In 2007, our founder, Callahan Fore – who was just 16 years old at the time, was fishing with his dad, Scott.  Callahan needed 100 hours of volunteer time before he could graduate high school. The problem was, he couldn’t find any opportunities. That’s when the idea for NobleHour was born.

In our 11 years-  Noblehour has helped thousands of schools, nonprofits, and business across the nation connect volunteers with opportunities and it’s helped volunteers track log and verify those hours.

In 2014, TreeTop Commons, LLC developed Collaboratory in collaboration with The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. UNC Greenboro’s Institute for Community and Economic Engagement created an online database to organize and report their data from hundreds of community engagement and public service activities and relationships. Collaboratory builds off of UNCG’s experience and creates a national database to further understanding of the practice and scholarship of community engagement.