How to Get Your First Volunteer Badge (And Why It Matters)
A verified badge isn't just a checkmark — it's your ticket to better opportunities, faster placements, and nonprofits that trust you before you walk in the door.
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VolunteerBadge connects verified volunteers with nonprofits that need them — while giving organizations a complete operating system to manage their entire volunteer program.
VolunteerBadge serves volunteers and nonprofits differently — and brings them together through verified trust.
Get verified once. Get discovered everywhere. Build a credentialed volunteer identity that speaks for you.
Recruit safer. Manage smarter. Run your entire volunteer program from a single, modern operating system.
Simple for volunteers. Powerful for nonprofits. Built for trust.
Complete a simple background check and identity verification to earn your VolunteerBadge.
Showcase your skills, interests, availability, and verified service hours in one shareable profile.
Nonprofits can find and invite pre-verified volunteers — no cold applications, no waiting.
VolunteerBadge creates a layered verification system so nonprofits can trust who they're working with — and volunteers can prove they're reliable.
FCRA-compliant background checks completed before any volunteer is badged.
Government ID verification ensures every profile is a real person.
Verified service hours build a tamper-proof volunteer record.
Data is encrypted at rest and in transit. Privacy-first architecture.
Nonprofits can endorse volunteer skills, creating a community trust signal.
Volunteers share a verified profile link — like a LinkedIn for giving back.
Stop juggling spreadsheets, email threads, and disconnected apps. VolunteerBadge is the operating system your nonprofit has been waiting for.
Full contact management, tagging, notes, and history for every volunteer relationship.
Drag-and-drop scheduling with automatic reminders and no-show tracking.
Built-in inbox to communicate with volunteers without sharing personal email addresses.
Real-time dashboards for hours, headcount, retention rates, and program impact.
Run FCRA-compliant checks directly from the platform — no third-party logins.
Donation campaigns, donor tracking, and giving reports built into the same OS.
Waivers, policies, and certificates stored and sent digitally with e-signature.
Manage multiple chapters, branches, or programs from a single organization account.
Volunteers always free. Nonprofits get a full-featured OS at a price that works for organizations of every size. Join the waitlist to lock in early access pricing.
Always free for volunteers
Lock in launch pricing
Full OS, unlimited scale
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VolunteerBadge launches June 2026. Join the waitlist to get early access, founding member pricing, and updates as we build.