About Volunteer Nearby
Volunteer Nearby is a small community project that makes it easy to find volunteer opportunities near you — without scrolling through five different nonprofit websites.
What we list
Right now: hand-curated opportunities in the Portland, Oregon metro (Portland, Beaverton, Tigard, Hillsboro, and the westside suburbs). We focus on opportunities that are open to the public, recurring or flexible enough to make commitment realistic, and run by established organizations.
Where we're going
The site is built to expand nationally. As we add more curators (or partner with regional volunteer hubs), new metros will appear in the location filter. If you'd like to help curate a city, email hello@volunteernearby.org.
How listings get here
Every listing is reviewed by hand. We link to the host organization's own signup page rather than running our own — your relationship is with the org, not with us. We are not affiliated with the organizations listed; we just point at them.
Are these listings always current?
We try, but volunteer programs change. Always confirm details with the host organization before you show up. If you spot a listing that's out of date, let us know.
Find more opportunities
Each organization we list runs more programs than what we feature here. Their own volunteer pages:
- American Red Cross Cascades Region
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest
- Bird Alliance of Oregon
- Blanchet House
- Cascade AIDS Project
- Cat Adoption Team
- Catholic Charities of Oregon
- Forest Park Conservancy
- Free Geek
- Friendly House
- Friends of Trees
- Habitat for Humanity Portland Region
- Hillsboro Schools Foundation
- Lan Su Chinese Garden
- Meals on Wheels People
- Medical Teams International
- Northwest Children's Outreach
- Oregon Food Bank
- Oregon Humane Society
- Outside In
- Pixie Project
- Portland Art Museum
- SMART Reading
- SOLVE Oregon
- Sunshine Division
- Tigard Public Library
- Transition Projects
- Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District
For broader searches across the metro and nationally:
- Hands On Greater Portland — Portland-metro hub
- VolunteerMatch — largest US database
- Idealist — national, includes paid roles
- AmeriCorps — term-of-service / stipended roles