City Year transforms the lives of two distinct sets of constituents — but it doesn’t stop there. Relying on powerful stories to engage them, it also transforms the lives of donors.

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

“But with every company with which we try to create a partnership, it all starts with understanding what their corporate social-responsibility interests are, what their corporate values are, understanding what it is we do, what it is we want to do, trying to find that right match — which isn’t always simple,” he adds.