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 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.

Volunteer Expo 2025

Join the movement to make our communities a better place. At the 2025 Volunteer Expo, you can meet in person with nonprofits that need your skills and support.

Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Pacific
Pioneer Courthouse Square
Portland, Oregon

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 2023, we raised more than $5.5 million for more than 2,562 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

Search Directory of Nonprofits

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Love, Laughter and Companionship Await You
Cat Adoption Team’s mission is to save the lives of homeless, unwanted, sick, and injured cats and to work with our community to provide feline expertise and quality programs and services for people and cats.
The Cathedral Park Jazz Festival is the largest, free jazz festival west of the Mississippi, run on the power of volunteers and offering three days of entertainment for the community.
The Jazz Society of Oregon ™ is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to promote jazz music in the Pacific Northwest. We seek to provide jazz education, build membership engagement through events and publications, provide scholarships to new and existing artists and programs that teach jazz music, and foster a greater appreciation of this indigenous art form.
Until there is a cure, we will dance like princesses and fly like superheroes.
Chelsea's Closet offers children and their siblings to select a new costume and accessory from our mobile closet. The magical transformation of a child in costume results in courage and empowerment, as well as supporting therapeutic play recovery.
Helping Children Succeed, One Move at a Time
Chess for Success provides after-school chess instruction for Oregon and SW Washington children. Our focus is on children from communities of color and low-income families.
Supporting children who face medical challenges by providing healing art experiences.
Children’s Healing Art Project (CHAP) brings the healing power of art to children facing medical challenges at both hospitals and community events. At CHAP, children are known for their creativity and not by their disease, diagnosis or disability.