List of Volunteer-Based Tutor and/or Mentor Orgs in Chicago Region
Help me update this list. I created the Tutor/Mentor Connection (T/MC) in 1993 and the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (T/MI) in 2011 to help volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs grow in all high poverty neighborhoods of Chicago.
To accomplish this I first had to start building a list of the different organizations in Chicago who offered non-school tutoring/mentoring. You can see the list and search web sites of programs by visiting http://tinyurl.com/TMI-ChiProgramLinks
Since my goal is to draw attention to the different tutoring and/or mentoring programs in the Chicago region, to help attract volunteers and donors to each program, I've created this list of organizations, with their Facebook pages. It's organized by sections of the city and suburbs.
One thing you'll quickly see is that while poverty is growing in the Chicago suburbs, I don't have information about very many organized programs in that area. As you look at this list if you know of programs not included, you can post the name of the organization, tell what part of the region it operates in, and the Facebook page.
The organizations shown in bold face involved more than 100 volunteers. Some have several hundred. Most don't show the number of volunteers and youth involved on their web sites, so I'm highlighting programs I know to have large numbers. If you know of others on my list with 100 or more volunteer tutors/mentors involved, please post this information in the comment section. As you browse this list, please let me know if I include organizations that do not offer organized, volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs, or if I'm missing programs that you are aware of.
2020 NOTE: Some organizations have not updated their Facebook pages for a year or longer. If that's the case, look for their website address and view the site to see if the program is providing more current information. Please inform me if any of these programs no longer offer organized volunteer-based tutoring and/or mentoring or if you know of other groups that I should add to this list.
Chicago North:
Alternatives, Inc. - https://www.facebook.com/AlternativesYouth Asian Youth Services - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Asian-Youth-Services-AYS/340068292706273 Centro Romero - https://www.facebook.com/centroromero Changing Worlds - https://www.facebook.com/changingworlds1 Christopher House - https://www.facebook.com/ChristopherHouseChicago Family Matters Chicago - https://www.facebook.com/familymatterschicago Girl Forward https://www.facebook.com/GirlForward Indo-American Center - https://www.facebook.com/IndoAmericanCenter Inspired Youth - https://www.facebook.com/inspiredyouth?_rdr Korean-American Community Services - https://www.facebook.com/kacschicago/timeline Partnership to Educate and Advance Kids (PEAK) - https://www.facebook.com/PEAKChicago RefugeeOne - https://www.facebook.com/RefugeeOne Starfish Learning Center - https://www.facebook.com/starfishlc United Church of Rogers Park - https://www.facebook.com/pages/United-Church-of-Rogers-Park/141720439184416 Vietnamese Association of Illinois - https://www.facebook.com/VietnameseAssociationOfIllinois Youth Outreach Services - https://www.facebook.com/youthoutreachservices
Chicago Central
Ace Mentor Program - https://www.facebook.com/ACEMentorChicago BBF Family Services - https://www.facebook.com/BBFFamilyServices/ Black Star Project - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Star-Project/98927762814?fref=ts Breakthrough Urban Ministries - https://www.facebook.com/BreakthroughChicago BUILD Chicago - https://www.facebook.com/BUILDChicago Camp of Dreams - https://www.facebook.com/campofdreams Casa Central - https://www.facebook.com/CasaCentralSocialServices/ Chicago LAMP - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicago-LAMP/471711769613738 Chicago Lights - https://www.facebook.com/chicagolights Chicago Scholars - https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoScholarsFoundation?ref=sgm Circle Urban Ministries - https://www.facebook.com/CircleUrban College Mentor Experience - https://www.facebook.com/collegementoringexperience/ Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Daniel-Murphy-Scholarship-Fund/57067441641 Erie Neighborhood House - https://www.facebook.com/ErieNeighborhoodHouse Family Focus - https://www.facebook.com/familyfocus.org?ref=hl Learning Edge Tutoring ( was Cluster Tutoring) https://www.facebook.com/learningedgetutoring Mercy Home for Boys & Girls - https://www.facebook.com/mercyhome
Girls on the Run - https://www.facebook.com/gotrchicago Highsight - https://www.facebook.com/HighSightChicago Horizons for Youth - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Horizons-for-Youth/84502079904 Inroads - https://www.facebook.com/pages/INROADS-Inc/24837600827 High Jump Chicago - https://www.facebook.com/highjumpchi Life Directions - https://www.facebook.com/LifeDirectionsUSA?fref=ts Midtown Education Foundation - https://www.facebook.com/midtownmetro New Life Centers - https://www.facebook.com/NewLifeCenters Pitch-In, Wood Family Foundation - https://www.facebook.com/WoodFamilyFoundation Polished Pebbles - https://www.facebook.com/polishedpebbles Project Impact 180 - https://www.facebook.com/ProjectImpact180/ Project YES, AmeriCorps - https://www.facebook.com/ACProjectYES?fref=ts Off The Street Club - https://www.facebook.com/OTSC Tutoring Chicago - https://www.facebook.com/TutoringChicago UCAN - https://www.facebook.com/UCANChicagoland Umoja Student Development Corporation - https://www.facebook.com/umojacorporation Union League Boys & Girls Clubs - https://www.facebook.com/UnionLeagueBoysGirlsClubs?ref=hl Young Chicago Authors - https://www.facebook.com/YoungChicagoAuthors Youth Service Project - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-Service-Project/245115743727
Chicago South Central
Gads Hill Center - https://www.facebook.com/gadshillcenter Holy Cross-Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish - https://www.facebook.com/HCIHM Hyde Park Art Center - https://www.facebook.com/HydeParkArtCenter?ref=nf Knights of Omega Mentoring - https://www.facebook.com/Knights-of-Omega-Mentoring-109228439143953/ Link Unlimited - https://www.facebook.com/pages/LINK-Unlimited/95414581148 Project Exploration - https://www.facebook.com/projectexploration Project Vision - https://www.facebook.com/PVchicago South Central Community Services - https://www.facebook.com/sccsinc Splash!Chicago - https://www.facebook.com/splashchicago The Princess Within Foundation - https://www.facebook.com/theprincesswithinfoundation Union Impact Center - https://www.facebook.com/unionimpactcenter Universidad Popular - https://www.facebook.com/UPLatinCenter
Chicago South
Aspirations of Life - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aspirations-of-Life/115036691910912 Center for Community Development - https://www.facebook.com/Center-for-Community-Development-NFP-68736357155/ Centro Comunitario Juan Diego - https://www.facebook.com/ccjd1994 City Incite - https://www.facebook.com/cityincite Diamonds in the Rough - https://www.facebook.com/diamondintheroughinc Gary Comer Youth Center - https://www.facebook.com/garycomeryouthcenter Girls of Grace Youth Center - https://www.facebook.com/girlsofgraceyouthcenter Inner City Ministry of Cru – Chicago - https://www.facebook.com/CruInnerCityCHI Imagine Englewood - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Imagine-Englewood-If/146795256702 Instituto del Progreso Latino - https://www.facebook.com/Instituto1977 K.L.E.O. Community Center - https://www.facebook.com/K.L.E.O.CommunityCenter Kids Off the Block - https://www.facebook.com/dianekob?fref=ts Project SynCERE - https://www.facebook.com/ProjectSyncere SGA Youth & Family Services - https://www.facebook.com/sgayouth The Ark of St. Sabina - https://www.facebook.com/thearkofstsabina?_rdr=p
MultiSite Locations/Hosts of Community Based Mentoring in Chicago
100 Black Men of Chicago - https://www.facebook.com/100BMC Beat The Streets Chicago Wrestling - https://www.facebook.com/BeatTheStreetsChicago/ Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago - https://www.facebook.com/BBBSChi Big Shoulders Fund - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Big-Shoulders-Fund/43345319675 Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago - https://www.facebook.com/BGCChi Chicago Youth Centers - https://www.facebook.com/chicagoyouthcenters Chicago Youth Programs, Inc - https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoYouthPrograms Code Your Dreams - https://www.facebook.com/CodeYourDreams/ Communities in Schools – Chicago - https://www.facebook.com/cischicago Connecting Chicago - https://www.facebook.com/connectingchicagoinfo
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago - https://www.facebook.com/GirlScoutsGCNWI Girl Forward - https://www.facebook.com/GirlForward Girls Rule! - https://www.facebook.com/GirlsRuleUSA?fref=photo JumpStart - https://www.facebook.com/Jumpstartkids LaunchU - https://www.facebook.com/ChiLaunchU?ref=hl Metropolitan Family Services - https://www.facebook.com/MetroFamChicago Pursue Scholars - https://www.facebook.com/pursuescholars Reading in Motion - https://www.facebook.com/ReadinginMotion The LUV Institute - https://www.facebook.com/luvinstitute Urban Alliance - https://www.facebook.com/UrbanAlliance World Sport Chicago - https://www.facebook.com/worldsportchi Working in the Schools - https://www.facebook.com/witschicago Year UP Chicago - https://www.facebook.com/yearup YMCA of Metro Chicago - https://www.facebook.com/YMCAChicago Youth Guidance - https://www.facebook.com/youthguidance.chicago
Chicago North Suburbs
College Bound Opportunities - https://www.facebook.com/CBO4Success Literature for All of Us - https://www.facebook.com/LiteratureforAllofUs McGaw YMCA – Project SOAR - https://www.facebook.com/mcgawYMCA Omni Youth Services - https://www.facebook.com/OMNIyouth Schuler Scholar Program - https://www.facebook.com/schulerprogram Youth and Opportunity United - https://www.facebook.com/youevanston The Bridge Youth and Family Services - https://www.facebook.com/BridgeYouthFamilyServices
Chicago West Suburbs
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will & Grundy County - https://www.facebook.com/bbbswillgrundy Bremen Youth Services - https://www.facebook.com/bremenyouthservices?fref=ts The Bridge Communities - https://www.facebook.com/bridge.communities?fref=nf&pnref=story Kids Above All (was ChildServ) - https://www.facebook.com/KidsAboveAll/ The Fig Factor Foundation - https://www.facebook.com/TheFigFactor/ Metropolitan Family Services - https://www.facebook.com/MetroFamChicago
Chicago South Suburbs
IMPACT Family Center - https://www.facebook.com/pages/IMPACT-Family-Center/75507774812 Jones Memorial Community Center - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jones-Memorial-Community-Center/322740707831197 North South Foundation - https://www.facebook.com/NorthSouthFoundation
Help these programs get the resources each program needs to grow. Help build new programs in areas where they are needed, by borrowing ideas from existing programs. Read and share stories on Tutor/Mentor Blog at http://tutormentor.blogspot.com
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