Volontärbyrån

What Volontärbyrån does

Volontärbyrån operates Sweden's largest volunteer opportunity matching platform, connecting nonprofit organizations with individuals seeking voluntary engagement. The core product is a free, two-sided digital marketplace at volontarbyran.org where vetted nonprofit organizations (associations, foundations, and religious communities) post unpaid assignments across twelve cause categories — from social community to children's rights to crisis preparedness — and volunteers create accounts, search, filter, and submit interest applications. The platform is operated as a non-profit entity under parent organization Ideella Sverige (formerly Forum – idéburna organisationer med social inriktning; Org. nr. 802018-0488), with headquarters in Stockholm and a secondary office in Gothenburg, and a stated team of approximately 13 people.

Built on top of the core marketplace, Volontärbyrån offers a modular product surface: white-label Volunteer Portals (e.g., a dedicated portal for Rädda Barnen / Save the Children Sweden), embeddable Widgets that surface live opportunities on partner websites and intranets, and the Engagera Mera municipal portal deployed in Solna and Malmö. Supporting products include a training and web-course suite (Utbildningar och webbkurser), a Kunskapsbanken of templates and guides, an annual Volontärbarometern research report published for 21 consecutive years, and Idé-Ella, a generative AI writing assistant that helps organizations draft opportunity listings.

The business model is hybrid. The matching platform, portals, and widgets are provided free to both nonprofits and volunteers, monetized indirectly through partnerships and grants from municipalities, companies, organizations, and foundations. A second revenue stream consists of fee-based training, workshops, lectures, and an annual conference (TEMA: Ideellt engagemang), training approximately 2,000 people per year. Geographic scope is Sweden-only, and the organization is GDPR-compliant under Swedish data protection law.

Name

Volontärbyrån

Legal name

Ideella Sverige (formerly Forum – idéburna organisationer med social inriktning)

Website

https://volontarbyran.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Volontärbyrån operates Sweden's largest free online volunteer-matching platform, connecting nonprofit organizations with individuals seeking voluntary engagement, supplemented by white-label portals, municipal engagement tools, training services, and an annual research report.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Göteborg

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Partnerships and Grants: Funded through partnerships and grants from municipalities, companies, organizations, and foundations. The service is free for both nonprofit organizations and volunteers.
2. Training and Education Services: Customized training, workshops, and lectures about voluntary engagement offered to organizations for a fee. Approximately 2,000 people trained annually.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Volontärbyrån operates Sweden's largest volunteer opportunity matching platform, connecting nonprofit organizations and associations with individuals seeking voluntary engagement. The core service is free for both organizations posting opportunities and volunteers searching for roles, with supplemental offerings including custom white-label portals, embeddable widgets, municipal engagement portals, and paid training programs.

Product overview

Volontärbyrån operates Sweden's largest volunteer opportunity matching platform — a core digital marketplace connecting non-profit organizations with individuals seeking voluntary roles. The platform is architected as a core matching service supplemented by modular add-ons: organizations can purchase a custom Volunteer Portal (white-label) to host all their opportunities under their own branding; a Widget can be embedded on any external website to surface live opportunities; and municipalities can deploy the Engagera Mera portal for local engagement. Supporting the core matching platform, Volontärbyrån offers a Training and Web Courses suite (Utbildningar och webbkurser) covering volunteer recruitment, coordination, motivation, and inclusion; a Knowledge Bank (Kunskapsbanken) of templates and guides; an annual Volontärbarometern research report; and published handbooks and reports on volunteer management topics. Idé-Ella, an AI writing assistant, helps organizations craft opportunity descriptions on the platform. Rädda Barnen operates its own dedicated portal as a white-label sub-brand. The platform supports both Swedish and English.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Idé-Ella: AI-based writing assistant that guides users step by step to create clear and engaging volunteer opportunity descriptions
• Engagera Mera
• Volontärbarometern
• Svenskarnas engagemang
• Kunskapsbanken

Products and services

• Volontärbyrån förmedling (Volunteer Matching Platform) Sweden's largest digital volunteer opportunity matching platform, connecting nonprofit organizations, foundations, and religious communities with individuals seeking voluntary engagement. Organizations post unpaid roles which are reviewed and approved; volunteers create accounts, search and filter opportunities by cause or location, and submit interest applications directly through the platform. Free for both sides.
• Custom Volunteer Portal A white-label volunteer portal customized with an organization's own branding, colors, and content, where all of that organization's volunteer opportunities are gathered in one place with automatic syncing from Volontärbyrån. Designed for large partners such as Rädda Barnen (Save the Children Sweden).
• Widget An embeddable widget that organizations, companies, and municipalities can place on their own websites or intranets to display current volunteer opportunities directly. Opportunities are fetched automatically from volontarbyran.org and updated in real time.
• Engagera Mera A digital engagement portal tailored for municipalities and local actors, enabling local nonprofit organizations to showcase their activities and opportunities while helping residents discover and subscribe to local volunteer roles. Currently deployed for Solna Stad and Malmö Ideella.
• Utbildningar och webbkurser (Trainings and Web Courses) A suite of paid training programs, seminars, and self-paced web courses on volunteer recruitment, coordination, motivation, and inclusion for nonprofit organizations. Includes courses such as Samordna ideella, Rekrytera ideella, Motivera ideella, and Inkludera ideella. Used by organizations including Scouterna, Prostatacancerförbundet, and Stockholms stadsmission.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 4 million people volunteer in Sweden (around 51% of population aged 16-84)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and regional.

• Rädda Barnen (Save the Children Sweden)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRädda Barnen has a dedicated custom volunteer portal built by Volontärbyrån where all their volunteer opportunities are collected and quality-assured. The portal covers opportunities from emergency response to long-term engagement for children.
• Solna Stad (Solna Municipality)regionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngagera Mera Solna is a collaboration to strengthen local civil society engagement and make it easier for Solna residents to find volunteer opportunities through a municipality-branded portal.
• Malmö IdeellaregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngagera Mera Malmö partnership to connect Malmö residents with local nonprofit organizations and volunteer opportunities through a joint platform.
• Ideella Sverige (formerly Forum - National Forum for Voluntary Organisations)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVolontärbyrån is part of Ideella Sverige, the national umbrella organization for voluntary organizations. Ideella Sverige is the responsible organization and parent body for Volontärbyrån, Box 17011, 104 62 Stockholm, Org nr: 802018-0488
• Lokala föreningsråd och paraplyorganisationerregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCollaboration with local association councils and umbrella organizations to strengthen local civil society through the Engagera Mera digital platform.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Catchafire: Skills-based volunteer matching platform connecting professionals with nonprofits for project-based engagements. Comparable in volunteer-to-nonprofit matching and curation model.
• VolunteerMatch: US-based online volunteer matching platform connecting individuals with nonprofit opportunities. Directly comparable to Volontärbyrån's core marketplace product, with the same free-to-volunteers, free-to-nonprofits model.
• Idealist (Action Without Borders): Global nonprofit platform listing volunteer opportunities, jobs, and internships at NGOs. Closely comparable function to Volontärbyrån's matching platform, including skills-based and remote volunteer listings.

Regional players

• Volunteer Canada: Canada's national volunteer engagement hub providing research, training, and resources to nonprofits. Comparable to Volontärbyrån's nonprofit capacity-building and research-publishing functions.
• ReachOut Australia: Australia's national volunteer and community engagement infrastructure. Comparable mission and national-scale matching model, but serves Australia rather than Sweden.
• Time Auction (Hong Kong): Volunteer matching platform operating in Hong Kong and Asia, with a model focused on professional skills-based volunteering. Comparable platform mechanics to Volontärbyrån but geographically distinct.
• NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Organisations, UK): UK infrastructure body for the voluntary sector, providing research, training, and member services to nonprofits. Functionally analogous to Volontärbyrån's umbrella role within Sweden's civil society.

Broad incumbents

• DoSomething.org: Large US nonprofit mobilizing young people around volunteer campaigns. Overlaps with Volontärbyrån's volunteer activation and inspirational storytelling but operates at much larger scale and broader thematic remit.
• Points of Light: Global nonprofit infrastructure organization supporting volunteer programs and corporate volunteering. Comparable to Volontärbyrån's training, research, and capacity-building role for the voluntary sector.
• LinkedIn Volunteer Marketplace: LinkedIn's volunteer opportunity listings integrated into the professional network. Competes at the broad volunteer-matching layer as part of a much wider professional platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@volontarbyran
• Facebookfacebook.com/volontarbyran.org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/volont-rbyr-n
• Instagraminstagram.com/volontarbyran

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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