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SKILLS LINK

Join as a Nonprofit

Nonprofits like you are always looking for unique volunteers who can share their time, skills, experiences, and talents.  Skills-based volunteering not only helps you leverage specific skillsets within your daily operations, it enables you to help individual volunteers be a part of creating lasting community-wide change. Heart of Illinois Volunteers Skills Link is dedicated to linking talented volunteers with nonprofits to impact our community. 

Nonprofit organizations can have more than one profile on the Skills Link networking site if your organization has more than one staff member or lead volunteer who is recruiting volunteers to support your work/mission.

To join Skills Link:

  1. Answer a few questions about your agency and the specific skills or experience you are seeking.
  2. Once your response is received by the Heart of Illinois United Way, we will review your information and approve your profile.
  3. Login to your account to add more details about your organization and post skills-based volunteer opportunities. 
  4. Search volunteer profiles on Skills Link to connect with the many talented volunteers in our area.
  5. Keep your profile updated and post opportunities so volunteers can see if they have any skills that would benefit your nonprofit.

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Thank you for your interest in joining Skills Link as a nonprofit organization. Please complete the information below to create your organization's profile, which will be viewable in our membership-only directory.

Your Organization's Profile

Profile Manager(Required)
Your profile manager's name will not appear on your organization's profile. Please see the optional "Contact Name" field below.
Email(Required)
Your email address will be your username to login to your organization's profile on skillsvolunteer.hoiunitedway.org
Location(Required)
Skills Link membership is available to nonprofits and volunteers in central Illinois.
Use only lowercase letters and numbers with no spaces or extra characters.
Password(Required)
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Basic Profile Content

In 600 characters or less, share how your organization impacts the community.
In 500 characters or less, please provide a short description highlighting the skills and experience you are looking for to support your organization's work. Include projects, consultations, and committee-based needs. This will appear with your organization name and logo as a preview to your organization's full profile.

Contact Information for Nonprofit Directory

Contact Name(Required)
Please list a contact name for your organization.
Please list the title/position of your contact person.
Please enter an email address to be published in your profile so Skills Link members (nonprofits and volunteers) can contact your organization directly.

Organization Website and Social Media

If you would like for your organization's website to appear on your Skills Link profile, please share the link below.
If you would like for your organization's LinkedIn profile to appear on your Skills Link profile, please share the link below.
If you would like for your organization's Facebook page to appear on your Skills Link profile, please share the link below.

Availability and Types of Service Needed

In-Person, Remote and/or Virtual Work(Required)
Types of Service Needed(Required)
Please check all that apply.
Include topics, types of meetings/events, etc.

Skills, Hobbies, Software Expertise, and Credentials

Professional Skills Your Organization is Seeking(Required)
Check all that apply. You can edit or add more options to your Skills Link profile later. This field is searchable by volunteers.
Please list any particular software expertise you are looking for related to your skills-based volunteer needs.
Please list any particular educational requirements, credentials, and/or certifications related to your skills-based volunteer needs.

Terms and Submission

Minimum Age Requirement(Required)

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Heart of Illinois United Way Skills Link network matches nonprofits with professionals who want to share their specific skills or expertise.

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