Contact:

Mark Destler
617 279 2445, ext 701
mdestler@tutorsforall.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tutors for All Receives NobleCause Grant for Volunteerism
March 31, 2016, BOSTON - Tutors for All has received a $6,500 grant through NobleCause, a
national grant competition mobilizing volunteers to address the greatest challenges facing their
local communities. Each semester, Tutors for All recruits 30-40 volunteers to become tutors and
program coordinators for various tutorial programs throughout Boston. As an incentive to recruit
volunteers, the organization offers all volunteers free Charlie Cards to make their traveling easier
as they commute to the different sites. With this grant, Tutors for All will be able to continue to
offer their volunteers free Charlie Cards, a small token to thank them for their outstanding work.
Tutors for All facilitates programs at a variety of schools throughout Boston, including the
Maurice Tobin School in Mission Hill, Boston Green Academy located in Brighton, and both
Codman Academy and Codman Middle School in Dorchester. The organization also works with
after-school programs including, Squashbusters at Northeastern University and Massachusetts
General Hospitals MGH Youth Scholars Program. Just recently, the organization partnered with
the Blue Hills Boys and Girls Club and is now running a program there as well.
For ten years Tutors for All has relied on volunteers to provide crucial instruction of our kids,
said Mark Destler, Executive Director of Tutors for All. The NobleCause grant allows us to give
these volunteers the appreciation and support they deserve.
$1,000,000 in total has been distributed to various schools and nonprofits through the
NobleCause grant competition, with one hundred organizations awarded $6,500 grants. All
grant recipients demonstrated a remarkable ability to raise community awareness, foster
partnerships, and cultivate leaders who take action.
We set out to encourage communities throughout the country to tell us their big, sustainable
ideas to inspire quality volunteerism, said Wesley Barnett, managing partner for TreeTop
Commons and NobleHour. By organizing volunteers to address local concerns, NobleCause
award recipients are defining social responsibility right in their own communities.
Tutors for All is a Boston-area nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing individualized
tutorial instruction to underserved students throughout Boston. Through bringing together
colleges, public schools, and community resources, they offer struggling students the systematic

individualized instruction they need in order to thrive. Tutors for All currently serves 250
students at six different school and community organizations throughout Boston. To learn more,
visit http://www.tutorsforall.org.
The NobleCause grant is made possible by the GiveWell Community Foundation and
organized by NobleHour, a volunteer management tool that promotes a culture of civic
engagement and charts meaningful acts of goodness. For more than a decade, NobleHour has
been connecting and equipping thousands of schools, non-profit agencies, and organizations to
shape well-rounded students and service leaders, build better communities, and measure their
collective impact. To learn more, visit NobleHour.com.
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