Bain Capital

Bain Capital and its employees have contributed to City Year’s development, growth, and success for more than three decades. Since 1988, the firm and its people have invested in City Year through a wide range of philanthropic support, including over $65M in financial contributions. Hundreds of Bain Capital employees have participated in volunteer projects, given their expertise as advisors and board members, and made generous financial contributions to the organization.

The firm was not only one of the first contributors to City Year’s endowment in 1998 but was also instrumental in the founding of the annual Investment Community Breakfast in Boston. Bain Capital has sponsored teams of City Year AmeriCorps members for over 20 years, helping develop and support young people giving a year of service in systemically under-resourced schools in Boston, London, New York, Providence, and San Jose/Silicon Valley. Additionally, the firm is the only company that has supported every one of City Year’s domestic sites, sponsoring 25^th anniversary gala events and the underwriting of Red Jacket Society program nationwide.

Speaking about the partnership, Jonathan Lavine, Chairman of Bain Capital and Board Chair Emeritus of City Year, said, “City Year and Bain Capital share a common belief that supporting young people’s education, growth and development is the single most important investment we can make in our future. City Year is an incredible double bottom-line investment. It helps students in high poverty public schools succeed, and at the same time develops AmeriCorps members into civic-minded leaders of tomorrow.”

Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private investment firms. Since its founding, the firm has supported a wide array of charitable and nonprofit organizations in communities around the world. Through the Bain Capital Community Partnership, the firm works with organizations like City Year to make a lasting impact in the neighborhoods where they work and live.