2009 In School & On Track Commitments

At the launch of In School & On Track, more than $18 million in major commitments to the In School & On Track initiative were made.

• Chancellor Michelle Rhee, D.C. Public Schools, and Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty announced a plan to significantly expand the District’s partnership with City Year over the next several years, from having City Year corps members serve in seven DC public schools to 33 schools – 25% of all the schools in the District of Columbia – to reach 50% of all the students in the District who are off track to high school graduation.
• Superintendent Tom Brady of Providence seeks to grow City Year's presence in his middle and high schools to reach 50% of the most at-risk students. Superintendent Brady announced that he is initializing an investment in City Year’s work in Providence and working on a plan to expand City Year in Providence schools to reach 50% of all the off-track students in the city.
• Longtime champions Jonathan and Jeannie Lavine pledged an additional $2.5 million. This tremendously generous gift - part of their $5 million commitment to City Year’s 20th Anniversary Campaign - supports City Year’s capacity-building initiatives for our national plans address the dropout crisis.
• National Trustee and City Year Los Angeles Board Chair Andrew Hauptman announced three $1 million gifts to expand City Year’s work, including his own pledge from the Hauptman Family Foundation. Gifts from both The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and an anonymous entertainment industry leader and his wife will help to scale City Year’s impact with at-risk children in Los Angeles.
• Washington-area philanthropists Jeffrey and Carolyn Leonard announced a $1 million challenge grant. This generous gift serves as a challenge grant to inspire private sector support for City Year Washington DC’s plans to reach 50% of the students in the District who are at-risk to not graduate.

City Year's National Leadership Sponsors committed to the In School & On Track initiative with expertise and new funding:

• The Cisco Foundation announced a $4.5 million grant, which will support the continued development of City Year’s Whole School, Whole Child service model. As part of its National Leadership Sponsorship, the Foundation will provide up to $1.5 million in cash and $3 million in product and services to help City Year build 21st-century collaboration and communications platforms to efficiently scale its school-based service model across the United States.
• Deloitte LLP becomes City Year’s newest National Leadership Sponsor, pledging $2.1 million over three years. Deloitte LLP will provide cash, intellectual capital and in-kind support to help with the strategy and implementation of City Year’s high school service program to help keep students on track to graduate and be college and career prepared.
• The PepsiCo Foundation announced $5 million in support of Diplomas Now. This commitment supports an exciting partnership between City Year, Communities in Schools and Johns Hopkins Talent Development to support a high impact collaboration uniting national service, whole school reform and integrated student support services in the nation’s most challenged high schools and their feeder schools.
• Brand Pepsi announced a renewed commitment of its National Leadership Sponsorship. City Year and Pepsi will work together on integrated marketing efforts to increase awareness among diverse young people about the opportunity to serve with City Year. Pepsi will support City Year’s recruitment initiative to expand the size and impact of its corps.

Major commitments have also been made previously by private philanthropists and our National Leadership Sponsors to our 20th Anniversary Campaign and City Year’s plan for scale and impact:

• City Year’s Chair of the Board of Trustees, Steve Woodsum, and his wife, Anne Lovett, pledged $2 million to help scale City Year’s national plans to help improve graduation rates. This tremendously generous gift is part of their $5 million commitment to City Year’s 20th Anniversary Campaign, supporting City Year’s capital and endowment needs, as well as to fund a team of corps members in Boston’s public schools.
• City Year champions David and Marion Mussafer pledged $1.35 million to City Year’s 20th Anniversary Campaign. Their wonderful commitment supports City Year’s work in stemming the dropout crisis both nationally and locally in Boston.
• ARAMARK has committed $1.8 million over three years and numerous in-kind donations to leverage the shared dedication of City Year and ARAMARK to improve communities through service.
• Bank of America has committed $1 million over two years to continue their support of City Year’s Young Heroes program.
• Comcast has committed $27 million over three years in cash and in-kind support-- including $24 million in donated air time to run City Year’s public service announcements—to support volunteerism, diversity and leadership development.
• CSX has committed $5.3 million over three years to support 13 City Year teams—making them the largest City Year corporate team sponsor—and as National Lead Safety partner provides CPR and first aid training to City Year’s staff and corps.
• Timberland has committed $2 million over three years to build more sustainable communities as City Year’s Official Green Partner and by providing City Year’s signature red jacket and boots as Official Outerwear & Footwear Provider.
• T-Mobile has committed $4.7 million over three years to support critical out-of-school time as City Year’s Lead Afterschool Partner and provides City Year staff and corps with devices to stay connected as City Year’s Official Wireless Partner.