Grants for School Tutoring Programs

Education and literacy skills are very important success. If you notice your child or student struggling in a specific area, tutoring is a viable option. Tutoring is a way for a student to get ahead in schooling and not fall behind. Several grants are available for school tutoring programs. 

Learning is very important to the success of a student. Sometimes it takes a little extra help from a teacher or mentor. That help is normally is known as tutoring. There are several grants available to help fund school tutoring programs.

• Work Study Tutoring: This program allows college students and younger students to collide with their learning. A college student who is doing a work study program at their college can sign up to tutor kids after school. This is helpful for both parties and makes an excellent choice for a grant.


• Match Corps: This grant is also tailored to students for school tutoring. It seems that the tutors are recent college graduates. These college grads are employed by a "charter school" and are chosen to tutor one student for the entire school year. This type of tutoring program helps build relationships outside of class with an older mentor. This is a very successful program. 


• After School Grants: There are several organizations that will help sponsor after school tutoring. For example: the YMCA in some states and also the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Contact a local agency to ask for more details.


• Local Companies will give grants. Check out local agencies that provide grants to specific functions. Some places like State Farm offer grants to schools for tutoring. The award grants to k-12 schools in the United States and Canada.


• The Entergy Charitable Foundation is a form of literacy grant that allows students to learn to read and write. They provide the funds to do so and it is a really productive grant for tutoring.