Where can I find places to volunteer?

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If you're passionate about making a difference in your community but don't know where to start, finding the right volunteer opportunity can be a challenge. Fortunately, there are many online resources available that can help you connect with local organizations and causes that align with your interests and skills.
volunteermatch.org

VolunteerMatch - Where Volunteering Begins

Search Volunteer Opportunities. VolunteerMatch is the #1 volunteer-engagement network. Find volunteer information and listings in your local community now!

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Find local volunteer listings

idealist.org/en

Nonprofit Jobs, Volunteering, and More - Idealist

Idealist connects millions of idealists – people who want to do good – with opportunities for action and collaboration all over the world.

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Find career opportunities with nonprofit organizations.

meaningfulcode.org

Open-source for good

Pick a cause to support, find Open Source projects to contribute to, and make an impact! Write meaningful code, from environment, to health

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Write code for impactful projects that help the world.

Where can I find the most impactful places to donate?

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What can I do to tackle problems at their root cause?

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I have 1 hour. What can I do to help right now?

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What's the most impactful way to tackle the climate crisis?

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How can I help Ukraine?

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How can I contribute my talents in engineering / design / etc to an important cause?

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Where can I find good DATA about big problems?

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Some cool social-good projects to inspire me?

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Everything and More

Here you can search through everything in the above sections, and even more cool stuff that didn't necessarily fit anywhere else.
meaningfulcode.org

Open-source for good

Pick a cause to support, find Open Source projects to contribute to, and make an impact! Write meaningful code, from environment, to health

volunteerworld.com

▷ Volunteer Abroad | Projects Abroad 2025 | Volunteer World

llll➤ Volunteer World is a one-stop resource for volunteer abroad programs ✓ Explore the best volunteer projects around the world and make a difference abroad!

ncase.me/polygons

Parable of the Polygons - a playable post on the shape of society

A playable post on how harmless choices can make a harmful world.

gapminder.org/dollar-street

Dollar Street - photos as data to kill country stereotypes

ncase.me/ballot

To Build a Better Ballot

youtube.com/watch?v=DOWDNBu9DkU

Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everything

These folks engineering a much better way to deliver your basically anything. If you want to engineer your own creations with

gosolve.org

goSolve

Some problems are simply too big to solve alone. We’re building goSolve to help solve world problems together.

humanetech.com/course

Foundations of Humane Technology Course - Center for Humane Technology

A free, self-paced online course for professionals shaping tomorrow's technology. Join thousands globally, including people from top organizations such as Meta, Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and the United Nations.

change.org

The World’s Platform for Change · Change.org

Change.org is the world’s largest petition platform, using technology to empower more than 200 million users to create the change they want to see.

ucsusa.org

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Union of Concerned Scientists puts rigorous, independent science to work to solve our planet's most pressing problems. Joining with people across the country, we combine technical analysis and effective advocacy to create innovative, practical solutions for a healthy, safe, and sustainable future.

youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pTh...

Climate Town - YouTube

Rollie Williams and a ragtag team of climate communicators, creatives and comedians are here to examine climate change in a way that doesn’t make you want to...

climaterealityproject.org

The Climate Reality Project

Get the tools, training, and network to fight climate change and together build the world we want.

climatevisuals.org

Home - Climate Outreach

youtube.com/watch?v=FdbJHeqQh00

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

nrdc.org/stories/how-where-spe...

How—and Where—to Speak Out for Climate Action

By taking a stand at town halls and in public hearings and by submitting public comments, you can play a part in the policy-making process.

allwecansave.earth

The All We Can Save Project

350.org/?r=PH&c=AS

350

350.org is turning the page on the fossil fuel industry and building a clean, just future by connecting powerful grassroots climate movements around the world.

rebellion.global

Extinction Rebellion | Join The Fight Against Climate and Ecological Collapse

Life as we know it is on the brink of collapse. Our governments have failed to protect us. Help us to build a powerful movement to change the course we are on.

docs.google.com/document/d/e/2...

How to Save a Planet: Calls to Action & Resources

thecarbonalmanac.org

The Carbon Almanac | Facts. Connection. Action.

The Carbon Almanac is a powerful tool to help us create change, right here and right now. See how you can share reliable knowledge to create meaningful impact.

cmzoo.org/conservation/orangut...

PalmOil Scan Mobile App - CMZoo

ecotokcollective.com

Environmental Content Creation | EcoTok

EcoTok Collective is a group of 18 climate change educators using social media as a platform for climate action. Our work focuses on climate change activism, environmental justice, and accessible climate change education.

ecosia.org

Ecosia - the search engine that plants trees

Ecosia uses 100% of its profits for the planet and produces enough renewable energy to power all searches twice over.

earthshotprize.org

The Earthshot Prize: Urgent Optimism & Action to Repair the Planet

The Earthshot Prize is a global challenge based on five Earthshots – ambitious goals for 2030 to fix our biggest environmental problems.

greenpeace.org/global

Greenpeace

Greenpeace

drawdown.org

Home | Project Drawdown

thesolutionsproject.org

The Solutions Project - Let's create the future we want.

The Solutions Project brings grants, media training, and star power to support local community organizations bringing renewable energy home.

artivistnetwork.org

Artivism | Artivist Network

The Artivist Network is a collective of arts activists and facilitators who support organizers and movements to more strategically engage arts, artists, and culture in creating systemic change. We focus specifically on climate justice organizing for its potential to provoke intersectional change.

volunteermatch.org

VolunteerMatch - Where Volunteering Begins

Search Volunteer Opportunities. VolunteerMatch is the #1 volunteer-engagement network. Find volunteer information and listings in your local community now!

volunteeringukraine.com/en

Volunteering Ukraine - The ultimate guide

Your opportunity to change the lives of millions. Volunteering opportunities in Ukraine - feeding troops, building houses, supporting communities, growing connections. Together we can do great things.

idealist.org/en

Nonprofit Jobs, Volunteering, and More - Idealist

Idealist connects millions of idealists – people who want to do good – with opportunities for action and collaboration all over the world.

taprootfoundation.org

Taproot

catchafire-20454893.hs-sites.com

Catchafire: bridging paths to stronger communities

Catchafire's platform sits at the intersection of philanthropy and employee engagement. We make it easy to provide and track volunteer opportunities.

dosomething.org/?theme=9

Fueling Young People to Change the World | DoSomething.org

Join a new generation of social activists and civic leaders taking action on the issues of equity and justice, climate and sustainability, and safety and wellbeing. Get involved, volunteer, make a difference, and jumpstart your community impact with DoSomething.org!

movingworlds.org/transform/pro...

TRANSFORM Support Hub for professionals, powered by MovingWorlds | MovingWorlds.org

Grow your skills, make a bigger impact, expand your network

novaukraine.org/get-involved

Get Involved – Nova Ukraine

Donate to Nova Ukraine One of the best ways to help is to donate funds to Nova Ukraine. Please see details on our Donate to Nova Ukraine page. Donate Funds Help Ukrainian Refugees in the US Ukrainian refugees who fled the war have arrived in the U.S. They need your help! Become a host. If you…

charitynavigator.org

Charity Ratings and Donor Resources | Charity Navigator

Use Charity Navigator's ratings and resources to find and support highly rated charities that align with your passions and values. Whether you're looking to give toward international relief, the environment, animal welfare, or something else, we empower you to donate and volunteer with confidence.

ourworldindata.org

Our World in Data

Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems

healthdata.org/data-tools-prac...

Data tools and practices | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Find our available data tools and learn about our data practices.

data.gov

Data.gov Home - Data.gov

worldometers.info

Worldometer - real time world statistics

Live world statistics on population, government and economics, society and media, environment, food, water, energy and health. Interesting statistics with world population clock, forest loss this year, carbon dioxide co2 emission, world hunger data, energy consumed, and a lot more

gapminder.org

Gapminder

hdr.undp.org

Home | Human Development Reports

ballotpedia.org/Main_Page

Ballotpedia

Ballotpedia is the digital encyclopedia of American politics and elections. Our goal is to inform people about politics by providing accurate and objective information about politics at all levels of government.

opensecrets.org

OpenSecrets

OpenSecrets is the nation's premier research and government transparency group tracking money in politics and its effect on elections and policy.

mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-w...

Wealth, shown to scale

Inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.

nrdc.org/take-action/toolkits

Practical Ways You Can Spark Change

Learn how to become a savvier consumer and an effective environmental and public health advocate with these toolkits and how-tos.

house.gov/representatives/find...

Find Your Representative | house.gov

aclu.org/writing-your-elected-...

Writing Your Elected Representatives | American Civil Liberties Union

commoncause.org

Common Cause: Fighting For The Democracy We Deserve - Common Cause

With the support of over 1.5 million members, Common Cause wins concrete, pro-democracy reforms that break down barriers to participation, promote accountability, and ensure that each of us has a voice.

represent.us

RepresentUs: Fight Corruption, Fix America

RepresentUs is America’s leading anti-corruption organization working city by city, state by state to fix our broken political system.

avatarsforukraine.com

Charity NFT Collection | Avatars for Ukraine

Avatars for Ukraine is a charity NFT collection of the iconic digital art created in response to the largest war since WWII. The avatars for the free nation. The incarnations of the spirit of Ukraine in its fight for existence. Created by the top digital Ukrainian artists and produced by the video game hit makers. 100% of the proceeds will support the humanitarian and defence efforts of Ukraine. The official collection approved by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.

allianceforukraine.org/uniting...

Accessibility Tools

AUA has developed resources to help people interested in sponsoring Ukrainians through the Uniting for Ukraine initiative.

boycottrussia.info

Companies must stop financing Putin's war | Boycott Russia

Hundreds of corporations continue to do business with Russia despite mounting public pressure to punish Putin’s regime for the invasion of Ukraine.

nrdc.org/stories/how-argue-peo...

How to Argue with People You Know and Love—IRL

Disagreements can escalate quickly, but with the wisdom to know what to say—and the courage to nurture meaningful dialogue—your efforts will be worthwhile.

youtube.com/channel/UCJm2TgUqt...

Second Thought - YouTube

Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a socialist perspective. Welcome!SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTSNe...

indivisible.org

Homepage | Indivisible

starvoting.org

STAR Voting

beautifultrouble.org

Beautiful Trouble

Creative tools for a more just world.

nationbuilder.com

NationBuilder: Build the Future

80000hours.org

80,000 Hours: How to make a difference with your career

You have 80,000 hours in your career. How can you best use them to help solve the world’s most pressing problems?