For the Los Angeles, CA area, here are websites that list volunteer opportunities and connect volunteers with local organizations.

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  Lets Volunteer LA

  A local/regional directory provided by City of Los Angeles.

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  L.A. Works

  A local/regional directory provided by L.A. Works.

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• Patagonia Action Works

  Patagonia has supported grassroots activists working to find solutions to the environmental crisis. This platform connects individuals with environmental organizations, to take action on the most pressing issues facing the world today.

• County of Los Angeles

  The County needs your help to serve our most vulnerable and at-risk groups! Sign up as a volunteer on the website.

• City of Los Angeles

  Find a new way to support your community, through different city volunteer programs.

• UCLA Volunteer Center

  The UCLA Volunteer Center coordinates service activities on campus and throughout Greater Los Angeles to inspire members of the extended UCLA family to give their time and talent.

• Cal State LA

  CalState LA partners with non-profit organizations from our surrounding communities that offer a range of opportunities. Their EagleConnect community engagement portal makes it easy to view and sign up.

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  California Volunteers - Opportunity Platform

  Platform from California Volunteers listing volunteer opportunities across the state of California.

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Often prominent organzations rely on their widespread recognition rather than posting on volunteer recruiting websites.

LA Works is a full function volunteer center that provides vetting and matching of organizations and volunteers. Visit their website to learn more.

Many communities have local service clubs that offer community engagement opportunities, such as Rotary Clubs.

• Rotary Club of Los Angeles

  Rotary brings together the kind of people who step forward to take on important issues for local communities in Los Angeles.

• Exchange Club of Culver City

  For more than 75 years, the Exchange Club of Culver City has sponsored signature charity events aimed at elevating the public profile of Culver City and promoting civic pride while raising monies to support children, families in need, and unhoused veterans.

• LAX Kiwanis

  LAX Kiwanis is a volunteer-driven group of community-minded individuals and professionals dedicated to supporting local youth and families through scholarships, service projects, and hands-on community events.

• Kiwanis Entertainment Industry Group - Los Angeles

  The Kiwanis Club of Entertainment Industry Group – Los Angeles is a volunteer-led nonprofit supporting children, families, and youth through media education, community partnerships, and leadership programs that inspire the next generation of leaders.

• Los Angeles LA Downtown Lions Club

  Lions meet the needs of local communities and the world every day because they share a core belief – to serve their community. They meet on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday at 7 pm at the J J Grand Hotel.

• East Los Angeles Lions Club

  They meet every Thursday at 7 pm at the Stevens Steak House.

• Wilshire Rotary of Los Angeles

  Wilshire Rotary Club is part of a global network of over a million friends, neighbors, and leaders united in creating lasting change—around the world, in our communities, and within ourselves.

• Shine LA

  Shine LA is a movement that strengthens communities by bringing Angelenos together from across the city to beautify LA neighborhoods. Shine LA is every fourth Saturday of the month in neighborhoods across Los Angeles.

• MLK Day Volunteer Festival

  LA Works holds a Day of Service Volunteer Festival in honor of MLK Day. Held at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the event features family friendly hands-on activities tackling health equity, food insecurity, STEAM education, and more.

• UCLA Volunteer Day

  One of the university's largest community service events, it mobilizes students, faculty, staff, and alumni for projects at various partner sites like food banks, parks, and senior centers.

• Big Sunday’s Annual Thanksgiving Stuffing Event

  Big Sunday’s annual Thanksgiving event unites over 2,500 volunteers to fill 4,500 bags of holiday food—feeding 18,000 people across Los Angeles—while sharing music, breakfast, and a spirit of community and gratitude.

• The Midnight Mission’s Annual Thanksgiving Street Festival

  The Midnight Mission’s Annual Thanksgiving Street Festival brings thousands together for a day of warm meals, live music, and community spirit, as volunteers serve over 2,500 dinners celebrating comfort, dignity, and belonging for all.

• Community Service Days

  Community Service Days by the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles unite the Jewish community in hands-on volunteer projects across Los Angeles—addressing poverty, homelessness, education, hunger, and sustainability—while putting Jewish values into action through meaningful service, learning, and connection.

Many communities rely on grassroots and informal networks to meet urgent needs. There may be opportunities to get involved through mutual aid networks, food distribution efforts, neighborhood action teams, or other groups that aren’t often listed on volunteer platforms.

• Mutual Aid Los Angeles Network

  Mutual Aid LA Network (MALAN) is a connector and information hub for mutual aid efforts, people and resources across Los Angeles. We’re building toward abolition and believe in an abundant world that can be freed of oppression through community solidarity.

• Trans Defense Fund Los Angeles

  Trans Defense Fund Los Angeles (TDFLA) is a mutual aid resource that I created as a response to learning about the disproportionate violence that trans women of color face.

• No Us Without You LA

  Launched with a goal of feeding 30 families a week, No Us Without You LA is currently providing food security for over 500 families quarterly.

• WeHo Neighbors Helping Neighbors

  A grassroots group of residents in West Hollywood and WeHo-adjacent neighborhoods who serve senior citizens, people with disabilities, those in immunosuppressed households, and other vulnerable residents with phone check-ins and links to community resources during this health crisis.

• Helping skidrow (los angeles) homeless

  Group to help homeless in Los Angeles Skid Row.

• Mask Bloc LA

  Mask Bloc LA is a mutual aid group that distributes free masks in Los Angeles. Faced with toxic wildfire smoke and the ongoing threat of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, Mask Bloc has stepped up their efforts distributing KN95 and N95 masks to those who need them.

• LA Tenants Union

  The LA Tenants Union is a diverse, tenant-led movement fighting for the human right to housing for all. We demand safe, affordable housing and universal rent control.

• Grass Roots Neighbors

  Grass Roots Neighbors is a volunteer-driven community organization providing compassionate, hands-on support to neighbors facing food and housing insecurity.

• Ktown for All

  Ktown for All is a volunteer-led grassroots organization serving Koreatown’s homeless community members through direct aid and political advocacy.