"Watching my student's growth has been incredibly rewarding. She has become more confident in her reading skills with each session, and reaching the 200-question milestone was the result of consistent effort and perseverance. One moment that made me especially proud was seeing her answer questions independently with confidence. After our very first session, her mom messaged me to say that my student was so excited to have a female Brown tutor who looked just like her. Knowing that I could not only help her grow as a reader but also be someone she could see herself in has made this experience even more meaningful."
Arielle · 16 · Learn To Be tutor
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Our outgoing board chair
Thank you, Greg!
The face of a really good guy
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The face of a really nice person
Incoming board chair
Welcome, Ling!
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From our intergenerational tutors
"When I retired after a 52-year career as a nurse, I was fearful that I had lost my identity and my purpose, but I have found my niche in tutoring."
Sharon · 72 · Learn To Be tutor
Sharon's story continues on our IG
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Financial status
Where we stand.
$1.11M
Total cash position
$720K
Money in, year to date
$566K
Money out, year to date (~$76K/month)
~14 mo
Runway at current spend, before any new revenue
As of August 12, 2026. Money in / out reflect the primary account, YTD.
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The headline
Two (likely) big wins!
Nothing inked yet, but we have verbal commitments from both that change our revenue picture.
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Win no. 1 · Major grant
A new $250K grant from an existing funder.
This funder already gave us a $225,000 grant this year, and the relationship has been strong enough that they invited us to this $250K grant. We haven't received formal notice, but the odds are good.
$250K grant
Starting next year · 2-year term
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Win no. 2 · Medicaid partnerships
Three health plans, secured for 2027.
Three Medicaid partnerships secured, each at our flat $60K annual rate, including our current partner, bumping from $2K to $5K/month. Contracts aren't signed yet, but commitments are in place and launches begin in 2027.
Annie will walk us through these partnerships and others in the pipeline.
$180K / year
3 partnerships × $60K, starting 2027
Recurring, renewable revenue
Includes our current partner, up from $2K to $5K/month
Commitments secured, contracts pending
Annie leading partnership rollout
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From our intergenerational tutors
"My student was failing all his subjects. After 7 months he has all A's and B's."
Karen · 74 · Learn To Be tutor
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Where we're at
Turning education problems into software problems.
AI has made software nearly free to build, so we've built our families a suite of tools. We measure our impact two ways: state testing, and how kids do in our courses.
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Impact measurement
Kids enroll in our courses and work on them with their tutors.
Every student is placed into standards-aligned courses that anchor their tutoring sessions. Here's what they're enrolling in this year.
18,200+ enrollments in 2026
Math Facts2,887
Reading Fundamentals2,464
Grade 3 Math683
Grade 5 Math661
Pre-Algebra611
Grade 4 Math566
1st Grade Reading507
Algebra 1492
2nd Grade Reading471
3rd Grade Reading466
Course enrollments, 2026 year to date, from our platform database.
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Impact measurement · Focused on K–8
State testing impact.
140 families have uploaded their kids' standardized test reports since June, giving us pre-tutoring baselines to measure growth against.
Grace & José were matched in late 2025. José, a 3rd grader, is enrolled in two of our courses alongside his weekly tutoring. By May, his FAST ELA Reading results told the story.
December 2025 · 206 · Level 3 · 69th pct
→
May 2026 · 226 · Level 5 · 88th pct
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What's Next
Areas of improvement.
01
Reading & writing, beyond learning to read
Teaching kids to read is the (relatively) simple part. The intersection of vocabulary, spelling, and enjoyable grade-level reading is much harder, and we want it to be a core offering.
02
Sharpening what our product is
We've started saying no to certain types of users, but it's still not as clear as it can be what we do, for whom, and on what timeline.
03
Educating parents
We don't do enough: no parent orientations, little guidance. A real opportunity to help parents get more serious about their kids' education.
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More retired folks tutoring
We've done pretty well here, but not good enough. Huge opportunity.
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What's Next
Two asks.
01
An HR connection
We need help thinking through salary expectations and raises in a time of volatile inflation.
02
A product leader
A head of product / CPO the engineering team can roll up to, so my time can go to evangelizing the org and raising money.
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From our intergenerational tutors
"You don't think your heart can expand, and then you think it may be at capacity, but it's always making room for more."
