Alumni
Get Involved
Community Partners provides meaningful volunteer opportunities for HBS alumni. We connect alumni volunteers with local nonprofits seeking our help with business and management challenges.
Join a project team, work together with fellow alums, and contribute your skills and experience to make an impact in our community.
Brainstorming Sessions
2 Hours, One Event
A two-hour, high energy meeting of four or more alumni, including an experienced moderator, addressing a clearly defined challenge or opportunity along with leaders from the organization.
Traditional Consulting Projects
2-3 Hours Per Week, 3-4 Months
A comprehensive team project lasting several months, addressing business-related issues such as strategic planning, organizational development, finance and marketing.
Why Volunteer With Us?
- Give back to the community by supporting causes that match your passion.
- Experience unique opportunities to apply your HBS skills to new challenges. Think ‘case-study’.
- Take advantage of the flexible time commitments that enable busy people to participate.
- Build meaningful connections with alumni peers and nonprofit leaders through collaborative working sessions.
- Get started – our structured approach makes it easy for you to jump right in.
What To Expect As A Project Volunteer
Pre-Project
Projects are carefully screened and project goals are well-defined prior to kickoff with volunteer teams.
Coordinators align projects to fit with alumni skills and interests and confirm nonprofit leadership is fully engaged with goals and process.
Projects are structured to produce actionable advice for nonprofit clients.
Project Launch
Volunteer Coordinators with sector experience provide guidance to teams throughout the project.
Consulting teams are provided with a toolkit, collaboration tools, and access to curated resources.
Brainstorming teams receive background materials in advance of moderated sessions.
Post-Project
We continually refine our process to improve volunteer experiences and outcomes for nonprofits.
Alumni volunteers and nonprofit clients provide insights on post-project surveys.
Coordinators interview clients 9 months after project completion to assess outcomes from team recommendations.
Volunteer Opportunities
Our project teams are currently seeking volunteers for projects listed here.
- All Harvard Business School alumni are encouraged to apply. No specialized industry or functional experience is required.
- Our Project Announcements are e-mailed to all NYC area HBS Alumni. If you are not receiving them and would like to, please contact us.
Please Check Back! All of our projects are currently underway and have complete teams. We post new projects regularly, so please check back here, or watch for our email announcements sent to local alumni.
What Our Alumni Volunteers Say
"Community Partners provides a most rewarding experience for both the nonprofit and the volunteer consultants."
"This was my first Community Partners project. The camaraderie that our team developed was extraordinary. And, the impact we had on the organization was very impressive and much appreciated by the client."
"This was an incredible learning experience - great exposure to top of mind questions of a well-branded nonprofit looking to grow."
"The brainstorming format is high impact and very rewarding. I learned a lot from my fellow alumni, all of whom had different backgrounds and perspectives."
"I’ve worked with some terrific teams on Community Partners projects. I hope more alumni will join us."
"Very smart, very high character team members. Honored to have been associated with them."
Know Nonprofit Leaders We Might Help?
Tell Us. We welcome learning of organizations we might help if they are located in the Greater NYC area.