruitment fairs and events
  • Early access to opportunities
  • Learning sessions and 1:1 support
  • "If there is one organization that continues to show up for us and always at just the right time, it's HandsOn Twin Cities. Not only does their volunteer opportunities database deliver a lot of our remote volunteers, but they also advocate for our mission with their corporate partners and deliver incredible hygiene kits. We are endlessly grateful for their role in promoting and powering our small (but growing!) nonprofit."

    — Bridge to Basics

  • “There are many fantastic benefits to being a HandsOn Twin Cities nonprofit member. Gifts for Seniors is grateful for the introductions to HOTC corporate members for various projects for isolated older adults; thankful for the opportunity to list volunteer opportunities on the HOTC cause platform…”

    — Gifts for Seniors

  • “Many times, posting with HOTC is all I need to meet a specific need. We’ve benefited from many of the services offered, from workshops, networking, newsletters, pro bono support, and corporate projects. I honestly don’t know what I would do as a volunteer manager in the Twin Cities without HandsOn!”

    — Nonprofit Member

  • “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

Our Impact with Nonprofits:

  • Over 250 volunteer projects with nonprofits

  • More than 27,000 hours of service

  • Nearly 57,000 kits delivered to nonprofits

  • $3,127,980 total monetary value provided

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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