City Year Fast Facts
City Year is a nonprofit organization that unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world. As tutors, mentors, and role models, these young leaders make a difference in the lives of children and transform schools and neighborhoods in the U.S. and South Africa.
This year, City Year’s 1,400 young leaders will complete more than 2.4 million hours of service through the following activities:
- Mentoring, tutoring, and educating school children in partnership with public schools
- Organizing after-school programs and school vacation programs
- Instituting programs that involve middle-school students in community service as “Young Heroes”
- Planning and leading physical service projects
- Teaching health and public safety curricula to children
From a 50-person summer pilot program in 1988, City Year has grown to 19 sites:
Boston, Massachusetts
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Chicago, Illinois
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Cleveland, Ohio
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Columbia, South Carolina
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Columbus, Ohio
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Detroit, Michigan
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| Little Rock, Arkansas |
Los Angeles |
| Louisiana |
Miami, Florida |
| New Hampshire |
New York, New York |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Rhode Island |
| San Antonio, Texas |
San José/Silicon Valley, California |
| Seattle/King County, Washington |
South Africa |
| Washington, D.C. |
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Since its inception, City Year has:
- Graduated more than 10,400 alumni
- Served 1,060,000 children
- Completed 16 million hours of service
- Partnered with more than 1050 corporations and 3,100 service organizations
- Engaged more than 1,000,000 citizens in service
For more information, read our City Year media kit.
For more information, please contact:
Alison Franklin
Co-Director of Communications
617-927-2612
afranklin@cityyear.org