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'{{short description|American nonprofit organization}} {{multiple issues| {{COI|date=August 2013}} {{advert|date=August 2013}} {{third-party|date=August 2013}} }} {{Infobox company | name = Taproot Foundation | logo = | type = [[501(c)(3)]] [[non-profit organization]] | predecessor = | foundation = 2001 | founder = Aaron Hurst | location_city = [[San Francisco]] | location_country = U.S. | locations = [[New York City]], [[Chicago]], [[San Francisco]], and [[Los Angeles]] | area_served = United States, European Union, United Kingdom, Singapore, India | key_people = | products = | production = | services = Nonprofit capacity building, corporate consulting, pro bono volunteering opportunities | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = 36 | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = www.taprootfoundation.org, www.taprootplus.org | footnotes = | intl = }} The '''Taproot Foundation''' is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that engages [[design]], [[marketing]],<ref>[http://www.chicagoama.org/taprootpartnership.html Community Outreach] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208183342/http://www.chicagoama.org/taprootpartnership.html |date=2010-12-08 }} "Chicago American Marketing Association", Accessed March 18, 2010</ref> [[Information technology|IT]], [[strategic management]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Taproot Foundation Announces Pro Bono Marketplace - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times|url = http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news-articles/taproot-foundation-announces-pro-bono-marketplace/|accessdate = 2015-07-07}}</ref> and [[human resources]] professionals in [[pro bono]] service projects to build the infrastructure of other [[nonprofit]] organizations.<ref>[http://www.fastcompany.com/social/2006/statements/taproot-foundation.html Social Capitalist Awards-Taproot Foundation], ''Fast Company'', December, 2005</ref> Taproot Foundation's mission is to "drive social change by leading, mobilizing, and engaging professionals in pro bono service."<ref>{{Cite web|title=New York Nonprofit Media: Branding on a Budget|url=http://nynmedia.com/news/branding-on-a-budget|website=nynmedia.com|accessdate=2015-07-07}}</ref> Its work focuses around building a pro bono marketplace that, like philanthropy, is large, transparent, professional and accessible.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=Professionalizing Pro Bono Volunteering|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/causeintegration/2013/02/11/professionalizing-pro-bono-volunteering/|last=Scott|first=Ryan|website=[[Forbes]]|accessdate=2015-07-07}}</ref> The organization was founded in 2001 by Aaron Hurst.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Roberts|first=Lee|date=2006-11-13|title=Younger Generations Lend a Hand in Their Own Way|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/13/us/13genx.html|access-date=2015-07-07|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The current President and CEO is Lindsay Firestone Gruber.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New CEOs Named at Taproot and de Beaumont Foundations - The Chronicle of Philanthropy|url=https://www.philanthropy.com/article/New-CEOs-Named-at-Taproot-and/243618|website=The Chronicle of Philanthropy|date=8 June 2018 |accessdate=2020-04-30}}</ref> ==About== Taproot Foundation is a national nonprofit that connects nonprofits and social change organizations with business professionals who offer pro bono services. Taproot aims to help organizations dedicated to social change have full access—through pro bono service—to marketing, strategy, HR, and IT resources. Since 2001, Taproot’s network of volunteers has served over 7,600 social change organizations providing more than 1.7 million hours of work worth over $204 million in value. Taproot co-founded a network of global pro bono providers in over 30 countries around the world (as of May 2020).<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Taproot Foundation|url=https://taprootfoundation.org/about/|accessdate=2020-05-04}}></ref> Through Taproot's programs, thousands of business professionals have assisted nonprofits with capacity-building projects since 2001. Taproot also provides training to nonprofits on how to take advantage of pro bono services. Its Advisory Services Practice helps Fortune 500 companies in building high-impact pro bono programs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Skills-Based Revolutionary: Taproot's Aaron Hurst|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/causeintegration/2012/07/23/a-skills-based-revolutionary-taproots-aaron-hurst/|last=Scott|first=Ryan|website=[[Forbes]]|accessdate=2015-07-07}}</ref> In 2014, Taproot launched [https://www.taprootplus.org/ www.taprootplus.org], an online matchmaking platform that directly matches skilled volunteers with nonprofits for shorter-term engagements.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Taproot Foundation Starts Online Matchmaker for Charities Seeking Pro Bono Help|date=27 October 2014 |url=https://philanthropy.com/article/Taproot-Foundation-Starts/152345|accessdate=2015-07-07}}</ref> Headquartered in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], the Taproot Foundation has additional offices in [[New York City]], [[Chicago]], and [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tugend|first=Alina|date=2009-03-14|title=Even Pro Bono Work Requires Doing Your Homework First|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/your-money/14shortcuts.html|access-date=2015-07-07|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-hurst/ Aaron Hurst Series on Huffington Post] * [http://www.ssireview.org/bios/aaron_hurst/ Aaron Hurst Series for Stanford Social Innovation Review] {{Authority control}} [[Category:Non-profit organizations based in San Francisco]] [[Category:501(c)(3) organizations]]'