Free online tutoring · Student-led · Est. 2025
Common ground starts with a conversation.
Consistent, accessible tutoring services for free. The Common Ground Foundation matches immigrant, refugee, and multilingual students with student volunteers who help with English and schoolwork, every week, online.
Where would you like to start?
Three ways in.
Whether you’re a parent looking for support, a student who wants to help, or a writer with something to say, there’s a place for you here.
I need a tutor.
Completely cost-free tutoring, homework support, and conversational practice for your child. We are the first step toward support.
Sign up your child → 02 — For volunteersI want to help.
Tutor, lead as an ambassador, build curriculum, translate, teach a lesson on video, or run social media. Volunteer hours count.
See the opportunities → 03 — For readers & writersI have a story.
A student-run publication of essays, opinion, and poetry on the issues that shape our lives. Get published and receive service hours.
Read & publish →About us
Consistent, accessible, and never a bill.
We offer consistent, accessible tutoring services for free to immigrant, refugee, and multilingual students. A student volunteer meets with each learner online, every week, to work on English, homework, and whatever else they need.
We work with schools and community groups to find the students who need it most. Families never pay. So far, more than 250 refugee and immigrant students have had access to free tutoring through our partners and our own program.
Read our storyExplore & learn
What we do.
Free tutoring
Consistent, accessible tutoring services for free. Each student is paired with a trained student volunteer for weekly English and homework help.
Tutoring → 02Student ambassadors
Students in every state and dozens of countries represent us at home: they reach out to schools, find partners, and bring in new volunteers.
Meet them → 03Volunteer with us
Tutor, lead, write, translate, or teach on video. You can help from anywhere in the world.
Volunteer → 04Partners
We work with schools, nonprofits, and community groups, from Hawaiʻi to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, to reach students who need tutoring.
Partners →Our network
Volunteers in all 50 states and 42 countries & territories.
We have 670 volunteers. About 580 of them live in the United States, covering every state. The rest join from places like the Philippines, the UAE, the UK, Nigeria, and Peru.
They tutor, write lessons, run our social media, and reach out to schools and community groups near them. Hover over or tap the map to see how many volunteers are in each place.
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Outside the 50 states · 89
- Philippines16
- United Arab Emirates7
- United Kingdom5
- Canada4
- Nigeria4
- South Africa4
- Egypt3
- Indonesia3
- Kazakhstan3
- Saudi Arabia3
- Bahrain2
- Bangladesh2
- Greece2
- Hong Kong2
- Nepal2
- Argentina1
- Brazil1
- Dominican Republic1
- Guam1
- India1
- Iran1
- Iraq1
- Israel1
- Kuwait1
- Kyrgyzstan1
- Lebanon1
- Malawi1
- Mexico1
- Morocco1
- New Zealand1
- Pakistan1
- Palestine1
- Peru1
- Poland1
- Puerto Rico1
- Sierra Leone1
- Singapore1
- Spain1
- Tanzania1
- Tunisia1
- Turkey1
- Ukraine1
U.S. states · 569
- Texas90
- California72
- New Jersey49
- New York43
- Virginia39
- Florida31
- Maryland28
- Hawaii25
- North Carolina22
- Massachusetts17
- Georgia14
- Illinois13
- Pennsylvania9
- Washington7
- Connecticut6
- Ohio6
- Arkansas5
- Idaho5
- Indiana5
- Rhode Island5
- Tennessee5
- Alabama4
- Arizona4
- Kentucky4
- Michigan4
- Missouri4
- Colorado3
- Kansas3
- Maine3
- New Mexico3
- North Dakota3
- Oklahoma3
- Oregon3
- South Carolina3
- West Virginia3
- Alaska2
- Delaware2
- Louisiana2
- Minnesota2
- Mississippi2
- Nebraska2
- New Hampshire2
- South Dakota2
- Utah2
- Vermont2
- Wisconsin2
- Iowa1
- Montana1
- Nevada1
- Wyoming1
Working alongside
Schools, nonprofits, and community organizations.
Our partners help us reach students across the United States, and now in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya.
Roots Reborn / Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi / IFSI-USA / Building Communities in New Hampshire / ReDefiners World Languages / Bridge Over Troubled Waters / Lutheran Community Services Northwest / Waldo Immigration and Refugee Services / Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center / Boston Cares / English for New Bostonians / Turn the Page KC / FIEL Houston / Global Impact Initiative / Community Action for Peace and Solidarity (CAPS) / Sunlit Years Initiative
Student voices
From our publication.
A student-run webpage centered on current issues, personal experiences, and society today.
Why Indian Americans Need Culturally Rooted Educational Spaces—What We Can Learn from HBCUs
The Sudan War: The Effects of Corruption and Ignorance in This Humanitarian Crisis
The Weight of Two Words
Start here
Break language barriers. Together.
Tutoring is free for every family. Volunteering is open to anyone, anywhere.