Volunteer in Oakland, CA
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No nonprofits have posted shifts in Oakland yet. These California places have openings now.
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Nonprofits based in Oakland
15 registered nonprofits headquartered in Oakland, from public IRS records. 11 of them have a volunteer page on their own site, linked below. They don’t list volunteer shifts here yet — contact them through their own sites.
Supplies food agencies across Alameda County, with warehouse and distribution volunteer shifts
Storybook park at Lake Merritt with puppet shows, animals and gardens, staffed partly by volunteers
Adoption centres and low-cost veterinary clinics across the East Bay, with youth and adult volunteer roles
Crisis intervention, legal help and youth programmes for survivors of domestic and sexual violence
Housing, education and employment support helping foster youth move into independent adulthood
Raises funds for Oakland Public Library and runs the volunteer-operated Bookmark bookstore downtown
After-school and summer programs for Oakland young people, run in schools across the city
Museum and garden exploring California art, history and natural sciences, with volunteer gallery roles
Zoo in the Oakland hills with conservation programmes and a long-running volunteer corps
Nursery and garden work employing people affected by incarceration, building food sovereignty in East Oakland
Senior housing, outreach and a preschool serving West Oakland families
Youth development, arts and academic programs from kindergarten to adulthood in East Oakland
Runs the historic Peralta Hacienda house and park in Oakland's Fruitvale district
Urban Indigenous women-led land trust returning East Bay land to Indigenous people
Healing arts education in Oakland schools, plus public art and community engagement, from West Oakland
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