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Catchafire is a New York-based for-profit organization which makes skill-based connections between professional volunteers and other non-profits. It was founded in 2009 by Rachael Chong, a former investment banker with UBS.〔Lore Croghan (July 5, 2009). ("New Yorkers turn recession-era gloom into entrepeneurial gold" ). ''NY Daily News''. Retrieved November 27, 2014.〕〔John Leland (November 1, 2011). ("Volunteering Rises on the Résumé" ). ''NY Times''. Retrieved November 27, 2014.〕 Volunteers with any of a wide variety of skills can browse Catchafire〔()〕 to find short-term projects which match their specific talents. Catchafire has been explicitly compared with matchmaking or dating websites.〔"(A 'Match.com' for Nonprofits and Volunteers )" Fox Business Small Business Center, March 3, 2011〕 Catchafire charges its nonprofit subscribers a fee for matching a project with a volunteer.〔"(A 'Match.com' for Nonprofits and Volunteers )" Fox Business Small Business Center, March 3, 2011〕 Chong has said she was inspired to start Catchafire by her experience volunteering for a house-building project in The Bronx, which left her financial and banking skills "untapped," requiring her instead to haul lumber around a building site.〔Ann Fisher, "(A matchmaker for nonprofits and skilled volunteers )" Crains NY Business, January 21, 2011〕 "We're matching what people do in their day-to-day lives with the opportunity to apply those amazing skills to a non-profit that truly needs it," she has said.〔Laurie Segall "(Giving thanks, Web 2.0 style )" CNN Money, November 24, 2010〕 ==See also== * Rachael Chong * Skills-based volunteering * Social entrepreneurship 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catchafire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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