Volunteer Expo

Find Your Way to Give and Give Back

The Standard’s Volunteer Expo is Oregon’s largest gathering of nonprofits, volunteers and donors. Every fall, the Expo brings people together with organizations in one place to discover volunteer service and donation opportunities. The free event helps members of our community discover opportunities that fit their skills and interests.

Volunteer Expo 2026

Join the movement to make our communities a better place. At the 2026 Volunteer Expo, you can meet in person with nonprofits that need your skills and support.

Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Pacific
Pioneer Courthouse Square
Portland, Oregon

Volunteer Opportunities All Year Long

Don’t wait until the next expo to get involved. Opportunities to give back to the Portland-metro community are available year-round. Whether you're looking to volunteer once or long term, you can find the right match for your talents and interests.

Participating organizations represent the arts, culture, humanities, the environment, animal welfare, health, human services and more.

Interviews With Participants

Watch these interviews with nonprofits that were at this year's Volunteer Expo.

Make an Impact

The Volunteer Expo is a pillar of The Standard's Employee Giving Campaign. This year-round initiative encourages employees to donate to support schools and nonprofit organizations.

The Standard and our parent organization Meiji Yasuda double match employee contributions. In 2024, we raised almost $6 million for 2,739 organizations during the Employee Giving Campaign.

16

Years we’ve connected volunteers with nonprofits at the Volunteer Expo
100+

Number of local nonprofits we host and support at the event

Find Your Community

“The Volunteer Expo allows so many more people to get exposed to the nonprofits in our community and find ways to get into volunteer service and find their community.”
Brandi Tuck
Executive Director, Path Home

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Help celebrate the beauty and breadth of opera.
A vibrant and evolving opera company whose success spans more than five decades in the city and region we love.
Rewriting Life Stories

In 1983, POIC expanded on its workforce training program, by creating Rosemary Anderson High School (now RA Prep) — a community-based alternative school, named for its founding director. As new community needs arose, POIC expanded its offerings to provide culturally-specific wrap-around services.

Today, POIC's holistic service-delivery model serves over 3,000 youth, adults, and families each year by providing a wide range of support for those affected by poverty, homelessness, mental illness, and family instability.

 
We help people help parks.
As the city's chief philanthropic partner, Portland Parks Foundation works to ensure Portland parks thrive and grow across all our communities.
We present the finest pianists of today and tomorrow and foster the growth of musicianship in our region through education and inspiration.
Portland Piano International has presented more than 180 artists in recital and through outreach activities. Some of the greatest pianists in the world of music have played for Portland audiences because of this organization. While pianists have many opportunities to play the concerto repertoire, this is one of only a handful of recital series that remains devoted to the solo piano recital.
Portland Radio Project is your non-profit community radio station, closely tuned in to PDX
Our mission is to elevate local artists and organizations through streaming, broadcasting and podcasting, engaging new generations of arts lovers and community supporters.