Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 69.67
Liaison Julie Newman
Submission Date Sept. 30, 2021

STARS v2.2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
EN-13: Community Service

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.78 / 5.00 MIT Office of Sustainability
Director
Office of Sustainability
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Part 1. Percentage of students participating in community service 

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 1 of this credit (student participation in community service)?:
Yes

Total number of students:
4,516

Number of students engaged in community service:
2,574

Percentage of students engaged in community service:
57.00

Part 2. Community service hours per student

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)?:
No

Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:
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Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:
0

Part 3. Employee community service program

Does the institution have a formal program to support employee volunteering during regular work hours?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s program to support employee volunteering:
The MIT Community Service Fund supports the efforts of MIT students and colleagues working directly with people in need.

MIT volunteers serve food at the MIT Soup Kitchen, Project Manna, and Community Cooks. They are counselors and mentors at Camp Kesem, a college student-run summer camp for kids with a parent who has cancer. They teach, tutor, and mentor underserved students through programs like Amphibious Achievement, Read to a Child, Tutoring Plus, ReachOut. They encourage students’ interest in math, science, and engineering through MITxplore, DynaMIT, Club de Ciencias, and the TTT Mentor Program; they build girls’ confidence through SHINE for Girls and the MIT Women’s Initiative.

MIT employee contributions support these efforts and more. In 2020, the CSF awarded a total of $69,600 in grants to a variety of community initiatives, including:
* The MIT Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center
* Public service initiatives led by MIT students and staff
* Cambridge nonprofits:
* Cambridge Community Center
* Cambridge School Volunteers
* CASPAR
* Charles River Conservancy
* Community Art Center
* People Making a Difference
* Project Manna
* Read to a Child
* TTT Mentor Program
* Tutoring Plus of Cambridge

Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:
No

Total number of employee community service hours contributed annually through programs sponsored by the institution:
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Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s community service programs is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
4,516 is the number of undergraduates enrolled for credit; graduate students were excluded.

Additional links:
http://csf.mit.edu
https://pkgcenter.mit.edu
https://ir.mit.edu/2020-gss

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.