Volunteer in Chicago, IL
Tell me when shifts open up in Chicago
One email, when a local nonprofit posts something. Nothing else.
Nonprofits based in Chicago
15 registered nonprofits headquartered in Chicago, from public IRS records. 15 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.
Paid after-school and summer programmes for nearly 20,000 Chicago teens a year
Open-admission animal shelter and clinic in River North, with extensive volunteer programmes
Supportive housing and services for women moving on from homelessness
Education, legal and family services alongside Chicago's immigrant and low-income families
Cleanups, habitat restoration and advocacy for the Chicago-Calumet river system
Organic urban farm in Englewood running paid employment training and food programmes
Builds and repairs homes across Chicago with volunteer crews, and runs a ReStore
Meals, supportive housing and foodservice job training for Chicagoans facing homelessness
Food pantries, home delivery and mental health counselling across Chicago's north side
Literacy programmes funded by used bookstores in the West Loop and Pilsen
The country's oldest continuously operating rescue mission — shelter and meals in Chicago
No-kill adoption centres, spay/neuter clinics and community programmes for cats and dogs
Daytime drop-in centre, interim beds and permanent housing for women facing homelessness
Street outreach, a mobile health bus and youth housing for unhoused Chicagoans
Rescues donated bicycles and redistributes them locally and internationally
Run a nonprofit in Chicago? List your shifts here so neighbours searching for somewhere to help can find you.