About Competencies Map

The Competencies Map, a signature project of the Taproot Foundation, was created with one clear goal:  to provide a catalog of information mapping nonprofit needs to the professional expertise that potentially could be provided through pro bono service.

TOOL OBJECTIVES

  • Support corporations, universities, professional services firms and trade associations in understanding which of their employees’, members’ and students’ competencies align with common needs in the nonprofit sector.
  • Provide nonprofit organizations with information about the range of assistance that might be accessible through pro bono service, and understand the volunteer expertise needed for each project.
  • Allow individual business professionals to identify the types of projects needed by nonprofits which might be a good match for their own expertise.
  • Provide all participants with a viability rating for each pro bono service project type that describes the nonprofit demand for the project and the specific key risks associated with it.

Ready to get started?  Go to the Map.

Ongoing Updates

We will be updating the Competencies Map on an ongoing basis to reflect new lessons from the field and better meet the needs of its users.  If you have a suggestion for how it could be modified or expanded to better meet your needs, please contact us at pbat@taprootfoundation.org.  If you would like to showcase your own example of providing or receiving a pro bono project, please let us know.

Tool Credits

This effort was led by a Taproot Foundation team in collaboration with our partners from San Francisco School Volunteers and Business Volunteers Unlimited.

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We’re thankful to the following professionals, who provided their expertise on the project assessments and descriptions:

  • Greg Baldwin, VolunteerMatch
  • Brian Broadbent, Business Volunteers Unlimited
  • Anne Marie Burgoyne, Draper Richards Foundation
  • John Cary, Public Architecture
  • Cynthia Gibson
  • Heidi Gibson
  • Michelle Griffin, Griffin Consulting Search Group
  • Rick Hobish, Pro Bono Partnership
  • John Peterson, Public Architecture
  • Trooper Sanders, Clinton Foundation
  • Karen Schellhorn
  • Bobbi Silten, Gap Inc. Foundation
  • Marguerite Wilbur

In addition, Target generously donated a $500 gift card that was awarded to a randomly selected nonprofit survey respondent.

We gratefully acknowledge these professionals for their leadership and continued partnership in fostering the pro bono movement.