Volento started because the people running community programs - food banks, shelters, youth outreach - were drowning in coordination work that no spreadsheet was ever meant to handle.
Our story
Volunteer coordination is quiet, invisible, relentless work. The emails that go unanswered. The shift that falls apart because three people forgot. The coordinator who stays late - again - just to know who's showing up tomorrow.
We built Volento because we've been those people. We've run the programs, managed the rosters, made the calls. And we believed that the organizations doing the most important work in our communities deserved tools that actually worked.
This isn't a startup chasing a market. It's a tool we needed, built for others who need it too. Every feature exists because someone asked for it - or because we felt the pain ourselves.
What guides us
We've sat at the coordinator's table. We've made the calls, sent the emails, chased the spreadsheets. Volento exists because we lived the problem - and decided to do something about it.
Non-profit organizations shouldn't be choosing between software and service. During our early access, Volento is entirely free - and we intend to keep it accessible long after.
Every minute a volunteer spends navigating bad software is a minute not spent helping someone. We design every feature with that trade-off in mind.
Who we serve
Food banks. Community shelters. Youth programs. Faith organizations. Neighbourhood outreach. The places where showing up matters - and where the person holding it all together is usually doing it on borrowed time.
Volento is built specifically for these organizations. Not as an afterthought, not as a feature on a bigger platform - but as the thing we care most about getting right.
The team
Every person on this team has volunteered. Most still do. We built Volento for ourselves as much as for you.
Volunteer Coordinator turned Founder
Ran volunteer programs for 6 years before deciding the tools needed to change.
Product & Community
Spent years on the ground with community orgs. Knows exactly where the friction lives.
Engineering
Volunteers on weekends. Writes code on weekdays. Usually in that order.
Free during early access. No credit card. Up and running in minutes.