Volunteer LGBTQ+ Community Navigator

Overview

The Loop Roots Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to supporting justice-impacted families through transportation, therapy, and technology-driven programs. Our mission is to remove the physical, financial, and emotional barriers that prevent families from maintaining meaningful connections with incarcerated loved ones, accessing mental health care, or navigating reentry. Founded in 2025, the Loop Roots Foundation operates nationally, with an initial focus on underserved communities in Maryland, Arizona, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, California, and Virginia.

Our key initiatives include:

• Loop Connect: A ride credit sponsorship platform that provides free or subsidized rides to prison visitation facilities, allowing families to stay in contact during incarceration.
• Loop Talk: A HIPAA-compliant virtual therapy program offering trauma-informed mental health care to justice-impacted individuals and caregivers, including children.
• Loop Troop Rideshare Partnership:
  We collaborate with the Loop Troop Rideshare platform to ensure families have access to safe, reliable, and culturally competent transportation services.

The Loop Roots Foundation is committed to using community-based, technology-enabled tools to restore dignity, promote healing, and reduce generational harm. All of our programs are offered without discrimination to build a truly supportive ecosystem for families across the U.S.

Loop Roots Foundation

Remote Work (U.S.

-based preferred)

20–25 hours per week

Flexible schedule

Loop Roots Foundation is a nonprofit focused on strengthening families, reducing isolation, and supporting individuals navigating complex social systems. Many of the individuals and families we serve identify as LGBTQ+, and we are committed to ensuring our programs are inclusive, affirming, and responsive to their needs.

We are seeking a Volunteer LGBTQ+ Community Navigator to support LGBTQ+ individuals and families connected to our programs. This role focuses on guidance, advocacy, and connection to affirming resources, while also helping the organization remain grounded in the needs of the community we serve.

This is a meaningful opportunity for someone with a social work, advocacy, or community organizing background who wants to make a direct impact through nonprofit work.

• Serve as a welcoming and affirming point of contact for LGBTQ+ participants
• Help individuals and families navigate social services, community resources, and support systems
• Provide culturally competent guidance and advocacy
• Assist with developing resource lists, referral pathways, and outreach materials
• Offer feedback to staff on program inclusivity and community needs
• Support community engagement efforts aligned with the foundation’s mission

• Strong commitment to supporting LGBTQ+ individuals and families
• Familiarity with community resources, social services, or nonprofit environments
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to handle sensitive topics with empathy and discretion
• Background in social work, counseling, advocacy, or lived experience is a plus

• Hands-on nonprofit and community advocacy experience
• Opportunity to contribute to inclusive, mission-driven work
• Flexible remote schedule
• Professional development and mentorship opportunities