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Help your grantees go further


Pair your funding with the skilled pro bono expertise and turn every grant into lasting strength: sharper strategy, stronger systems, and teams ready to grow.

Build durable capacity beyond the grant

Funding fuels the mission. The right expertise makes it last.


Pro bono, or skills-based volunteering, puts that expertise within reach. Taproot pairs your grantees with skilled professionals to build the organizational capacity to put your funding to work—and sustain their impact over time.


With Taproot Plus, nonprofits can access support across nine areas of expertise—from finance and HR to technology, marketing, strategy, and more.


Here’s what pro bono with Taproot makes possible:

For your grantees

Access expertise they may not have in-house to solve pressing organizational challenges and build durable capacity.

For your grantmaking

Complement financial support with flexible capacity building shaped around what each grantee actually needs.

For your impact portfolio

Strengthen the organizations carrying your priorities forward—without a one-size-fits-all approach.

The trusted leader in pro bono service

$350M+

in services delivered

35,000+

nonprofits support

150,000+

pro bono community members

1.9M+

donated pro bono hours

Capacity building that goes farther

Strengthen nonprofit resilience

Extend your support beyond funding with skilled expertise that helps grantees address critical organizational needs. Taproot pro bono builds capacity where they need it most—helping solve challenges at the root, strengthen how they operate, and stay focused on the work their communities depend on.

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Put grantee needs in the lead

Give grantees the flexibility to pursue the expertise that will create the most value for their organization. Rather than prescribing a one-size-fits-all approach, Taproot helps them define their own needs and connect with skilled professionals equipped to help.

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Meet a wider range of capacity needs

Capacity needs can look dramatically different from one grantee to the next. Taproot gives your portfolio access to 150,000+ skilled professionals across technology, finance, marketing, strategy, HR, leadership, and more—so grantees can find the right expertise for the challenge at hand.

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Make every engagement count

Quality pro bono starts well before a match is made. Taproot reviews every nonprofit request to ensure the need is clearly defined, appropriately sized, and positioned to create meaningful, durable value—giving grantees and skilled professionals a stronger foundation for partnership.

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Expand support without building it yourself

Bring high-quality skills-based volunteering to your grantees without building the infrastructure yourself. Taproot brings 25 years of pro bono leadership, an established community of nonprofits and skilled professionals, and the tools and support to help your program deliver value from day one.

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Build for what your grantees need most


No two portfolios—or grantees—have the same capacity needs. We work with you to build a pro bono program around your goals and the organizations you support, putting specialized expertise where it can deliver the greatest value.


That might mean supporting a specific cohort of grantees, focusing expertise around shared capacity challenges, or giving organizations flexible access to support as needs arise. Whatever the approach, we tailor the program to help your grantees solve critical organizational challenges, strengthen their capacity, and get more from the funding you already provide.

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Program strategy and design


We work with you to define your goals, understand grantee needs, and design the right approach for your portfolio—from focused capacity-building initiatives to broader access to pro bono support.

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Pro bono program delivery


Taproot turns grantee needs into well-scoped pro bono engagements, connects nonprofits with the right expertise, and provides the tools and support to help partnerships succeed.

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Flexible grantee access


Give grantees access to Taproot Plus so they can find the expertise they need, when they need it—across nine areas of nonprofit capacity, from finance and HR to technology, strategy, marketing and more.

Curating skilled volunteers across 9+ areas of expertise


Tap into the full range of expertise across your workforce—from technology and finance to strategy, marketing, AI, leadership, and more


Put more capacity within reach


Tell us about your grantees, your goals, and the capacity challenges you want to address. We’ll build the right approach together.