Volunteer My Time
Support the causes that are important to you by volunteering.
Volunteer opportunities are as unique as their volunteers. Some volunteer opportunities may be in-person, while others are virtual. You can choose to volunteer for one-time events, shifts, or flexible opportunities.
Discover Volunteer Opportunities
You can discover volunteer opportunities in a variety of ways:
Explore the Featured page. Your organization highlights and features a variety of content for you. Personalized recommendations also display based on your selected skills and causes.
Select a volunteer opportunity to view some at-a-glance information, such as location, a summary excerpt, and any relevant or requested skills.
Search for campaigns, volunteer opportunities, and organizations that interest you. Filter your nonprofit and volunteer opportunity search results based on Location. Volunteer opportunities can also be filtered by Volunteering Date and attendance type, such as In-Person Volunteering or Virtual Volunteering.
View your volunteering history and volunteer again.
Sign Up for a Volunteer Opportunity
Once you find a volunteer opportunity that interests you, sign up for it and add it to your calendar so that you get a reminder.
Note: Because campaigns and volunteer opportunities are fully customizable, their individual look and feel may vary.
To sign up for a volunteer opportunity:
Select a volunteer opportunity. You'll see full details including attendance type, schedule information, location, and any relevant or requested skills, as well as matched skills from your profile.
If social visibility is enabled for your organization, you’ll also see coworkers who have signed up.
Note: Be sure to confirm the time zone information to ensure that you are signing up for a volunteer opportunity that is appropriate for you.
Select Sign Up.
For shift-based opportunities, tap one or more time slots.
Flexible opportunities enable you to volunteer according to your schedule. Coordinate with the organizer to arrange your specific time. Be sure to log your time after you volunteer.
For HandsOnConnect opportunities, you are directed to an external website to complete your volunteer sign up. Be sure to log your time after you volunteer.
Once you sign up, an email is sent to your email address.
Enable Sync to Calendar in the Calendar Settings section of My Details to add volunteer sign ups directly to your calendar, if you haven’t done so already.
To volunteer again, locate the appropriate volunteer opportunity in My Volunteering and tap Volunteer Again. You can alternately navigate to the appropriate volunteer opportunity directly and sign up.
Sync to Calendar
Synchronize your volunteer sign ups to your calendar so that you get a reminder. When Sync to Calendar is enabled, sign ups are added or removed from your calendar when you sign up or cancel.
To sync volunteer sign ups to your calendar:
Tap Menu.
Tap My Details.
Enable Sync to Calendar in the Calendar Settings section. You may be asked to grant access to the calendar, if you haven’t done so already.
Update My Volunteer Sign Up
If you have signed up for a volunteer shift and need to make a change:
Tap Menu.
Tap My Volunteering.
Tap Upcoming.
Tap a volunteer opportunity to see its details.
To cancel your sign up, tap Cancel Sign Up.
For shift-based volunteering, tap My Shifts. Then tap Sign Up to add a shift or tap Cancel Shift to cancel a shift.
Alternatively, you can update your sign up directly on the volunteer opportunity page.
Cancel My Volunteer Sign Up
You may need to cancel a volunteer opportunity sign up because your plans have changed.
To cancel an upcoming volunteer sign up:
Tap Menu.
Tap My Volunteering.
Tap Upcoming.
Tap a volunteer opportunity to see its details.
Tap Cancel Sign Up. For shift-based volunteering, tap My Shifts, then Cancel Shift.
Alternatively, you can cancel your sign up directly on the volunteer opportunity page.
Log Volunteer Time
Philanthropy Cloud automatically logs volunteer time for most volunteer opportunities that you sign up for, with the exception of flexible volunteer opportunities and external volunteer opportunities, such as HandsOnConnect.
Flexible opportunities enable you to volunteer according to your schedule. You coordinate directly with the organizer to arrange your volunteer time, so you’ll need to log your time once you’re done volunteering.
For HandsOnConnect volunteer opportunities, log your time with the associated nonprofit organization once you’re done volunteering. To confirm the beneficiary, refer to the volunteer opportunity or campaign details page.
You can also log time for any other one-time and recurring volunteering that you do.
To log volunteer time:
Tap Menu.
Tap My Volunteering.
Tap Past.
To log time for a flexible volunteer opportunity, tap it. Then tap Log Time.
Enter a short description of your activity.
Enter the date and duration.
Tap Log Time.
To edit the logged time for a volunteer opportunity, tap it.
To edit a logged time entry, tap Edit Time and make your changes.
To delete a logged time entry, tap Edit Time. The tap Delete Volunteer Time.
To log time for a HandsOnConnect volunteer opportunity, or for any additional one-time or recurring volunteering you've done, tap Log Time from My Volunteering or from the Featured page.
Search for and select the school or nonprofit organization beneficiary by typing the first few characters of its name, government identification number (EIN or BN), or a combination of both.
Enter a short description of your activity.
Enter the date and duration of your volunteering.
Tap Log Time.