Do good in Hamburg
410 active pro bono opportunities with local organisations in Hamburg, Germany — donate, volunteer or share your skills.
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Top opportunities in Hamburg
VolunteeringCross diagonal inclusive and sustainable Your volunteer work in the secondhand department store with cafe
DRK Hamburg Harburg e.V.
The Deutsches Rotes Kreuz in Hamburg-Harburg is a versatile welfare organization with more than 60 facilities, including 17 daycare centers, a hospice, the Harburg-Huus for the homeless, and several refugee accommodations. Around 450 volunteers are active in areas such as disaster relief, childcare, homeless assistance, and integration projects.
DonationCollective Film Shoot
Libertalia* e.V.
Conceived as a serial sequence, the project traces the fluid movements between rapids and lulls of the Barkasse* and its crew toward seaworthiness, autonomy and collective self-organization.
DonationMaterial for the physiotherapy of our four-legged friends
Hamburger Tierschutzverein von 1841 e. V.
Help us support the recovery and health of our beloved four-legged friends with various materials for physiotherapy in our animal shelter.
....a fire that wants to be ignited!
Lothar und Ingrid Hemshorn Stiftung
The Hemshorn-Stiftung supports talented, Christian-oriented children and young people from low-income families in their upbringing, schooling and further education.
FundraisingNew clubhouse for TSC Wellingsbüttel
TSC Wellingsbüttel v. 1937 e.V.
Construction of a barrier-free clubhouse with two sports rooms, changing rooms, a catering area, a meeting room, and office spaces.
DonationFit through the summer, stylish into the season
FC St. Pauli Handball
New warm-up shirts are the goal for the season now starting, so that we can present ourselves in a uniform and smart appearance. Everyone contributes what they can, so we can make the warm-up shirts available to all children and young people.
VolunteeringBecome a HerzCaspar Buddy in Hamburg
HerzCaspar e.V.
HerzCaspar pursues the vision that young people and their relatives can also experience lightness, courage and connection during times of serious illness. To this end, we create connecting encounters between young volunteers and young patients, during which they can forget about their illness.
DonationFuturs immergés | Flood fictions
Libertalia* e.V.
Art program on the Elbe that speculatively addresses the coming floods in the area of the Hansestadt Hamburg and attempts to make engagement with these future perspectives more accessible, concrete, local and personally tangible.
FundraisingWet vacuum cleaner for the THW - preparedness for heavy rainfall events
THW Helfervereinigung Hamburg-Wandsbek e. V.
The Technisches Hilfswerk (THW) Hamburg-Wandsbek urgently needs a robust and high-performance wet vacuum cleaner of the type Kärcher NT 50/1 Mwf in order to be able to help even faster and more effectively during operations.
DonationBasketball Youth
Meiendorfer SV
Our new basketball division needs mobile basketball hoops that are height-adjustable for our younger members. The mobile basketball hoops cannot be paid for from the current budget.
VolunteeringShape educational opportunities locally — become part of our site leadership team
StudyTutors e.V.
StudyTutors e.V. organizes free tutoring by volunteer students for financially disadvantaged children and young people and awards an association scholarship.
DonationKulTOUR-Crew: Experiencing Culture & Leisure Together for Hamburg Youth
YoungStars Hamburg e. V.
KulTOUR-Crew takes young people out of their everyday lives and into Hamburg's cultural and leisure world. They discover new places, experience special moments, get to know other ways of life and gain self-confidence.
Ways to help
Four practical ways to support Hamburg
Volunteer locally
Join an organisation in person for a few hours a week.
88 offers
Donate to a listed cause
Support a listed local organisation through their own page.
53 offers
Support a campaign
Back a current fundraising effort run by a local organisation.
269 offers
Offer professional skills
Contribute legal, design, language or technical support pro bono.
How to help in Hamburg
Pick your path
About Hamburg
How Hamburg helps — and how you can take part
Hamburg's nonprofit sector is shaped by its port history and its strong tradition of civic responsibility. Established institutions such as Hamburger Tafel, Diakonie and Hinz&Kunzt sit alongside grassroots initiatives in homelessness support, harbour-area community projects and migrant integration.
If you live in Hamburg or the surrounding region, you can volunteer locally, donate to a listed Hamburg organisation or contribute professional skills — many initiatives explicitly look for legal, design or language support.
The opportunities on this page are aggregated from public NGO directories and a curated list of established Hamburg charities, reviewed before publishing and updated daily.
Causes
What Hamburg-based NGOs work on
Poverty & Hunger opportunities in Hamburg
109 offers
Education opportunities in Hamburg
103 offers
Health & Wellbeing opportunities in Hamburg
56 offers
Climate & Environment opportunities in Hamburg
46 offers
Arts & Culture opportunities in Hamburg
40 offers
Technology for Good opportunities in Hamburg
28 offers
Animal Welfare opportunities in Hamburg
13 offers
Refugees & Migration opportunities in Hamburg
10 offers
Mental Health opportunities in Hamburg
4 offers
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FAQ
Common questions about helping in Hamburg
How can I volunteer in Hamburg?+
Browse the opportunities on this page and click through to the organisation you'd like to join. Most listings include direct application or contact details. There is no doing-good.org middle step — you sign up with the organisation directly.
Can I donate to Hamburg organisations instead of volunteering?+
Yes. Many listed opportunities are donation campaigns from local organisations. Donations go directly to the organisation through their own page — we don't process or hold funds.
How are Hamburg opportunities selected for this directory?+
Each listed organisation is checked to make sure it is a real, publicly identifiable NGO or community initiative. We don't endorse individual projects beyond confirming the source, but we exclude duplicates and unverifiable entries.
Can I support Hamburg organisations remotely?+
Yes — many opportunities, especially donations and some pro bono services (legal advice, design, translation, tutoring online), can be offered remotely. Look for listings tagged 'pro bono' or 'donation' if you can't be physically present.
How often are opportunities updated?+
The directory refreshes daily from our sources. New opportunities appear within 24 hours of being published on the source platform; listings that are removed or expired are filtered out automatically.
I run a nonprofit in Hamburg — can we be listed?+
Yes, listings are free. Use the 'For organizations' link in the header to submit your opportunity, or write to info@doing-good.org. We review submissions to keep the directory trustworthy.
Browse active opportunities from organisations working in Hamburg. Listings link to each organisation's own page, where you can check current details and next steps.
Availability, eligibility and next steps may vary by organisation. Updated from active listings.
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