Our corporate and university partners provide major, sustained volunteer services to students. These partnerships involve corporate commitment, collaboration, and recruitment of employees. 

We welcome inquiries from prospective new partners for our Reading Buddies, KeyPals, and NetPals programs. Partners may also send teams of volunteers to a school near their building where CSV operates an after-school Learning Center once a week, to our spring-only outdoor learning program, Art & Science in One, or to College & Career Mentoring Program essay writing and scholarship application workshops. Contact Meg Ramsdell to learn more about our corporate and university volunteer opportunities at mramsdell@cpsd.us.

Benefits for students:  Positive mentor relationships are a way for students to develop a relationship with smart and caring adults and enhance skills and enthusiasm around an academic focus during the school day

Benefits for volunteer mentors:  Make a difference in a child’s life and contribute to an inclusive workforce in your industry.

Benefits for companies and Institutions: Provide a unique benefit to your employees to be involved in the public schools. Make a contribution to to your community by advancing students’ academic and personal success.

Corporate & University Partners 2023–24

Audible (NetPals)
BioNTech (NetPals)
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (NetPals)
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.  (KeyPals, NetPals) 
Google (NetPals)
Meta (NetPals)
MIT (KeyPals)

MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NetPals)
MIT Department of Chemical Engineering (NetPals)
MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering (NetPals)
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NetPals) 
Philips North America (NetPals)
Sanofi (Reading Buddies, NetPals)
Volpe Center (Reading Buddies, NetPals)

Event Sponsors

Our major fundraising event is a fun and social dance party every spring, attended by past and present volunteers, educators and other Cambridge Public School staff, community members, and of course our own team and board of directors. Join as a sponsor and broadcast your support of what students need—from the rooftops!

2023 CSV NOW! Sponsors

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

CambridgeSide 

Cambridge Half Marathon

Audible

Cambridge Savings Bank

Cambridge Trust Charitable Foundation

DJ Beshkan/Amir Abdolahi 

Eastern Bank Foundation

Eversource 

Harvard/MIT Coop Gives

HMFH Architects

Irving House at Harvard

Philips Innovation Labs

Trinity Property Management

Business Supporters

CSV is grateful to the businesses who support us through in-kind donations; by offering the community a way to make a donation of a percent of sales; and by hosting our open office hours in the community.  In 2021–22 these supporters included:

American Flatbread
Cafe Zing
Darwin’s Ltd.
La Saison Bakery 
Lamplighter Brewery 
Playa Bowls Harvard Square
Porter Square Books
Staples

If your business is interested in supporting CSV, please email Ophelia Navarro, CSV’s development manager, at onavarro@cpsd.us