Tutoring Plus of Cambridge

Tutoring Plus of Cambridge is a local nonprofit that offers free tutoring, mentoring and enrichment programs to Cambridge students in grades 4 through 12. Its mission is to advance educational equity by supporting young people’s academic, personal and social growth. Students receive individualized homework help, build positive connections with peers and adults, and take part in a social-emotional and critical consciousness curriculum, with enrichment programs focused on math, science and media.

The program runs on volunteers: about 200 tutors who live, work or study in Cambridge and nearby communities meet with their students for an hour in the evening at six locations across the city. Tutoring Plus provides a structured environment for volunteers and a highly personal learning setting for students, and volunteers describe the staff support behind the scenes as a reason they return year after year.

What to Know

• Tutoring Plus serves about 175 children.
• The organization is listed as minority owned and led.
• Volunteers can join a Volunteer Advisory Committee.
• The organization has received support from the Cummings Foundation.