Corporate Partners/Partner Profiles
The Advisory Board Company The Advisory Board Company makes it easy for staff to volunteer: Each employee may use 10 hours of paid time each month to volunteer during the workday. In 2006 nearly 80% of the firm participated in service at least one time.
Atlantic Media Company In an effort to promote skills-based volunteerism, the company has developed a unique partnership with the Urban Alliance Foundation, working one-on-one with high school seniors on their college essays. In addition, as a response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Atlantic Media employees worked with the faculty and students at a school in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana to design and publish a yearbook that documented their year of recovery.
 CapitalSource CapitalSource provides financing for small and mid-sized businesses, offering unparalleled solutions to the complex financial challenges those businesses face, so they can grow and prosper. CapitalSource has a unique partnership with the Alice C. Tyler Childhelp Village in Culpeper County, VA. Annually, the company provides gifts and volunteers for their holiday celebration and organizes a summer field day with guest speakers, volunteers from the company, and athletic gear for all the children served by the Village. In addition to special events and partnerships such as this example with Childhelp, CapitalSource also supports its employees’ passion for community service through a daytime volunteer leave policy and a matching gift program.  Corporate Executive Board Corporate Executive Board hosts an annual in-house Board Service Training Program for senior staff as one element of their service. The group spends a half-day together learning from the nonprofit sector’s most respected practitioners including Billy Shore, Founder and Executive Director of Share our Strength, and Chris Murphy, Executive Director of City Year Washington, DC.
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