Volunteer in New York, NY
Tell me when shifts open up in New York
One email, when a local nonprofit posts something. Nothing else.
Nonprofits based in New York
15 registered nonprofits headquartered in New York, from public IRS records. 14 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.
Matches adult mentors with young people aged 7 to 17 across the five boroughs, free for families, since 1904
Tends the full 843 acres of Central Park — trees, gardens, water bodies and woodlands — plus public tours and family activities
The country's oldest homeless advocacy and direct service organisation, founded in NYC
Food pantries, community arts and outreach on the Upper West Side
Social services, arts and health care for the Lower East Side, founded in 1893
Matches public high school students with volunteer mentors through to college
Runs over 1,000 volunteer projects a month with partner nonprofits and schools citywide
Distributes over 11 million meals a year, with pantry and meal-service volunteer shifts
Health care, housing and job training for New Yorkers experiencing homelessness
Design-based youth programme keeping students engaged in school for four to six years
Rowing and academic support for young people, including adaptive athletes
Works for the safety, healing and self-determination of survivors of domestic and other gender violence
Meals, shelter and recovery programmes on the Bowery, serving New Yorkers since 1879
Food pantry, clothing room and the Welcome Table meal programme in Chelsea
Health care, legal help, education and arts for young people, under one roof
Run a nonprofit in New York? List your shifts here so neighbours searching for somewhere to help can find you.