Screen, verify, track, and report on your volunteers from one platform — with FCRA-compliant background checks for just $5, identity verification, hour tracking, and grant-ready reporting. No per-seat fees, no contracts.
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.
New to the category? Our in-depth, vendor-neutral guide evaluates every major volunteer management platform — pricing, best-fit, and real user reviews from r/nonprofit — to help you choose.
¹ Urban Institute (2017), analysis of 1.7 million employment background checks
Other platforms charge extra for these. We don't.
We search 650M+ court records across all jurisdictions — county, state, and federal courts, sex offender registries, FBI Most Wanted, OFAC sanctions, and global watchlists. If county records exist but can't be verified under FCRA guidelines, we tell you and refund your fee. No games.
Every volunteer application includes a free address history pull. We verify what they report against what we find. Gaps, inconsistencies, or addresses they "forgot" to mention get flagged before you spend a dime on a criminal check.
Go beyond name-and-date-of-birth. Verify each volunteer with a government-issued photo ID and a biometric liveness selfie, matched against the identity they provide — so you know the human behind the application is who they claim to be.
Fully documented REST API and webhook support. Plug VolunteerBadge into your CRM, volunteer management software, or AI tool of choice. One API key. 1 credit = 1 background check, however you access us.
VolunteerBadge is the only volunteer screening platform that ties a real, verified identity to every application: a biometric face match against a government photo ID, then triangulated against the SSN trace and address history behind the check. A borrowed clean identity can't get through.
Biometric facial match
A live liveness selfie — proof a real person is present, not a photo.
Government photo ID
The selfie is matched face-to-face against their official ID document.
SSN + address triangulation
Identity cross-checked against the SSN trace and address history on the report.
Enterprise-grade verification at a nonprofit price. The same rigor banks use — built into every $5 check.
Application to cleared volunteer in three steps.
Create a digital volunteer application with built-in FCRA authorization. Send a link or embed it on your site.
A free address-history check and biometric ID verification confirm the applicant before you spend a dollar.
A full national criminal check returns an FCRA-compliant report — with adverse-action notices if needed.
Pay per check for screening. Subscribe to run your whole volunteer program.
Buy credits one at a time. No commitment, no expiry.
Save 20% vs single-check pricing. Credits never expire.
Unlimited admin users, flat. Checks billed separately at $5.
Every check follows an FCRA-compliant process, with applicant authorization captured up front and adverse-action notices generated for you when a record is found. The guardrails that protect your volunteers and your organization are included — not sold separately.
Create a free account in minutes. No contracts, no monthly minimums, no sales call. Just $5 per check when you're ready.
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. VolunteerBadge Pro is $50/month flat for unlimited admin seats and adds hour tracking, compliance tools, AI grant writing, and more. Checks are always billed separately at $5 — never bundled.
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.