Find volunteer opportunities on Idealist

Idealist offers a database of volunteer opportunities where you can search for opportunities appropriate for kids 18 years and younger. Just check the box that corresponds to the age of your students. Each volunteer opportunity is reviewed by an Idealist staff member before it is posted to ensure that the opportunity is age appropriate.

You can search our database by entering in your geographic location, your students' interests, or a keyword that describes the type of opportunity they are looking for. Search results will contain either a phone number or an email address of the host organization so that you can contact them for more information. Click here to start your search.

Find your local volunteer center

Another possible place to look for volunteer opportunities is your local volunteer center. Volunteer centers are dedicated to connecting people with the community's volunteer needs. Find one nearest you:

Volunteer centers around the world

The International Association for Volunteer Effort
Here you will find a list of volunteer centers in countries around the world. On many of these centers' websites you can find an even more complete listing of centers in that specific country, making it simple to locate the bureau closest to you.

United Way International
Select a country in order to find your local United Way affiliate.

Australia

Go Volunteer
Click on "About Us" on the homepage and then "VA's Network" on the next page, and you will be brought to a listing of regional volunteer resource centres throughout Australia.

Canada

United Way Canada
Click on the dot that represents your city or do a search by postal code or community.

United Kingdom

do-it.org
Find contact details for your local volunteer bureau using the "VB Finder" on the left and then call your local center.

United States

1-800-Volunteer.org
Search by state or zip code.

United Way
Use the search tool on the left side of the page and your zip code to find your local United Way.

Online volunteer matching organizations

The following volunteer matching organizations can help connect your students with opportunities that fit their interests.

Volunteer opportunities around the world

Idealist.org

Australia

Go Volunteer

ActNow

United Kingdom

do-it.org

United States

Idealist.org

Volunteer Match

Hands On Network

Kids Care Clubs

Finding nonprofit organizations

You may decide that you would like to go straight to the source and locate specific nonprofit organizations in your community in order to find volunteer opportunities.

On Idealist, you can search for nonprofit organizations whose work matches the interests of your students. For example, a search of the Idealist nonprofit database for organizations in Portland, Oregon with the area of focus specified as "environment" provided a list of 60 organizations with which one could work.

Try a search for organizations in your community.