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Tools & Research

Our tools and research are the industry standard for high-impact skills-based volunteerism.

Plan Pro Bono Service Around Key Moments All Year Long

Take a look at this handy 2025 Celebrations Calendar to inspire skills-based volunteer engagements all year round.

Taproot 2023 Impact Report

This report reflects on our collective in 2023 and features stories of Taproot participants who made a difference by harnessing the power of pro bono service.

Pro Bono Valuation: 2024 Edition

This resource provides the current rates based on professional service area and career level to get you started on calculating the value delivered through your pro bono programs.

Pro Bono + Inclusive Leadership

“Pro Bono + Inclusive Leadership” explores how companies can design pro bono service programs to help cultivate core competencies of inclusive leadership, as defined in Deloitte’s “Six Traits of Inclusive Leadership” framework.

Webinar: Pro Bono + The Inclusive Leader

Unpack the characteristics of strong inclusion and social impact strategies and explore how pro bono can help companies develop inclusive behaviors while supporting nonprofits that are working to build more inclusive societies.

Telling Your Pro Bono Story

This step-by-step framework guides you through developing your storytelling strategy--from preparing your stakeholders to amplifying your message.

State of Pro Bono: Corporate Edition

Taproot Foundation conducted an inaugural survey of companies doing pro bono to collect data on their programs, identify trends, and share key observations for advancing the field.

Pro Bono as a People Strategy

In this new resource, Taproot explores how pro bono practitioners can align their pro bono efforts with their company’s HR strategy to create shared value.

Discover and Design: A Supplement to Transforming Technology Pro Bono

In this supplement to Transforming Technology Pro Bono, the Taproot Foundation and VMware Foundation dive deeper into the first two phases of the Solution Development Framework and provide practical tools to put the framework into action.

Discover and Design: A Supplement to Transforming Technology Pro Bono

This supplement to Transforming Technology Pro Bono further develops our initial research and provides practical tools to put the Solutions Development Framework--a powerful resource for building nonprofit capacity with technology expertise--into action.

Transforming Technology Pro Bono

This paper developed by Taproot Foundation and the VMware Foundation provides a practical approach to engaging technology talent for nonprofit capacity building.

Pro Bono Sweet Spot

Explore the key inputs to consider when designing a corporate pro bono initiative, as well as a few common program design pitfalls to avoid.

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