| Founded | 2016; 9 years ago (2016) |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable organization |
| Location | |
Key people | Stanley A. McChrystal (Board Chair) Jesse Colvin (CEO) |
| Website | www |
Service Year Alliance is an Americannonprofit organization headquartered inWashington, D.C.[1]
The organization was formed in 2016 through the merging of three historical national service efforts (theFranklin Project at theAspen Institute,Service Nation, and the Service Year Exchange project of theNational Conference on Citizenship[2]).
In March 2018, the organization acquired theAmeriCorps Alums program fromPoints of Light.[3]
In 2017, Service Year Alliance launched a campaign to save funding for national service. The campaign culminated on August 30, with over one hundred volunteers dressed in inflatable dinosaur costumes acrossWashington, D.C.[4]
In 2018, Service Year Alliance launched a campaign to grow funding for national service. The campaign culminated on May 7, with over one hundred volunteers dressed in inflatable eagle costumes acrossWashington, D.C.[5]
Serve America Together was a campaign connected to the2020 United States presidential election in an effort to make national service more prominent. Its coalition partners included theStudent Veterans of America,The Mission Continues, theNational Peace Corps Association,YouthBuild andTeach for America. The co-chairs of the campaign wereStanley McChrystal,Arianna Huffington,Robert Gates, Laura Lauder,Andrew Hauptman andDeval Patrick.[6] On July 8, 2019,Pete Buttigieg became the first candidate to accept the Serve America Together challenge;[7] on August 27, 2019,Kirsten Gillibrand became the second candidate;[8] and on September 17, 2019,Tom Steyer became the third candidate.[9]
In 2019, Service Year Alliance partnered withArizona State University to create a three-credit online and in-person course called National Service and American Democracy aboutAmerican democracy andcivic engagement.[10]
Service Year Alliance launched the Service + Tech initiative on December 11, 2018.[11] with funding provided bySchmidt Futures,SAP, andCisco.[12] The foundingcorporations were theCorporation for National and Community Service,AmeriCorps,Teach For America,City Year, Reading & Math Inc.,Public Allies, theNational Peace Corps Association, andCitizen Schools. The founding training partners werePer Scholas,Make School,General Assembly, Northeaster's Align Program,Code for America, andLinkedIn.[13]