About VolunteerPGH

VolunteerPGH is a free directory of volunteer opportunities across Greater Pittsburgh. We pull together the work that nonprofits, schools, parks, shelters, and faith communities are quietly doing every day — and make it searchable in one place.

No login. No account. No fees. Search, find something that fits, and show up.

How to use VolunteerPGH

  1. 1. Search. Type a keyword (e.g. tutor, food bank, park) or browse the popular chips on the home page.
  2. 2. Filter. Narrow by cause, commitment, neighborhood, and work type on the Browse page.
  3. 3. Save favorites. Heart any opportunity. Favorites persist in your browser — no account needed.
  4. 4. Share a list. Group favorites into a list and share the link with friends, family, or your team.

Where the data comes from

VolunteerPGH aggregates listings daily from 245 Pittsburgh-area organizations. Every listing links back to the original posting so you can verify details, sign up directly with the organization, and trust what you’re seeing.

Organizations included in VolunteerPGH
  • Catholic Charities Pittsburgh
  • Jewish Family and Community Services of Pittsburgh
  • I Want To Mow Your Lawn ®
  • Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh
  • Pleasant Hills Public Library
  • YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh
  • Allegheny County Department of Human Services
  • Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania
  • Goodwill of Southwestern PA
  • American Red Cross of Southwestern Pennsylvania
  • Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
  • Grane Hospice
  • Ways to Connect Pittsburgh
  • Friends of the Riverfront
  • Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
  • Pittsburgh Cares: Private Service Days
  • Sojourner House
  • United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania
  • Animal Friends
  • Family House Pittsburgh
  • UPMC Magee-Womens
  • Amedisys Hospice of Washington
  • Casa San José
  • Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
  • Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
  • The American Red Cross Greater Pennsylvania
  • Vitalant
  • Cancer Bridges
  • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
  • Free Store Wilkinsburg
  • Lawrenceville United
  • Tree Pittsburgh
  • Freedom Unlimited, Inc.
  • Humane Action Pennsylvania
  • Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group
  • Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium
  • The Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania
  • The Open Door
  • Three Rivers Rowing Association
  • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
  • Vincentian Home
  • the Petey Greene Program
  • 412 Food Rescue
  • Allegheny Services Foundation
  • Amachi Pittsburgh
  • Amedisys Hospice Care of Monongahela
  • BikePGH
  • Build Site
  • Crisis Center North
  • First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh
  • Glade Run Lutheran Services
  • Grow Pittsburgh
  • Hilltop Urban Farm
  • Homeless Children's Education Fund
  • Homewood Children's Village
  • Life Builders
  • Little Free Library
  • Macedonia FACE
  • Munhall Volunteer Fire Company # 1
  • National Health Corps Pittsburgh
  • Open Field
  • Pennsylvania Mountain Service Corps
  • PitCare, Inc.
  • Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership
  • Reading is Fundamental Pittsburgh
  • WQED Community Engagement
  • Washington Area Humane Society
  • Yoga Recovery Pittsburgh
  • ACEing Autism - 501(c)3
  • ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • Achieva
  • Acquaint
  • Alenza Wellness Community Outreach
  • Allegheny CleanWays
  • Allegheny Health Network
  • Allegheny Land Trust
  • American Cancer Society
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Western Pennsylvania Chapter
  • American Red Cross — Greater Pennsylvania Region
  • Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall
  • Anti Hunger Corps
  • Attack Theatre
  • Auberle
  • August Wilson African American Cultural Center
  • BASE - Brothers and Sisters Emerging
  • Bach Choir of Pittsburgh
  • Berkeley Hills Volunteer Fire Company (Station 247)
  • Bethany Hospice & Palliative Care
  • Bethel Park Volunteer Fire Company
  • Bethlehem Haven
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh
  • Bike Pittsburgh
  • Bloomfield Development Corporation
  • Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Western PA
  • Braddock Carnegie Library
  • Breakthrough Collaborative
  • Bricolage Production Company
  • Bridges Hospice, Inc
  • Brighten A Day Foundation
  • Brother's Brother Foundation
  • Building Bridges day
  • Butler County Family YMCA
  • CASA of Allegheny County
  • CHS Food Pantry
  • CLASS - Community Living And Support Services
  • Campus Compact — University of Pittsburgh
  • Carnegie Library of Homestead
  • Castle Shannon Volunteer Fire Department
  • Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
  • City of Asylum
  • City of Pittsburgh — City Planning
  • Cochran Hose Co. (Sewickley Station 258)
  • Common Cause Pennsylvania
  • Compass
  • Construction Junction
  • DICK'S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon
  • Dress for Success Pittsburgh
  • ENGin
  • East End Cooperative Ministry
  • Easterseals Western and Central Pennsylvania
  • Elliott Acres Therapeutic Riding Center
  • Etna Volunteer Fire Department (Station 149)
  • Family House
  • Family Service Corps
  • Familylinks (incl. Vintage Center for Active Adults)
  • First Trinity Lutheran Church
  • First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh
  • Foundation Fighting Blindness
  • Foundation of HOPE
  • Ganga Library, Nobel & Prize Winners Library!
  • Girls Inc. of Greater Pittsburgh
  • Girls Rugby Pittsburgh
  • Greater Hope Restoration Ministries
  • Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
  • Hazelwood Initiative
  • Head for the Cure
  • Heinz History Center
  • Hello Neighbor
  • Hill Community Development Corporation
  • Hilltop Alliance
  • Hindu Jain Temple of Pittsburgh
  • Holiday Park VFD (Plum Station 236)
  • Hope Grows
  • Hope Hospice
  • I Support The Girls, Pittsburgh
  • Independence Health System (formerly Excela)
  • Inspiring Service
  • Iota Phi Foundation
  • JCC Pittsburgh — AgeWell
  • Jewish Association on Aging
  • Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
  • Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania
  • Just Harvest
  • KEYS Service Corps
  • Lawrenceville Corporation
  • Letters Against Isolation
  • LifeSpan, Inc.
  • Literacy Pittsburgh
  • Logans Ferry Heights VFD (Plum Station 235)
  • Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia
  • Meals on Wheels Southwest PA
  • Mt. Lebanon Fire Department (Volunteer)
  • Mt. Lebanon Public Library
  • Mt. Washington Community Development Corp
  • NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania
  • NCJW Pittsburgh
  • National Aviary
  • New Sun Rising
  • North Hills Art Center
  • North Hills Community Outreach
  • Northland Public Library
  • Northside Common Ministries
  • Northside Food Pantry Advisors
  • OCA Pittsburgh - Asian Pacific American Advocates
  • Oakland Planning and Development Corporation
  • Open Hand Ministries
  • POWER (Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery)
  • Penn Hills Library
  • Penn Hills VFD No. 222 (Rosedale)
  • Penn Hills VFD No. 223 (North Bessemer)
  • Penn Hills VFD No. 227
  • Pennsylvania Interfaith Impact Network (PIIN)
  • Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
  • Perrysville VFC (Ross Township Station 248)
  • Persad Center
  • Phipps Conservatory
  • Pittsburgh Action Against Rape
  • Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
  • Pittsburgh CLO (Civic Light Opera)
  • Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse
  • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
  • Pittsburgh Equality Center
  • Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation
  • Pittsburgh Lions Club
  • Pittsburgh Magazine Volunteer Directory
  • Pittsburgh Mercy's Operation Safety Net
  • Pittsburgh National League
  • Pittsburgh Opera
  • Pittsburghers for Public Transit
  • Quantum Theatre
  • Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh
  • Repair the World Pittsburgh
  • Riverlife
  • Rivers of Steel
  • Rodef Shalom Congregation
  • Salvation Army Western Pennsylvania
  • Sewickley Public Library
  • Sewickley United Methodist Church
  • Shaler Villa Volunteer Fire Company
  • Sierra Club Allegheny Group
  • Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum
  • South Hills Interfaith Movement (SHIM)
  • Special Olympics Pennsylvania — Western Region
  • St. Clair Health
  • Survivor PAC
  • Ten Thousand Villages Pittsburgh
  • The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh
  • The Citizen Science Lab
  • The Education Partnership
  • The Lighthouse Foundation
  • The Mentoring Partnership of Southwest PA
  • The Woodlands Foundation
  • Three Rivers Adaptive Sports
  • Three Rivers Rowing Development
  • Three Rivers Rowing Operations & Volunteers
  • Three Rivers Waterkeeper
  • Travel Unity
  • Travelers Aid Society of Pittsburgh
  • Tube City Renaissance
  • Unity VFD (Plum Station 233)
  • UpstreamPgh (Nine Mile Run Watershed Association)
  • Uptown Partners
  • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
  • Venture Outdoors
  • Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania
  • VisAbility (formerly BVRS Pittsburgh)
  • Vitalant - Pennsylvania
  • Wesley Family Services
  • Western PA Diaper Bank
  • Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
  • Whitehall Public Library
  • Wildbird Recovery
  • Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh
  • YWCA Greater Pittsburgh

New to Pittsburgh? Meet a local

Just moved here? The free Newcomer Ambassador Program matches people new to Pittsburgh with a vetted local ambassador for one-on-one help settling in — from finding a neighborhood to figuring out the buses. It's part of Life in Pittsburgh, the same family of civic tools VolunteerPGH belongs to. Meet your ambassador.

Been here a while and know the city well? Long-time locals can become an ambassador themselves.

Who’s behind VolunteerPGH

VolunteerPGH is built and maintained by Pittsburgh Tomorrow as part of the Life in Pittsburgh family of civic tools.

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