What We Do Here
The purpose of this website is to provide information about volunteer opportunities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Hopefully, volunteerism will be stimulated and facilitated by letting potential volunteers know about the wide range of opportunities open to them and by giving Bay Area non-profit organizations a means of publishing their goals and needs.
If you are considering volunteering, we hope this site helps you find the opportunity you are looking for. Volunteers are needed to do just about anything from repairing computers to picking fruit to making sandwiches. Time commitments can range from a few hours for a single project to as much time as you have available. Try something new. Learn new skills and meet new people.
We provide the most comprehensive searchable database of Bay Area nonprofits with continuing volunteer needs. We do not list individual opportunities. You may search for nonprofits geographically (above), by area of interest (search box above), or by other categories (links in yellow background to the right) to find organizations with the most appropriate opportunities for you.
How to Use This Website to Find Great Volunteer Opportunities Particularly Suitable for You
For example, if you are interested in working with children, type 'children' in the search box below and you will be presented with several pages of appropriate organizations and their websites for you to review and make contact with.
If you wanted to know about organizations only in Alameda County, you could type in 'Alameda' or click on 'Alameda' in the yellow box to the right, or click on 'East Bay' above to get organizations and their websites.
Then go to the listed websites to get more information and make contact through that organization's website to learn more and to set up the opportunity most suitable just for you. Hope this helps!
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Recent Volunteer Opportunities
Berkeley Food & Housing Project
Since 1970, Berkeley Food & Housing Project has been a compassionate provider of homeless services. We believe that everyone has a basic right to food, housing, and stability, and we work one-on-one with our clients to help them move toward …
Bay Area Discovery Museum
http://bayareadiscoverymuseum.org/
Bay Area Discovery Museum is a nonprofit children’s museum with a mission to transform research into early learning experiences that inspire creative problem solving. We are currently looking for volunteers to assist on the museum floor. This position plays a …
Minds Matter San Francisco
All volunteers at MMSF start off in one of two roles: instructors or mentors. Our best volunteers have the ability to flex into either role and are open to applying to both. INSTRUCTORS The instructional component of our programs is …
International Art Museum of Ameria
he International Art Museum of America, located in the up-and-coming Central Market Art and Cultural District, is a public-benefit, non-profit art museum which has been open since October 2011. We offer many meaningful opportunities to volunteers in our exciting museum. …
Home First of Santa Clara County
Volunteering is one way you can help end homelessness in our community. We work with individuals; groups from faith-based, corporate, neighborhood, or community organizations; and families or groups of friends. You can donate your time at one of our local …
Goatlandia Farm Animal Sanctuary
Goatlandia Farm Animal Sanctuary is a forever home to orphaned, abused or neglected farm animals. Goatlandia also advocates a plant-based diet as a way to ensure less farm animals are orphaned, abused or neglected. Volunteer opportunities abound – from mucking …
The Crucible
As a nonprofit, we depend heavily on the unique skill-sets of our diverse volunteer force. Our volunteer pool—around 150 individuals active at any given time—helps power nearly every aspect of what we do, from the office to the studio floor, …
Contra Costa Civic Theatre
http://ccct.org/participate/volunteer-opportunities/
We have dozens of volunteer opportunities available; everything from helping in the office to building sets to ushering before the show. We’ve listed a few below to get you thinking. Ushering Be the face of CCCT and help our patrons …
Town Cats
Town Cats is a non-profit volunteer-based no-kill cat and kitten adoption center/shelter and feral cat advocacy organization dedicated to enriching the lives of homeless cats and kittens in the south Santa Clara county through an aggressive rescue and adoption program, …
Palo Alto Art Center
http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/csd/artcenter
The Palo Alto Art Center is your place to discover art. See, make, and be inspired because everyone is an artist. Created by the community, for the community in 1971, the Palo Alto Art Center provides an accessible and welcoming …
Berkeley Food & Housing Project
Since 1970, Berkeley Food & Housing Project has been a compassionate provider of homeless services. We believe that everyone has a basic right to food, housing, and stability, and we work one-on-one with our clients to help them move toward …
Bay Area Discovery Museum
http://bayareadiscoverymuseum.org/
Bay Area Discovery Museum is a nonprofit children’s museum with a mission to transform research into early learning experiences that inspire creative problem solving. We are currently looking for volunteers to assist on the museum floor. This position plays a …
Minds Matter San Francisco
All volunteers at MMSF start off in one of two roles: instructors or mentors. Our best volunteers have the ability to flex into either role and are open to applying to both. INSTRUCTORS The instructional component of our programs is …
International Art Museum of Ameria
he International Art Museum of America, located in the up-and-coming Central Market Art and Cultural District, is a public-benefit, non-profit art museum which has been open since October 2011. We offer many meaningful opportunities to volunteers in our exciting museum. …
Home First of Santa Clara County
Volunteering is one way you can help end homelessness in our community. We work with individuals; groups from faith-based, corporate, neighborhood, or community organizations; and families or groups of friends. You can donate your time at one of our local …
Goatlandia Farm Animal Sanctuary
Goatlandia Farm Animal Sanctuary is a forever home to orphaned, abused or neglected farm animals. Goatlandia also advocates a plant-based diet as a way to ensure less farm animals are orphaned, abused or neglected. Volunteer opportunities abound – from mucking …
The Crucible
As a nonprofit, we depend heavily on the unique skill-sets of our diverse volunteer force. Our volunteer pool—around 150 individuals active at any given time—helps power nearly every aspect of what we do, from the office to the studio floor, …
Contra Costa Civic Theatre
http://ccct.org/participate/volunteer-opportunities/
We have dozens of volunteer opportunities available; everything from helping in the office to building sets to ushering before the show. We’ve listed a few below to get you thinking. Ushering Be the face of CCCT and help our patrons …
Town Cats
Town Cats is a non-profit volunteer-based no-kill cat and kitten adoption center/shelter and feral cat advocacy organization dedicated to enriching the lives of homeless cats and kittens in the south Santa Clara county through an aggressive rescue and adoption program, …
Palo Alto Art Center
http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/csd/artcenter
The Palo Alto Art Center is your place to discover art. See, make, and be inspired because everyone is an artist. Created by the community, for the community in 1971, the Palo Alto Art Center provides an accessible and welcoming …
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