Recruit, screen, verify, track, and report on your volunteers from one platform — with FCRA-compliant $5 checks native, not bolted on. No per-seat fees, no annual contract.
Free management tools REST API + webhooks FCRA-compliant
Everything a volunteer program needs — recruiting, screening, and retention — without stitching together three vendors.
Build a branded volunteer application with your questions — sent by email or a shareable QR link.
650M+ court records, all-50-state sex-offender registries, and watchlists — with FCRA adverse-action built in.
A government photo ID + biometric selfie confirms the real human behind every applicant.
Volunteers log their own hours from a portal; you approve. Rolls into reports and service certificates.
One screen showing who's verified, who's due for re-screening, and every consent on file.
PDF & CSV exports, an AI grant-writing assistant, and Dollars-for-Doers capture your board will love.
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Most volunteer management tools make you bolt on a separate background-check vendor — and most background-check vendors know nothing about running a volunteer program. VolunteerBadge does both, natively. Build a digital volunteer application, run a full national criminal check for $5, verify the applicant's real identity with a government ID and a biometric selfie, and keep a live compliance roster — all in one place.
Pro adds the management layer nonprofits actually need: volunteer hour tracking, automated re-screening alerts, grant-ready PDF and CSV reports, an AI grant-writing assistant, and Dollars-for-Doers capture. Screening stays pay-as-you-go at $5 a check whether you're on the free plan or Pro — the subscription never bundles checks you don't need.
The result is software your team and your board can both trust: affordable, transparent, FCRA-compliant, and purpose-built for the way volunteers are recruited, vetted, and retained.
Yes. VolunteerBadge combines volunteer applications, FCRA-compliant background screening, biometric identity verification, hour tracking, a live compliance roster, and grant-ready reporting in one platform — so you don't need a separate screening vendor.
Background checks are $5 each with no monthly fee. Address history checks are free. The management tools — hour tracking, compliance roster, AI grant writing, and more — are included free with every account, for unlimited admin seats. There is no subscription: you only ever pay $5 per check.
Yes. VolunteerBadge offers a fully documented REST API and webhooks, so you can plug screening into your CRM or existing volunteer management software. One API key; one credit equals one background check, however you access it.
Every check follows an FCRA-compliant process, and adverse-action notice generation is included at no extra cost. If county records exist but can't be verified under FCRA guidelines, we tell you and refund the fee.
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