## Make room for good people.

https://applytovolunteer.com/

Turn the volunteer application you already use into a short, welcoming form people can fill out on their phone.

[Put your form online](https://applytovolunteer.com/#convert)

[Try a sample form](https://applytovolunteer.com/cedar-creek-friends)

Preview your form before creating an account. Sign in when you’re ready to publish.

Example application

### I’d like to help.

Your name

Email address

What interests you?

Continue

Illustration of a short first step

Your wording, carried over

A short first step on a phone

Hosted here or embedded on your site

### Your application. A better first step.

1

#### Bring your form

Start with a blank PDF, a Word file or a link to the volunteer application you already use.

2

#### Choose what comes first

Review your questions and choose the few that belong in the short first step.

3

#### Share it your way

Publish a hosted form or embed it on your own website. Volunteers can apply from their phone.

### An introduction first. The details can follow.

Someone wants to help. Start with their name, a way to reach them, and what they’re interested in doing.

References, emergency contacts and consents can wait until you decide to move them forward. You choose how to stage your application.

[Explore a sample volunteer form](https://applytovolunteer.com/cedar-creek-friends)

Sample application journey

#### Let’s start with hello.

Name and contact details

Where you’d like to help

**What comes after the first step?**

Once the organization moves an applicant forward, the next stage can ask for the details it needs.

References

Emergency contact

Consents

Illustration. Your organization chooses its questions.

### Bring the form you already have.

Keep the questions you’ve already worked out. Upload your blank application and review an online preview before you make an account.

Use a PDF with selectable text, a Word file, a public link, or paste your questions. Scanned and handwritten pages aren’t supported yet.

The grader and converter are free. Paid plans haven’t been announced yet.

[Need a starting point? Browse the templates.](https://applytovolunteer.com/templates/volunteer-application-form)

Blank PDF or Word file

Or paste a public URL

Or paste the form text

Max 15 MB · 20 pages · blank form only. Anonymous use is rate-limited.

Preview my form

### A little help with the paperwork.

**Your own questions**: Review the wording carried over from your existing form and decide what to ask first.

**Form grader**: A score out of 100 and specific suggestions, with a source where one applies. [Grade a form (free)](https://applytovolunteer.com/tools/volunteer-form-grader)

**A place to start**: Use a [short interest form](https://applytovolunteer.com/templates/volunteer-interest-form) or [download a Word or PDF template](https://applytovolunteer.com/templates/volunteer-application-form-word-pdf).

**Your own website**: Host your published application at /your-org, or embed it on the website people already know.

Prefer working with an AI assistant? [Connect one to preview or grade a blank form.](https://applytovolunteer.com/ai)

### Make the first step a welcoming one.

#### Convert the form you already use

Upload your blank PDF or Word application and see it as an online form before you sign up. Your questions and wording stay as they are.

[Convert a PDF to an online form](https://applytovolunteer.com/tools/pdf-to-online-form?utm_source=llms)

#### Start a free trial

Sign in with your email address to get your own workspace, where you publish forms and read the applications that come in. There's no card to enter.

[Start a free trial](https://applytovolunteer.com/login?utm_source=llms)