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Where To Look If Your Employer Doesn't Help You Build Your Management Skills
by Jullien Gordon
Business Insider
Feb. 21, 2012

9 Digital Ways to Become a Social Good Hero in 2012
by Scott Henderson
Mashable
Jan. 22, 2012

The Future of Service in America
by Fast Company and Catchafire
Fast Company
Jan. 4, 2012

Charitable giving goes high tech
by Michael B. Farrell
The Boston Globe
Dec. 22, 2011

Volunteer service matchup company catches fire in Hub
by Donna Goodison
Boston Herald
Nov. 27, 2011

Volunteering Rises on the Résumé
by John Leland
New York Times
Nov. 1, 2011

For-profit Social Mission Technology Company Aims to Revolutionize the Way People Volunteer
PR Newswire
Sept. 23, 2011

Catchafire: The eHarmony Of Volunteering For Busy Professionals
by Ariel Schwartz
FastCompany
Sept. 16, 2011

Interview with Rachael Chong
by Kim Davis
Internet Evolution
Sept. 15, 2011

Catchafire Matches Professionals & Organizations for Virtual Pro Bono Work
by Sarah Kessler
Mashable
Sept. 7, 2011

Startups For Social Good
by Ross Reynolds
KUOW—Seattle's NPR Affiliate
Aug. 24, 2011

8 Startups that are Changing the World
by Jennifer Diamond
Mashable
Aug. 19, 2011

7 apps to make you feel like a better person
by Andrea Bartz and Brenna Ehrlich
CNN Tech
Aug. 10, 2011

Workout Playlists and iPods by the Pool
by Ann Hynek
Fox Business
Aug. 10, 2011

Successful Start-up Stories
by Jayme Klock
Time Out New York
Aug. 4, 2011

Social Apps For Social Good: 7 Must-Have Tools For Nonprofits & Activists
by Dan Dao
Fueled
Aug. 4, 2011

Volunteer Matching Service Helps You Donate Your Professional Skills
by Sarah Kessler
Mashable
Aug. 4, 2011

WANTED: Skills to Do Good
by Jen Martin
AARP.com
June 28, 2011

"Start-up City Series"
Brian Lehrer TV
June 21, 2011

Catchafire
by Stacy Pearson
The Blogunteer
June 15, 2011

Turning The Table On Traditional Volunteering: An Interview With Catchafire's Rachael Chong
by Kevin Asuncion
Care2
May 31, 2011

Catchafire
by Willy Franzen
One Day One Job
May 24, 2011

Give What You're Good At
by Jessica Guberman
Face Magazine
May 18, 2011

A New Source of Support and Inspiration for Young Entrepreneurs
by Adam Toren
Entrepreneur
May 18, 2011

Behind the Scenes with the 2011 Game Changers: Rachael Chong from Catchafire
New York Enterprise Report
May 17, 2011

How Crowdsourcing Is Improving Global Communities
by Erica Swallow
Mashable
May 11, 2011

Giving Your Time... More Effectively
by Blair Cobb
AOL/Adweek Fuel the Future
May 10, 2011

The Matchmaker
by Dara Meoli
New York Enterprise Report
May 2, 2011

Pairing Nonprofits with Professionals
Social Innovation Conversations
April 26, 2011

Start-Up Choices in Business Models, Summing Up
by Greg Dees and Cathy Clark
Social Edge
April 25, 2011

Volunteer. Give Pro Bono. Help Others. It's the Right Thing to Do, and It Will Boost Your Happiness.
by Gretchen Rubin
Yahoo! Shine
April 19, 2011

8 Startup Lessons You Could Learn From Gotham Gal
by Mark Suster
Business Insider
April 18, 2011

Volunteer. Give Pro Bono. Help Others. It’s the Right Thing to Do, and It Will Boost Your Happiness
by Gretchen Rubin
Forbes.com
April 16, 2011

Balanced Life -- Volunteer. Give Pro Bono. Help Others. It's the Right Thing to Do, and It Will Boost Your Happiness.
by Gretchen Rubin
Huffington Post
April 15, 2011

Catchafire: Changing the Way People Volunteer
Charles Lee
April 12, 2011

Volunteerism, Revamped
by Lynden Halpern
Shecky's
April 12, 2011

Mindful Moms
by Emily McKhann
The Motherhood
April 11, 2011

Inside blogger trips: what do you share with readers?
Blogging Angels
April 9, 2011

Starting from scratch: Rubina Design's founder on building a social enterprise
by Rachel Signer
Dowser.org
April 5, 2011

Catchafire at Google's New York City Office
by Jessica Guberman
Examiner
March 31, 2011

Starting-Up - Staging Feedback for Catchafire
Social Edge
March 30, 2011

Splitting the Difference
by Brian Moore
New York Post
March 27, 2011

Free Professional Labor for Social Enterprises?
by Tiffany Finley
JustMeans
March 24, 2011

In Entrepreneurship There Are No Rules Ladies
by Elmira Bayrasli
Forbes
March 7, 2011

A "Match.com" for nonprofits and volunteers
by Antonio Neves
Fox Business
March 4, 2011

7 Millennial Entrepreneurs You Should Know About
by Michelle Arrazcaeta
The Next Great Generation
March 3, 2011

Gaining experience by changing the way you volunteer through Catchafire.org
by Robert Braathe
Albany.com
Feb. 22, 2011

How Catchafire is Trying to Improve Volunteering
by Christina Hernandez
American Express Idea Hub Open Forum
Feb. 15, 2011

Catchafire
Philanthropy News Digest
Feb. 8, 2011

Catchafire Matches Industry Volunteers With Nonprofits
by Rachael Chong
Advertising Age
Feb. 1, 2011

Is there a business in charging charities for volunteers?
Smart Brief
Jan. 31, 2011

Cool Idea: Charging charities for volunteers
by Jenny Lee
Vancouver Sun, Open For Business
Jan. 31, 2011

Mini Case Study: Catchafire pairs professionals with social change organizations
by Jen Bokoff
Dowser.org
Jan. 31, 2011

Young Guns: Catchafire is Catching On (text)
by Christina Scotti
Fox Business
Jan. 28, 2011

Young Guns: Catchafire is Catching On (video)
Fox Business
Jan. 28, 2011

Some volunteers would rather crunch numbers than haul lumber
by Bruce S. Trachtenberg
Nonprofit Quarterly
Jan. 24, 2011

A matchmaker for nonprofits and skilled volunteers
by Anne Fisher
Crain's New York Business
Jan. 21, 2011

Volunteer and spark change with Catchafire
by Claudia Chan
Shecky's
Jan. 11, 2011

A 'Match.com' for Nonprofits and Volunteers
by Antonio Neves
MSN Business on Main
Dec. 31, 2010

Choose the Perfect Charity with Catchafire
by Lynden Halpern
Shecky's
Dec. 8, 2010

Connecting professionals with volunteer opportunitie
by Tess Vigeland
Marketplace
Dec. 7, 2010

How social media plays into nonprofits and fundraising
by Avishay Artsy
Marketplace
Dec. 7, 2010

Six of NYC's Most Interesting Women in Tech
The New York Observer
Nov. 29, 2010

Giving thanks, Web 2.0 style
by Laurie Segall
CNN Money
Nov. 24, 2010

Change Generation: Rachael Chong and Catchafire Match Volunteers and Nonprofits
by Shatterbox Staff
Fast Company
Nov. 23, 2010

Sparked And Catchafire: Volunteerism Is Heating Up Online
by Kristin Ivie
Social Citizens
Nov. 23, 2010

Match.com for Skilled Volunteers? Welcome to the World of Catchafire
by Kathy Ehrich Dowd
Tonic
Nov. 9, 2010

Catchafire.org Launches: This Volunteer Website Works It Real Good
Daily Candy
Nov. 3, 2010

Guest Post: Making Money on Making Public Goods
by Nathaniel Whittemore
Change.org
Oct. 28, 2010

Catchafire Matches Professionals to Volunteer Projects [Video]
by Amie Vaccaro
TriplePundit
Oct. 26, 2010

Catchafire.org
by Joanne Wilson
Gotham Gal
Oct. 20, 2010

Start-ups: don't mention the money
by G.L.
The Economist
Oct. 14, 2010

Catchafire Volunteers Come to Pepsi Refresh Project
Refresh Blog
Oct. 7, 2010

Catchafire: Using Skills for Good Causes
Mini Sprout
Sept. 30, 2010

Matching nonprofits' projects with professionals who can help
by Margarita Barry
Springwise
Sept. 29, 2010

Catchafire Launches Service to Match Volunteers and Non-Profits
by Audrey Watters
Justmeans
Sept. 27, 2010

Q&A with Catchafire CEO Rachael Chong and CTO Andrew Lin
by Nathaniel Whittemore
Change.org
Sept. 23, 2010

3 Reasons the "Kickstarter for Volunteering" Catchafire is a Big Deal
by Nathaniel Whittemore
Change.org
Sept. 23, 2010

Catchafire Launches Scalable Skills-based Volunteer Matching Service
PR Newswire
Sept. 23, 2010

NYC Startup CatchAFire.org Launches Site To Match Skilled Volunteers And Charities
by Lora Kolodny
TechCrunch
Sept. 23, 2010

Catchafire: Connecting Nonprofits & Professionals
by JD Lasica
Socialbrite
Sept. 15, 2010

Rachael Chong and Jane Slusser's innovative contribution to volunteer-matching: Catchafire
by Claire McGovern
Pipeline Blog
Aug. 23, 2010

Conference Captures: Catchafire Connects Nonprofits and Volunteers with Skills
by Robert Rosenthal
VolunteerMatch
Aug. 19, 2010

How Catchafire Is Changing the Way You Volunteer - with Rachael Chong
by Olivia Khalili
Cause Capitalism
July 6, 2010

Catchafire, Sparks Fly for Volunteers and Nonprofits
by Alex Monroe
GetYourBizSavvy
July 5, 2010

HuffPost Innovators Series - Catchafire, LookTel, and More
The Huffington Post
July 1, 2010

Reporting from NYC: Social Entrepreneurship Blooms
by Ruhi Shamim
Ecopreneurist
June 30, 2010

Catchafire: A New Way to Ignite Volunteerism
by Courtney Boyd Myers
PSFK
June 30, 2010

Just An Online Minute... Volunteers' Skills Are The Kindling To Catchafire's Blaze
by Kelly Samardak
Just an Online Minute
June 29, 2010

Catchafire Launches 2,000 Hours and Over $300,000 Worth of Volunteer Service
PR Newswire
June 29, 2010

A New Way to Match Nonprofits With Skilled Volunteers
by Dev Aujla
GOOD
June 24, 2010

Social Media for Social Change
by Irina Skaya
NY Social Media Examiner
May 28, 2010

Q&A: Jane Slusser of Catchafire
by Krystal D'Costa
Think Social
May 24, 2010

Three Riveting Startups You Should Know About
Social Media Drive Thru
May 21, 2010

New Yorkers turn recession-era gloom into entrepeneurial gold
by Lore Croghan
New York Daily News
July 5, 2009


Awards & Recognition
  • Judge for Talbots Scholarship Program, 2012
  • Judge for the Global Social Venture Competition, 2011 & 2012
  • Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award, 2012
  • Fellow, NYC Venture Fellows, 2011
  • Finalist, Startups for Good Challenge, 2011
  • The Young Professionals of Museum of Chinese in American (MOCA) M88 Honorees, 2011
  • #1 in HuffingtonPost Innovators Series, 2010
  • Selected Company, Investors' Circle, 2010
  • Fellow, West Coast Village Capital, 2010
  • Winner, Duke University Start-Up Challenge Social Enterprise Track, 2009
  • Selected Company, InSITE, 2009
  • Second Place, DFJ Gotham East Coast Venture Challenge, 2009
  • Finalist, New York City Entrepreneur, 2009
  • Semifinalist, Dell Social Innovation Competition, 2009

For press inquiries, please contact justin@catchafire.org.