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!
Find A Volunteer Opportunity
Recent Volunteer Opportunities
Tenants Together
http://www.tenantstogether.org
Tenants Together is a nonprofit organization dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of California tenants to safe, decent and affordable housing. As California’s only statewide renters’ rights organization, Tenants Together works to improve the lives of California’s tenants through …
The Peace Alliance
http://www.thepeacealliance.org
We are an alliance of organizers and advocates throughout the United States taking the work of peacebuilding from the margins of society into the centers of national discourse and policy priorities. Our network includes volunteer grassroots teams in hundreds of …
West Oakland Green Initiative
http://treesforwestoakland.org/
Did you know that in West Oakland kids are seven times more likely to suffer from respiratory illnesses than any other kid in California? We have some of the worst air quality and we need your help to continue to …
HandsOn Tech Silicon Valley
http://www.handsontechsiliconvalley.org
The goal of the HandsOn Tech Program is to educate and intensify the understanding and application of technology within the nonprofit sector. Through the contributions of many, we will aim to develop deeper knowledge and application of technology within Santa …
Bay Area Christian Church Community
BACC Community combines the resources of several established community service groups with the local support of BACC members to create a community of active and inspired volunteers. We specialize in helping children with special needs, and are expanding to meet …
San Francisco Women Against Rape
http://www.sfwar.org/volunteers.html
Description of Organization and/or Volunteer Opportunities Available: SFWAR is a women of color led, volunteer-based organization that has provided rape crisis services to survivors of sexual assault for over 30 years. As the primary provider of rape crisis services in …
Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue
http://www.scwildliferescue.org
Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release or sick, injured and orphaned wildlife and to the promotion of understanding and appreciation of wildlife through our Education Outreach program.
Fresh Approach
The mission of Fresh Approach is to encourage healthier children, families and communities through community education, innovative programming and novel partnerships that promote a stronger local food system and better-informed choices about food and nutrition. Founded in 2008, Fresh Approach …
Napa Valley Museum
http://www.napavalleymuseum.org
Situated mid-valley in the historic town of Yountville, between St. Helena and Napa, the Museum provides unique experiences that enrich the cultural fabric of our community through exhibitions and educational programs. At Napa Valley Museum, explore the connections between our …
City Dog Share
https://www.facebook.com/citydogshare
City Dog Share is a free dog-sitting co-op which organizes localized facebook groups for members to post to volunteer or share each other’s dogs, when they have dogs that need to be watched. We currently have open groups in SF …
Tenants Together
http://www.tenantstogether.org
Tenants Together is a nonprofit organization dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of California tenants to safe, decent and affordable housing. As California’s only statewide renters’ rights organization, Tenants Together works to improve the lives of California’s tenants through …
The Peace Alliance
http://www.thepeacealliance.org
We are an alliance of organizers and advocates throughout the United States taking the work of peacebuilding from the margins of society into the centers of national discourse and policy priorities. Our network includes volunteer grassroots teams in hundreds of …
West Oakland Green Initiative
http://treesforwestoakland.org/
Did you know that in West Oakland kids are seven times more likely to suffer from respiratory illnesses than any other kid in California? We have some of the worst air quality and we need your help to continue to …
HandsOn Tech Silicon Valley
http://www.handsontechsiliconvalley.org
The goal of the HandsOn Tech Program is to educate and intensify the understanding and application of technology within the nonprofit sector. Through the contributions of many, we will aim to develop deeper knowledge and application of technology within Santa …
Bay Area Christian Church Community
BACC Community combines the resources of several established community service groups with the local support of BACC members to create a community of active and inspired volunteers. We specialize in helping children with special needs, and are expanding to meet …
San Francisco Women Against Rape
http://www.sfwar.org/volunteers.html
Description of Organization and/or Volunteer Opportunities Available: SFWAR is a women of color led, volunteer-based organization that has provided rape crisis services to survivors of sexual assault for over 30 years. As the primary provider of rape crisis services in …
Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue
http://www.scwildliferescue.org
Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release or sick, injured and orphaned wildlife and to the promotion of understanding and appreciation of wildlife through our Education Outreach program.
Fresh Approach
The mission of Fresh Approach is to encourage healthier children, families and communities through community education, innovative programming and novel partnerships that promote a stronger local food system and better-informed choices about food and nutrition. Founded in 2008, Fresh Approach …
Napa Valley Museum
http://www.napavalleymuseum.org
Situated mid-valley in the historic town of Yountville, between St. Helena and Napa, the Museum provides unique experiences that enrich the cultural fabric of our community through exhibitions and educational programs. At Napa Valley Museum, explore the connections between our …
City Dog Share
https://www.facebook.com/citydogshare
City Dog Share is a free dog-sitting co-op which organizes localized facebook groups for members to post to volunteer or share each other’s dogs, when they have dogs that need to be watched. We currently have open groups in SF …
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