GoodHire screens employees. Your volunteers deserve a tool built for them.
GoodHire does small-business employment screening well — but it’s an HR product, now owned by Checkr, with per-check pricing several times ours and nothing made for the way volunteer programs actually run.
Price per background check
That makes VolunteerBadge up to 18× cheaper per check — Basic $29.99 · Essential $54.99 · Complete $89.99 per check.
GoodHire earned a good reputation in small-business hiring: a clean dashboard, a broad menu of screening types, and bulk ordering. Credit where it’s due.
For a nonprofit, though, the fit is wrong. It’s an employment product (now part of Checkr), priced for HR budgets, with custom quotes for nonprofit use and no volunteer badge, roster, or recruiting tools.
VolunteerBadge is purpose-built for volunteers — and self-serve at $5, with no quote to chase down.
| Capability | VolunteerBadge | GoodHire |
|---|---|---|
| Price per criminal check | $5 | $29.99–$89.99 |
| Self-serve, published pricing | Tiered plans | |
| Built specifically for volunteers | ||
| Biometric identity verification | ID + live selfie + SSN-trace triangulation | |
| Portable volunteer badge profile | ||
| FCRA adverse-action workflow | ||
| Volunteer recruiting & roster tools | ||
| No monthly fees or minimums | Plan-based | |
| Verifies reportable records (all FCRA CRAs) | ||
| Free address history check | Free, always | |
| Free volunteer application templates |
What GoodHire does well
- Easy-to-use dashboard for small employers
- 100+ screening types and bulk ordering
- Candidate-friendly experience
- Established support and FCRA tooling
Where VolunteerBadge pulls ahead
It’s an employment product
No volunteer badge, no portable profile, no recruiting or roster tooling for a volunteer program — and now part of Checkr’s employer-first stack.
You may have to ask for a price
Nonprofit and higher-volume pricing is frequently quote-based. VolunteerBadge is a published, flat $5 — sign up and run a check today.
No applicant identity verification
Like its peers, it searches name/DOB/SSN without proving the applicant is the person behind those identifiers.
We verify the human, not just the paperwork.
GoodHire verifies records, not people. For a volunteer application, that means a clean-looking result can still belong to a borrowed identity. VolunteerBadge ties every application to a verified, living person — a liveness selfie matched to a government ID, triangulated against the SSN trace and address history. It’s the single biggest thing standing between your program and someone screening as somebody they’re not.
Live biometric selfie
A real liveness capture — not a photo upload — proving a live person is present.
Government photo ID match
The selfie is matched face-to-face against their official ID document.
SSN-trace triangulation
Identity is cross-checked against the SSN trace and address history behind the check.
Why it matters: a name-, DOB- and SSN-only search can be passed with a borrowed clean identity. Tying a verified, living identity to the application is how you stop someone from screening as somebody else.
Everything you need — no add-ons, no surprises.
Free address-history check
An address-history lookup is included free with every application — no add-on fee.
Free volunteer application templates
Ready-to-use, sector-specific application templates at no extra cost.
Built-in FCRA workflow
Digital consent, disclosures, and automated pre-adverse & adverse-action notices with a full audit trail.
Money-back guarantee
If we can't confirm a record belongs to your applicant, we refund the check.
“It never sat right with me to watch nonprofits get charged enterprise prices to screen the very volunteers who keep their missions alive. Our margins are honestly razor thin — and we’re completely at peace with that.”
Matt Angerer · Co-Founder, VolunteerBadge
Read why we priced it this way — the full storyCommon questions
Is GoodHire the same as Checkr now?
GoodHire is a Checkr company. Both are employment-screening products; neither is purpose-built for volunteer programs the way VolunteerBadge is.
Do I have to request a quote with VolunteerBadge?
No. Pricing is published and flat: $5 per check, no minimums. You can create an account and run a check the same day.
Is VolunteerBadge FCRA-compliant?
Yes — operated by ScreenForge Labs, LLC, a licensed Consumer Reporting Agency, with a built-in adverse-action workflow.
An online volunteer background check for every kind of organization
Wherever you serve, VolunteerBadge is the affordable volunteer background check service that switches organizations off GoodHire — a $5 volunteer background check with verified identity and built-in FCRA compliance for nonprofits.
Church volunteer background checks
Children’s ministry, youth groups, and missions teams — run a church volunteer background check that verifies identity before anyone serves.
Youth sports volunteer background checks
Coaches, team parents, and league officials. A youth sports volunteer background check at $5 keeps every season covered without blowing the budget.
School volunteer background checks
Classroom helpers, chaperones, and PTA volunteers. Meet school volunteer background check requirements with FCRA-compliant reports.
Background checks for nonprofits
From food banks to disaster relief, VolunteerBadge is the affordable volunteer background check service built for nonprofits of every size.
Compare other volunteer background check services
See how VolunteerBadge stacks up against the rest.
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Make the switch from GoodHire — for $5 / check
Create a free account, invite a volunteer, and run a fully FCRA-compliant, identity-verified check for $5. No contract. No monthly fee. No catch.