Issue 247

Support youth-serving organizations with year-end and on-going contributions!

During the Holiday Season youth serving organizations are reaching out for financial support. Please use my lists to find and choose programs to aid with your contributions.

I wish you all a safe, healthy, happy and HOPE-filled holiday season.

Visit https://tutormentorexchange.net/

The ideas and resources shared in this monthly newsletter are intended to help you build and sustain mentor-rich, school and non-school, tutor, mentor and learning programs that reach K-12 youth in all areas of persistent poverty. Use these in Chicago, or anywhere in the world.

Please share this so others in your city can find and use these resources!

 

Are you thinking about accepting donations in crypto currencies?

I don't yet accept contributions in Bitcoin or other crypto currencies but this article from Mercy Home for Boys and Girls offers valuable insight from any who are considering this option.

open link

Do you have resources to share about using Bitcoin?

Mercy Home is one of the Chicago youth serving organizations that I include on the lists hosted on the Tutor/Mentor website.

 

 

 Old Ideas. Same Problems. New Solutions Needed.

I created this graphic in the 1990s to show that I understood there were many issues that needed the attention of policy makers and donors. I just wanted support for youth in high poverty areas, via organized, on-going, volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs to be a slice of their giving strategies.

View it in this 2009 article.

Navigate the Tutor/Mentor Library.
The graphic below shows topics that I focus on in the Tutor/Mentor library and weekly blog articles.

In this blog article I list websites, concept maps, visual essays, etc. that I point to over-and-over, often using Tiny ULR addresses. It's another way for you to find ideas to use to help kids and help your community.

Below are resources to help you start 2026.

* Give feedback on new federal education tax credit. Read this article in YOUTH TODAY.

* The National Mentoring Summit will be held in Washington, DC on February 4 to 6, 2026 - click here for details

* MENTOR Greater Milwaukee is hosting a symposium on January 26, 2026 - click here for details

* Alberta Mentoring Partnership tips for Mentoring Month celebrations - click here

* AfterSchool Alliance resources - click here

* Chicago Mentoring Collaborative - click here

* South Side STEM Asset maps - read about using maps - click here

* Incarceration Reform Resource Center - click here

* Prison Policy Initiative - click here

These are just a few of the resources you'll find in the Tutor/Mentor library!

Thank you for reading this month's newsletter.

Please share this with people you know who work in non-school youth serving programs, or in sectors that should be strategically supporting such programs, such as business, philanthropy, education and public policy. If they are not receiving these newsletters then we have no way of engaging them. Also encourage friends, family, co-workers to sign up to receive this newsletter. 

I encourage others to duplicate what I'm doing. Write a blog and share your own vision, strategy and challenges. Share your link and I'll add it to this list in the Tutor/Mentor library.

View current and past newsletters at this link. 

To subscribe, just Click here. 
(If you subscribe, don't forget to respond to the confirmation email).

Please help fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC

Visit this page to help me celebrate my 79th birthday. 

Visit this page and add your support so I can keep this information available to you and the world.

Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present)
Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present)

Serving Chicago and the world since 1993.   Connect with Dan Bassill, founder and leader on one of the social media platforms. 

eMail Dan at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to schedule a ZOOM call and learn more about the strategies and resources he is sharing. 

Social Media Connections

Do a web search for "tutor mentor" and you'll find us on many platforms.

Connect with Dan  at 

BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/tutormentor.bsky.social

Dan Bassill  on LinkedIn

Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLCon Facebook group

Dan Bassill on Facebook Page

Dan Bassill on Mastodon - https://mastodon.social/@tutormentor1,
https://mastodon.garden/@tutormentor1 and @This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dan Bassill on Instagram  and on Twitter (X)

Dan Bassill on Medium - https://medium.com/@danielfbassill

Dan Bassill on Substack.com - https://substack.com/@danielbassill319958?

Issue 246

Plan for year-end holiday giving!

Every November for the past 50 years I've organized holiday events at the tutor/mentor programs I led and through the Tutor/Mentor Connection, which I formed in 1993.

The goal was to build activities that supported volunteer and student engagement, that connected programs to share ideas, and to build visibility that drew donors to the fund raising campaigns of our own program, and of others throughout Chicago.

It's mid November, which means volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs should already have campaigns in place.

Visit https://tutormentorexchange.net/

While the primary focus of this newsletter and my website and blogs is to help volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs reach more youth in areas of persistent poverty, many of the sections have information that can be applied to any issue that needs support from many people, for many years.

These resources can be used by anyone, in Chicago, or around the world.

Please share this so others in your city can find and use these resources!

Every year since 2012 a global #GivingTuesday campaign has attempted to build greater awareness for nonprofit organizations and help them raise dollars to fund their programs. This year the date is December 2, 2025.

Is your organization ready for this? Are your volunteers, students, alumni and donors involved? Take a look at my Tutor/Mentor article and see how it draws attention to volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs throughout the Chicago region.

While this event is important it should only be a part of your year end campaigns.

 

I maintain lists of Chicago tutor/mentor program accounts on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and follow all of the programs on these lists. Thus I see what they are posting. I boost most that I see and encourage others to do the same.

Above are images from two campaigns that I think do a great job.

At the left is an image from the Tutoring Chicago "Celebrating 60th Years" campaign. If you visit their LinkedIn feed you'll see several short videos that show archives from past years (including the 1975-1992 years when I led the program, when it was hosted at the Montgomery Ward headquarters in Chicago). You'll also see videos showing kids and volunteers in their weekly tutoring sessions. Some of these are already on their website. You can also find them on Instagram.

At the right is an image from the PEAK (Partnership to Educate and Advance Kids) Chicago campaign. It's a series of photos that I've seen on LinkedIn and Instagram. One of those is a map showing where they provide services and where their students live, emphasizing how "over 60% of PEAK Scholars live in Chicago's most vulnerable neighborhoods". I've been trying to educate donors to seek programs that support kids in those neighborhoods. By including this map in their campaign, PEAK Chicago is emphasizing this. See more on their website.

Other programs are also doing great work at showcasing there services. Browse my lists and look at websites and social media. Use your own blog to highlight campaigns that you feel are effective. Share them with me on social media so I can share them with others.

 

 

Long-term funding needed

I've included these images on many blog article and visual essays, to emphasize the need for multi-year funding that helps kids in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods get extra tutor, mentor and learning support that helps them move safely through school and into adult lives. When I say "multi year" I don't me 3-5 years. I mean 10 to 20 years!

In the current political crisis, those organizations that are dependent on Federal funding, are facing even greater challenges than in the past.

I encourage you to read some of my philanthropy articles on the Tutor/Mentor blog, and in my web library. Then look at the Role of Leaders article that I posted on Substack.

Volunteers in on-going tutor/mentor programs can do more than serve as tutors and mentors. They can help open doors to funding. They can even dig deeper and learn why traditional philanthropy is inadequate and organize campaigns to change donor practices. They can even help raise money to fund a Tutor/Mentor Connection-type program at an area university, that trains students to lead programs, and lead efforts to provide necessary operating dollars.

Read some of my Tipping Point articles, too. Share with others.

This is a view of the home page of the www.tutormentorexchange.net site. I highlighted a message I've shared for over 50 years with our students, volunteers, donors and peers. None of us have million dollar advertising budgets so that means we need more people using their own media to help tell our stories and draw volunteers and donors to us.

At the right I show links to four pages.

1 - volunteer at a Chicago area tutor/mentor program
2 - connect with me on one of many social media platforms
3 - help fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC
4 - help me celebrate my 79th birthday!

As you enjoy your Thanksgiving and Year-end holidays I hope you'll look at these ways to support youth in organized tutor/mentor programs throughout Chicagoland. If you're in another city, share these ideas and help them form a similar strategy.

January is National Mentoring Month - be prepared

National Mentoring Month is celebrated in the USA and in Canada. While I have links below to USA mentoring resources this tip sheet was shared by the Alberta Mentoring Partnership. Visit their website and you'll find a wealth of resources that can be used throughout the year.

At the end of January will be the annual Mentoring Summit.  I've attended in the past and have written a few blog articles to share some of my own thoughts. Click here to read them. 

Then take a look at this article urging event organizations to use network analysis tools like NODEXL to map participation and show connections between participants. 

Then look at this article where I show a use of KUMU to show connections within a university.    If you have examples of organizations doing this type of mapping, please share them. 

Below are resources to use.  

(I repeate many of these each month. That does not mean the information is old. These websites keep adding new resources to their own sites!)

* Building Trust and Security while enabling large-scale collaboration - click here

* Policy Link - A National Research and Action Institute - click here

* Extensive tutoring resources on Educate. Radiate. Elevate website - click here

* Meaning and action in a time of democratic crisis - Fighting Forward Series 2025 - click here

* Grantmakers for Education - click here

* AfterSchool Alliance resources - click here

* Why nonprofits struggle to network -- and how that's holding us back - click here

* MENTOR celebrates 35 years of support for mentoring in the USA and the world - click here

* National Mentoring Resource Center - click here

* UCLA Center resources - click here;  Guide to Learning Supports pdf - click here 

* Every Hour Counts - network of intermediaries building after school systems - click here 

* MyChiMyFuture - Chicago youth programs map and directory. click here; visit the website - click here

* Chicago Mentoring Collaborative - click here

* Chicago Learning Exchange supports Out-of-School-Time community in Chicago - click here

* ACT Now - Championing Quality Afterschool Programs in Illinois - click here

* To & Through Project website - click here

* Center for Effective Philanthropy - click here

* Forefront -Illinois' statewide association of nonprofits, foundations and advisors.  click here

* YouthToday online magazine - click here

* South Side STEM Asset maps - read about using maps - click here

* Incarceration Reform Resource Center - click here

* Prison Policy Initiative - click here

Read These Tutor/Mentor blog articles

(Do you have a blog? Share it on social media.)

Engaging  Universities. Who's Connected? - click here

Engage Youth in Writing Activities - click here

After the March, Do the Planning - click here

"Enough Is Enough" on Substack.com - click here

Reaching Youth in High Poverty Areas - click here

Drawing from My Archives - click here

Tipping Point articles - add Vu Le to your reading. - click here

How tp Use the Tutor/Mentor Blog - click here

Bookmark these Tutor/Mentor Resources

* Lists of Chicago area, volunteer-based tutor, mentor programs - click here

* Homework help and volunteer training resources - click here

* Resource Library - click here

* Strategy essays by Tutor/Mentor - click here

* Work done by interns in past - click here

* Maps and Map-Stories from past 30 years - click here

* Political Action resources - click here, and click here

* Featured collections on Wakelet - click here

* Tutor/Mentor Institute Videos - click here

* About T/MI articles on blog - click here

* History of T/MC - T/MI articles - click here

* Create a New Tutor/Mentor Connection - click here

* Reaching out to Universities to adopt the Tutor/Mentor Connection strategy - click here

* Chicago Youth Serving Organizations in Intermediary Roles - click here to view a concept map showing many organizations working to help improve the lives of Chicago area youth. Follow the links.  If you know of other intermediaries that should be added please share that information with Dan Bassill.

Thank you for reading this month's newsletter.

Please share this with people you know who work in non-school youth serving programs, or in sectors that should be strategically supporting such programs, such as business, philanthropy, education and public policy. If they are not receiving these newsletters then we have no way of engaging them. Also encourage friends, family, co-workers to sign up to receive this newsletter. 

I encourage others to duplicate what I'm doing. Write a blog and share your own vision, strategy and challenges. Share your link and I'll add it to this list in the Tutor/Mentor library.

View current and past newsletters at this link. 

To subscribe, just Click here. 
(If you subscribe, don't forget to respond to the confirmation email).

Please help fund the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC

Visit this page to help me celebrate my 79th birthday. 
Visit this page and add your support so I can keep this information available to you and the world.

Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present)
Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present)

Serving Chicago and the world since 1993.   Connect with Dan Bassill, founder and leader on one of the social media platforms. 

eMail Dan at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to schedule a ZOOM call and learn more about the strategies and resources he is sharing. 

Social Media Connections

Do a web search for "tutor mentor" and you'll find us on many platforms.

Connect with Dan  at 

BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/tutormentor.bsky.social

Dan Bassill  on LinkedIn

Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLCon Facebook group

Dan Bassill on Facebook Page

Dan Bassill on Mastodon - https://mastodon.social/@tutormentor1,
https://mastodon.garden/@tutormentor1 and @This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dan Bassill on Instagram  and on Twitter (X)

Dan Bassill on Medium - https://medium.com/@danielfbassill

Dan Bassill on Substack.com - https://substack.com/@danielbassill319958?

In an effort to help draw attention and support to Chicago area youth serving organizations that offer various forms of volunteer-based tutoring, mentoring and learning, this website hosts lists you can use to find the websites of these organizations. This list points to LinkedIn pages for programs that show a LinkedIn icon on their website.  Note. Not every program included on our lists has a LinkedIn account.

Chicago North -

Carol Robertson Center for Learning at Albany Park -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/carole-robertson-center-for-learning/

Centro Romero -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/centro-romero/?originalSubdomain=gt

Christopher House -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/christopher-house/

CircEsteem, Inc -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/circesteem/

Family Matters Chicago -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/family-matters-chicago/

FORA: Forging Opportunities for Refugees in America -  hhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/fora-forging-opportunities-for-refugees-in-america/

GirlForward -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/girlforward/

Lawrence Hall -    https://www.linkedin.com/school/lawrencehall/

Chicago Central -

Breakthrough -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/breakthroughchicago/

BUILD Chicago -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/build-chicago/

Casa Central -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/casa-central/

Chicago Lights -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/chicago-lights/

Erie Neighborhood House -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/erie-neighborhood-house/

Horizons for Youth -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/horizons-for-youth/

High Jump -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/high-jump/

Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers  -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/midtown-metro/

New Life Centers  -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/newlifecenters/

St. Joseph Services -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/stjosephservices/

UCAN (Chicago) -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/ucanchicago/

Tutoring Chicago -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/tutoring-chicago/

YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago  -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/ymca-of-metropolitan-chicago/


Chicago South Central

Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc  -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/ada-s--mckinley-community-services-inc/

Chicago  Urban League  -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/chiul/

Chinese American Service League  -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/caslmedia/

Friends of the Children - Chicago -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/friendschicago/

Gads Hill Center -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/gads-hill-center/

Horizons Chicago (part of national group)  -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/horizons-national/

Instituto del Progreso Latino -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/instituto-del-progreso-latino/

Ladies at Virtual Mentoring and Leadership Program -   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamila-trimuel-6737b710/

New Life Centers -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/newlifecenters/

Project: VISION, Inc.  -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/project-vision-inc/

South Central Community Services, Inc. -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/south-central-community-services-inc/

U.N.I.O.N. Impact Center -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/union-impact-center/


Chicago South

The ARK of St. Sabina -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-ark-of-st.-sabina/

Family  Focus -    https://www.linkedin.com/company/family-focus-inc/

Gary Comer Youth Center -    https://www.linkedin.com/company/garycomeryouthcenter/

Lawyers Lend-A-Hand -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawyers-lend-a-hand-3a2143189/

South Central Community Services, Inc. -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/south-central-community-services-inc/

Teamwork Englewood -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/teamworkenglewood/


Chicago Area College Access Programs

Bottom Line -    https://www.linkedin.com/company/bottom-line/

Chicago Scholars -    https://www.linkedin.com/company/chicago-scholars-foundation/

Common Ground Foundation -    https://www.linkedin.com/company/commongroundfnd/

Daniel Murphy  Scholarship Fund -    https://www.linkedin.com/company/daniel-murphy-scholarship-fund/

Evanston Scholars -    https://www.linkedin.com/company/evanston-scholars/

HighSight Chicago -    https://www.linkedin.com/company/highsight-chicago/

INROADS -    https://www.linkedin.com/company/inroads/

LINK Unlimited Scholars -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/link-unlimited/

Minds Matter Chicago -    https://www.linkedin.com/company/minds-matter-of-chicago/

PEAK - Partnership to Educate and Advance Kids -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/partnership-to-educate-and-advance-kids-peak-/

Pursue Scholars -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/pursuescholars/

Schuler Scholar Program -    https://www.linkedin.com/company/schuler-scholar-program/

Thrive Scholars -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/thrive-scholars/


Multiple Site and Community Based Tutor, Mentor and Learning Programs


100 Black Men of Chicago -    https://www.linkedin.com/company/100-black-men-of-chicago/

ACE Mentor Chicago -    https://www.linkedin.com/company/acementorchicago/

Beat the Streets Chicago -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/beat-the-streets-wrestling-program-chicago/

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/big-brothers-big-sisters-of-metropolitan-chicago/

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/boys-&-girls-clubs-of-chicago/

By the Hand Club for Kids -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/by-the-hand-club-for-kids/

Chicago Youth Centers -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/chicago-youth-centers/

Chicago Youth Programs -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/chicago-youth-programs/

Girl Forward -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/girlforward/

Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago & Northwest Indiana -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/girlscoutsgcnwi/

GRIP Outreach For Youth -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/grip-outreach-for-youth/

HFS Chicago Scholars -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/hfs-chicago-scholars/

Intonation Music -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/intonation-music-workshop/

New Life Centers -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/newlifecenters/

Polished Pebbles -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/polished-pebbles/

Seed of Hope Foundation -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/seed-of-hope-foundation/

SGA Youth & Family Services -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/sga-youth-&-family-services/

The Love, Unity & Values (LUV) Institute -    https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-love-unity-&-values-luv-institute/

Triple Threat Mentoring -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/triple-threat-mentoring/

Working in the Schools -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/working-in-the-schools-wits-/

Union League Boys & Girls Clubs -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/union-league-boys-&-girls-clubs/

YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/ymca-of-metropolitan-chicago/

YWCA Metropolitan Chicago -    https://www.linkedin.com/company/ywcachicago/


Chicago Area School-Based Tutor Mentor Programs

Aspira Inc. of Illinois -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/aspira-inc.-of-illinois/

Big Shoulders Fund -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/big-shoulders-fund/

Black Star Project -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-black-star-project/

Dreams for Kids - https://www.linkedin.com/company/dreams-for-kids/

Changing Worlds - https://www.linkedin.com/company/changing-worlds-nonprofit/

Circle Urban Ministries - https://www.linkedin.com/company/circle-urban-ministries/

Cool Classics! - https://www.linkedin.com/company/cool-classics-inc-/

David Heiser-Founder, Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation - click here

Girls Rule! -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/girls-rule-/

Lion's Pride Mentoring Inc. -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/lion-s-pride-mentoring-inc/

Male Mogul Initiative -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/male-mogul-initiative/

Math Motivators - The Actuarial Foundation -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-actuarial-foundation/

M.E.A.N. Girls Empowerment/Mentoring Program - https://www.linkedin.com/company/m-e-a-n-girls-empowerment/

Project Exploration -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/project-exploration/

Reading in Motion -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/reading-in-motion/

The Bloc -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-bloc-chicago/

The Support Group (TSG) -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-support-group-tsg/

True Star Media -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/true-star-media-true-star-foundation/

Urban Alliance -   https://www.linkedin.com/school/urban-alliance/

Urban Initiatives -   https://www.linkedin.com/company/urban-initiatives-inc/

Youth Education Mentoring Basketball Association (YEMBA) - https://www.linkedin.com/company/yemba-inc/

Youth Guidance - https://www.linkedin.com/company/youth-guidance/

Chicago Suburbs - Volunteer-Based Tutor and/or Mentor Programs

Chicago Suburbs - North

The Bridge-  https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-bridge-youth-&-family-services/

College Bound Opportunities - https://www.linkedin.com/company/college-bound-opportunities/

OMNI -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/omni-4-all/

Reading Power, Inc -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/reading-power/

Chicago Suburbs - West

CREO Dupage -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/creo-dupage/


Chicago Suburbs - South

If you know of volunteer-based tutor, mentor and learning programs operating in the suburbs of Chicago
share the link using contact information on   this page.

Thank you for helping me celebrate my 79th birthday.  

  Every year since 2011 I've invited friends and supporters to
help me celebrate my birthday by "lighting a candle" on my
birthday cake.  Each candle stands for one year,
so a $7.90 gift lights one candle.

Use the PayPal button at bottom of this page to contribute using PayPal or secure credit card.

 
Dan Bassill has received many awards and recognition for the work he has done to help Chicago kids. However, the best recognition comes from the "Thank you, Dan" messages he recieves from former students and from people in other programs who I've helped over the past 50 years. 

Please help Dan celebrate his 79th birthday with a gift that enables him to continue this service into another year.

Dan Bassill became a volunteer tutor in 1973 when he joined Montgomery Ward Headquarters in Chicago. In 1975 he became leader of the program at Wards. In 1992 while forming a new program (Cabrini Connections) to help teens he also created  the Tutor/Mentor Connection to support the growth of similar programs in all high poverty areas of the Chicago region.

Dan shares ideas weekly on the Tutor/Mentor Blog and the MappingforJustice blog and maintains a library of links to Chicago area tutor and mentor programs in the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC Library

In 2025 Dan was honored to be interviewed for Tutoring Chicago's 60th Anniversary. That is the program Dan led in the 1970s and 80s. Watch the video.   Also in 2025, Phil Shapiro, a librarian from the Washington, DC area, shared an interview he did with Dan several years ago. You can listen here.

In July 2011 Dan created the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC to continue this vision in a new structure. A birthday gift is NOT tax-deductable, but does recognize Dan's vision, long-term service, and gives you a share of Dan's vision.

See complete list of awards and recognition
at http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/awards-and-recognition

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you share the same vision Dan does, then please share some of the responsibility for financing this work and providing a salary for Dan to cover his own personal and family expenses.

Dan seeks sponsors, investors and partners to take ownership of his history and archives and help build a new Tutor/Mentor Connection in Chicago and other cities with high concentrations of persistent poverty.

However, the first step to winning is to get into the game....and staying there.    If you can help Dan keep this vision growing in 2026 and beyond with a Birthday or year end contribution .... please do.

If you can become a sponsor or investor or help find such people, please take that role. Connect on LinkedIn, Instagram,  BlueSky, Mastodon, Facebook and offer other ways you can help.

Or, Mail contributions to
TUTOR/MENTOR INSTITUTE, LLC
c/o Daniel F. Bassill
932 N. Salem Ave
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
(note: the PO Box is no longer available)

* Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC is not a 501-c-3 non-profit.
It is a social enterprise dedicated to making good things happen for inner city kids.