Volunteers
Join a community of professionals who dedicate themselves to making a profound difference in our students’ lives.
This is your opportunity to offer deep service, grow your skills, and build lifelong friendships.
Volunteer for Yearlong Roles
Apply for the 2024-2025 Program Year!
We are now recruiting volunteers for the 2024–2025 program year. We primarily look for yearlong volunteers—mentors, instructors, and various Program & Community leaders. The majority of our roles are in-person in San Francisco or San Jose. To learn more about these roles, visit our Yearlong Roles page.
We follow a rolling admissions process for volunteers, priority for our mentor, instructor, and pod leader spots is given to those who apply earlier.
To submit an application to volunteer with Minds Matter Bay Area, click on the button to the right; our team will be in touch with you soon!
Questions? Contact the team at join@mindsmatterbay.org
Join the Associate Board
Applications open January 10, 2025! In the meantime, fill out an Interest Form.
Our application for the 2024–25 cohort is now closed. Applications for the 2025-26 cohort open on January 10, 2025.
Please fill out an Interest Form so you can stay on our radar as you wait for applications to open! There are also ways to get involved in the meantime that will strengthen your application:
Follow MMBay on social media (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X / Twitter) to learn about us and share our posts with your network
Attend our flagship fundraising event (School Night on October 8)
Donate directly (here) or through your network, with bonus points for having your employer / network's employers match donations
Run an MMBay focused-fundraising campaign of your own (access our campaign toolkit here) - we are happy to partner with you, as well as share intel and resources to increase MMBay's footprint
Consider mentoring at our MMBay program and understanding the organization at its roots (apply to mentor here)
For any questions, please contact joinab@mindsmatterbay.org.
Start a New Site
Are you interested in starting a new site of Mind Matter Bay Area (MMBay) in Oakland or elsewhere in the Bay Area?
We have 2 roles that we’re recruiting for as part of our site leadership teams (called Steering):
Applications are now open! If you’re interested in applying, visit the application form on the right.
Provide Ad-Hoc Support
Throughout the year, there may be one-off opportunities to pitch in (e.g. volunteering to facilitate a flagship fundraising event) or roles with a shorter time commitment.
Currently we are looking for people interested in helping with session operations for the 2024-2025 school year.
“We provide much more than college access. We effect generational change for low-income students.”
Janaki K.
MMBay Volunteer Leader 2016-2023
MMBay Mentor 2016-present