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
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 …
The All Stars Project of the San Francisco Bay Area
http://www.allstars.org/content/bay-area-all-stars
The All Stars Project of the San Francisco Bay Area (ASP of SF Bay Area) brings innovative, performance-based development opportunities to youth throughout the Bay Area’s poorest neighborhoods. All Stars’ after-school programs support young people to grow as leaders and …
Sunday Streets, a project of Livable City
http://www.sundaystreetssf.com/volunteer
Sunday Streets are events that encourage recreation, community activities and fun in San Francisco. Sunday Streets closes stretches of city streets to automobile traffic, and opens them to people for several hours on a various Sundays throughout the year, so …
Save the Bay
Save The Bay was started over 50 years ago by three brave women who had an “impossible” idea – that people, working together, could prevent the Bay from being destroyed. Our founders were right. They led tens of thousands of …
Breakthrough Silicon Valley
Our dual mission reflects our desire to positively change the path of each of our student’s lives, to increase the number of talented teachers joining the education workforce, and to have a beneficial impact on our community. To that end, …
Spaulding Wooden Boat Center
Located in the heart of Sausalito’s waterfront, Spaulding Wooden Boat Center (SWBC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, sharing, and celebrating the area’s rich history of traditional wooden boatbuilding. With its 20,000 sq. ft. working wooden boatbuilding facility, historically …
Mangalam Centers
http://www.mangalamcenters.org
Located in the heart of downtown Berkeley, two blocks from the UC campus, Mangalam Centers is home to several programs dedicated to the preservation and transmission of Tibetan Buddhist teachings and culture. Our work is carried out by volunteers – …
SF Vegetarian Society
The San Francisco Vegetarian Society (SFVS) is a non-profit organization that has been working in the Bay Area for over 40 years promoting a vegetarian diet as a healthful and humane way of life. The Society is run entirely by …
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 …
The All Stars Project of the San Francisco Bay Area
http://www.allstars.org/content/bay-area-all-stars
The All Stars Project of the San Francisco Bay Area (ASP of SF Bay Area) brings innovative, performance-based development opportunities to youth throughout the Bay Area’s poorest neighborhoods. All Stars’ after-school programs support young people to grow as leaders and …
Sunday Streets, a project of Livable City
http://www.sundaystreetssf.com/volunteer
Sunday Streets are events that encourage recreation, community activities and fun in San Francisco. Sunday Streets closes stretches of city streets to automobile traffic, and opens them to people for several hours on a various Sundays throughout the year, so …
Save the Bay
Save The Bay was started over 50 years ago by three brave women who had an “impossible” idea – that people, working together, could prevent the Bay from being destroyed. Our founders were right. They led tens of thousands of …
Breakthrough Silicon Valley
Our dual mission reflects our desire to positively change the path of each of our student’s lives, to increase the number of talented teachers joining the education workforce, and to have a beneficial impact on our community. To that end, …
Spaulding Wooden Boat Center
Located in the heart of Sausalito’s waterfront, Spaulding Wooden Boat Center (SWBC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, sharing, and celebrating the area’s rich history of traditional wooden boatbuilding. With its 20,000 sq. ft. working wooden boatbuilding facility, historically …
Mangalam Centers
http://www.mangalamcenters.org
Located in the heart of downtown Berkeley, two blocks from the UC campus, Mangalam Centers is home to several programs dedicated to the preservation and transmission of Tibetan Buddhist teachings and culture. Our work is carried out by volunteers – …
SF Vegetarian Society
The San Francisco Vegetarian Society (SFVS) is a non-profit organization that has been working in the Bay Area for over 40 years promoting a vegetarian diet as a healthful and humane way of life. The Society is run entirely by …
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