OSINT Volunteer Opportunities

Explore opportunities to volunteer with non-profit organisations

Volunteering for non-profit organisations is a great way to get into OSINT because it offers practical, hands-on experience in real-world situations. Non-profits often work on global issues requiring extensive research and intelligence gathering, giving volunteers the chance to hone their skills using OSINT tools and techniques.

With fewer resources, volunteers can take on significant roles, learning how to collect, analyse, and report data effectively. This experience, combined with networking opportunities, helps build a strong foundation for a career in OSINT, while contributing to meaningful causes aligned with ethical practices.

Looking for OSINT volunteers for your non-profit organisation? Contact Sarah (@) OSINT.uk to get added to the list.

Locate International 🇬🇧

Locate International is a UK Registered Charity dedicated to locating the missing and naming the unidentified, ensuring that every possible effort has been made to bring answers to families. They are entirely volunteer-powered and rely on donations.

Volunteer with Locate International

Centre for Information Resilience 🇬🇧

The Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) is an independent, non-profit social enterprise dedicated to exposing human rights abuses and war crimes, countering disinformation and combating online behaviour harmful to women and minorities.

Volunteer with the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR)

Trace Labs 🇨🇦

Trace Labs is a nonprofit organisation whose mission is to accelerate the family reunification of missing persons while training members in the tradecraft of open source intelligence (OSINT).

Volunteer with Trace Labs

Innocent Lives Foundation 🇺🇸

Innocent Lives foundation is a 501(c)(3) organisation with the mission of identifying anonymous child predators and to help bringing them to justice.

Volunteer with Innocent Lives Foundation

Operation: SafeEscape 🇺🇸

Since 2014, Operation Safe Escape has been working with survivors of domestic violence, stalking, and harassment to help them find safety and freedom.

Volunteer with Operation Safe Escape

Project 1591 ® 🇺🇸

The first ever crowdsourcing process & platform that enables volunteers to become force multipliers to Guardian Group's mission of illuminating child victims of sex trafficking in the United States.

Volunteer with Project 1591 ®

The National Child Protection Task Force 🇺🇸

The National Child Protection Task Force is a rapid-response task force locating missing children, identifying predators, & fortifying law enforcement's ability to tackle complex crimes against society's most vulnerable.

Volunteer with the National Child Protection Task Force

Sentinel Foundation 🇺🇸

The Sentinel Foundation provides Special Operation methodology to solve complex problems worldwide that affect human life and specifically children. Sentinel Foundation focuses on counter child sex trafficking and crisis response to preserve human life during emergency situations.

Volunteer with the Sentinel Foundation

OSINT FOR UKRAINE 🇳🇱

OSINT FOR UKRAINE is an independent investigative (non-profit) foundation dedicated to using Open Source Intelligence to investigate International crimes committed in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian war, Research Influence and Disinformation operations in Europe, and to provide Specialized OSINT and OPSEC advisory and training.

Volunteer with OSINT FOR UKRAINE

Night Owl Reconnaissance 🇺🇸

Night Owl Reconnaissance is a 501(c)3 non-profit organisation with the purpose to contribute to the detection and prevention of causes that lead to missing individuals, assisting in investigations of missing persons, and offering victim assistance and resources to those recovered. Founded in 2019, we have focused on investigating individual missing persons cases while working to expand to the detection and prevention of missing persons and offering resources for those who have been recovered.

Volunteer with Night Owl Reconnaissance

Trace Flare 🇺🇸

Trace Flare is working to cultivate dynamic, interconnected communities that prioritise well-being, equity, and innovation, creating a brighter future for all.

Volunteer with Trace Flare