In-kind sponsors provide knowledge and/or products that help City Year maximize the impact corps members make in communities and schools, the efficiency of our staff and the potential of our organization.
City Year is grateful for the unique support and expertise these companies provide throughout the year:
IBM (International Business Machines) is the world's top provider of computer products and services. As a corporate citizen, IBM focuses its greatest resources, technology and talent to develop initiatives that enrich the lives of communities across the globe. IBM’s World Community Grid initiative utilizes grid computing technology to harness the power of hundreds of thousands of idle computers to advance humanitarian research projects. City Year has become a partner of World Community Grid, joining the IBM Corporation and a group of more than 400 companies, associations, foundations, nonprofits and academic institutions. Join City Year, Inc. on the World Community Grid!
KPMG is an international firm that specializes in audit, tax, and advisory services. For KPMG, community involvement is an integral part of its corporate mission. The firm has developed successful global strategies for working with clients and its employees and is now developing a global approach to community activities that builds upon the active local involvement of its member firms. City Year is privileged to have KPMG prepare our financial audits and provide tax review counsel at a discounted rate.
The Microsoft Company has been a generous supporter of City Year since 1999, providing the organization with software and technology to help connect the City Year network through standardized communications tools and interconnected Web-based information systems. As a result, City Year has been able to expand its computer capabilities to more effectively meet pressing needs in the communities where we serve. Thanks to Microsoft’s investment and support, City Year is using technology to light up civic imaginations nationwide.
WilmerHale, formerly known as Hale and Dorr LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering LLP, offers unparalleled legal representation across a comprehensive range of practice areas that are critical to the success of their clients. Community service and pro bono representation have been long traditions at the heart of WilmerHale, and City Year is grateful to be one of their pro bono clients. The firm generously donates its time and expertise, providing critical legal services to City Year on an ongoing basis. In 2006, WilmerHale was officially named City Year's "National Legal Counsel."
In addition to their generous investments as National Leadership Sponsors, these companies provide City Year with in-kind donations:
ARAMARK
Cisco
Comcast
CSX
Pepsi
The Timberland Company
T-Mobile
and Deloitte
For more information on becoming a National In-Kind Sponsor, please contact Nicole Quinlan, Senior Manager of Corporate Development, at nquinlan@cityyear.org.