Skills-based, long-term volunteering for forward-thinking companies. Employees lead six-month projects at vetted nonprofits across climate, education, and economic mobility — without leaving their company.
Employees volunteer around 10% of their time — roughly four hours a week — while continuing in their full role.
One platform. Three steps. A long enough commitment for real outcomes — short enough to fit alongside a day job. Like a great alpine traverse: structured, supported, and worth the effort.
Your company gets access to a private portal of nonprofit projects we've personally vetted. No spam, no busywork — just real briefs from real organisations that need real skills.
Employees commit around four hours a week — roughly 10% of their time — across six months. They remain in their full role. No leave, no backfill, no productivity gap.
Long enough to deliver something real. Nonprofits get skilled execution, employees get leadership stories, companies get tangible purpose to show — not slideware.
Alta Via is the mountaineering term for the high route — long-distance traverses through the great mountain ranges of the world. They take weeks. They demand skill. They change the people who walk them.
That's the philosophy. The high route is harder than the easy path — but it's the one that builds character, deepens experience, and delivers a story worth telling. One-day volunteering is the easy route. Real change — the kind nonprofits need and the kind that builds leaders — takes months.
So we built a platform for the high route. Companies pay to give their people access. Employees lead a six-month project at a vetted nonprofit without changing jobs. Nonprofits get the kind of help they normally can't afford. Everyone moves forward.
Leadership isn't learned by watching videos. It's built by doing hard work, making decisions, and delivering results.
Walk into interviews with concrete examples: stakeholder management, budget decisions, cross-cultural communication, project delivery under constraints.
Leadership experience without leaving your job. Skip the "I haven't led a project yet" gap. Build the resume line that opens doors.
See your work change lives. Track donor growth, program reach, operational efficiency — real metrics you can point to.
Receive documentation of project scope, duration, skills demonstrated, and impact delivered — proof of execution, not just participation.
Every project is briefed, scoped, and vetted before publication — so when an employee picks one up, they're stepping into real, shaped work. Nonprofit names stay confidential until a match is confirmed.
Established nonprofit serving 40,000+ mothers annually seeks experienced brand strategist for full identity refresh and brand guidelines.
Mid-sized education nonprofit running a 14-school network seeks an operations leader to re-engineer admissions, finance, and reporting flows for the next phase of growth.
200-person climate NGO needs a donor data architecture and reporting layer to unlock visibility across its funding funnel and improve donor retention.
+ more open projects across climate, education & economic mobility.
View all projects →If you work in climate, education, or economic mobility, you can submit a project to Alta Via One. We match you with an experienced professional from one of our partner companies — for six months, around four hours a week, free of charge to your organization.
Hear from employees who led projects and the nonprofits they partnered with.
Companies pay an annual subscription per employee seat. Each seat gives one employee access to lead a vetted six-month project at a partner nonprofit. Founding partners lock in our launch rate of €2,400/seat through 2027.
See what Alta Via One costs for your team size
Access to curated briefs from hand-screened nonprofit partners across 14 countries.
We review nominations and match employees to projects based on skills, experience, and goals.
Structured onboarding, monthly progress reviews, and troubleshooting support throughout the engagement.
Detailed reports on project outcomes, employee growth, and nonprofit impact for your stakeholders.
Employees lead end-to-end projects, gaining valuable leadership experience without leaving your company.
Six months of structured engagement. Long enough for real impact, designed to fit alongside a full-time role at ~4 hours/week.
Typical alternatives for leadership development and pro-bono impact
Real projects. Real impact. Real leadership experience — at a fraction of the cost of alternatives.
Start with a pilot cohort. Scale as you see results.
No backfill costs. No leave coverage. Your employee stays in their seat.
Ready to start a pilot? Use the Request a pilot form — it's faster. For anything else — press, partnerships, general curiosity — drop us a note here.
We're starting with companies, but individual access is on our roadmap. Join the waitlist to be first in line when we open it up to people between roles, career changers, and sabbatical-takers.
Tell us about your team. A member of the Alta Via team will follow up by email within two working days to walk through how a pilot could work for you.
Want your employer to offer Alta Via One? Tell us who to reach out to. A member of our team will contact your manager directly — discreetly and professionally.