
Service at a Distance: How Virtual Pro Bono Can Help Others Now
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the work of nonprofits on a massive scale; many are now facing uncertainty about the future, financial instability, and an inability to serve their primary beneficiaries (a group whose needs have likely increased). Service programs must adapt in order to reach them. Throughout this crisis we’ve been working alongside our corporate partners to translate their...
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Tips from the Taproot Team on Working from Home
If you’ve suddenly found yourself working at home full-time, you’re not alone. As the world reels from the impact of COVID-19, nonprofits and companies everywhere are switching to virtual (and, in some cases, getting to meet their colleagues’ dogs, cats, and kids for the first time!). In honor of the sudden transition, we decided to share some tips our team...
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The pro bono help your organization needs, when you’re ready
We wish we had a crystal ball right now. Something to tell us what even tomorrow might bring, because it feels like things are changing minute by minute. We know you feel the same way. We see your organizations faced with a huge influx in demand for your services, like meals for children who are out of school, but you're...
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3 Webinars to Help You Get or Give Pro Bono
We have several webinars coming up to help you get started with pro bono—whether you’re a nonprofit looking for help during the COVID-19 crisis or a volunteer eager to share your expertise in support of organizations. Register now and mark your calendar! WEBINAR: TrustLaw—Introduction to Legal Pro Bono for Nonprofits Date: Wednesday, April 15 Time: 1:00 p.m. ET / 12...
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How You Can Support Nonprofits Responding to COVID-19
Nonprofits around the world are heroically responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, working day and night to provide our communities with food, shelter, healthcare, education, and other much needed forms of kindness and security. As these organizations manage a new, huge demand for their services, they also face diminishing resources due to scrapped programs, loss of volunteer events, and cancelled fundraisers....
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The Top 5 Ways Your Company Can Help Nonprofits Right Now Through Pro Bono
Companies are asking us what nonprofits need right now and how pro bono can help. We’ve compiled a list of some of the most pervasive urgent organizational needs nonprofits are confronting across the sector due to the COVID-19 crisis, and real-life examples of the types of pro bono support that can make a real difference. First, two important acknowledgements: What...
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Ensuring Nonprofits Get the Help They Need
Dear friends, The world is changing around us by the minute. While this crisis is posing tremendous challenges, it's also bringing us together as a community in so many ways despite requiring us to remain apart. Now is the time for us to support each other. And yet it’s also a time when those who tend to support us the...
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