Self-Directed Service Opportunities

Below are a list of non-profit organizations in Philadelphia.  Click on these links to learn more about volunteering or donating to these particular organizations:

  • Project Home – Volunteers help to further Project HOME’s mission to end homelessness and alleviate poverty in Philadelphia.
  • Philabundance – We provide food to approximately 90,000 people per week – of which 30% are children and 15% are senior citizens – through our network of nearly 350 member agencies including food cupboards, shelters, emergency kitchens and more.
  • The Share Food Program – a nonprofit organization serving a regional network of community organizations engaged in food distribution, education, and advocacy.
  • MANNA – a non-profit organization that cooks and delivers nutritious, medically-appropriate meals and provides nutrition counseling to neighbors who are battling life-threatening illnesses such as cancer, renal disease, and HIV/AIDS
  • Cradles to Crayons – We help kids in poverty: kids who don’t have shoes that fit, or a coat warm enough to fend off winter winds, or a backpack to take their books and supplies to and from school.  Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive – at home, at school and at play.
  • Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission – Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission, a non-profit organization, ministers in the name of Jesus Christ to the physical and spiritual needs of homeless and disadvantaged people in the Philadelphia area.