Great Oaks Foundation

What Great Oaks Foundation does

Great Oaks Foundation, operating primarily under the brand GO Tutor Corps, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2011 that recruits, trains, and places AmeriCorps-affiliated tutors into under-resourced public schools across the U.S. East Coast. The organization's core offering is high-dosage, small-group tutoring in math and ELA delivered during the school day, with non-negotiable program standards: at least 90 minutes per week per student, group sizes no larger than four in-person (1:2 for virtual), consistent tutor-student pairing, tight alignment to classroom curriculum, and weekly observation and coaching. The model has been independently validated by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Research and Reform in Education and listed on Evidence for ESSA, with network-wide outcome data showing 57% of tutored students meet growth targets versus 49% of peers without a tutor.

The product portfolio comprises three integrated lines: In-Person Tutoring (the original delivery mode), Virtual Tutoring (launched September 2025 to extend geographic reach), and the GO Teacher Residency Program (a site-based apprenticeship paired with graduate coursework at NYU Steinhardt, Relay Graduate School of Education, WGU, and Trinity Washington University, leading to teaching certification and a Master of Arts in Teaching). Together the lines form a talent and impact pipeline: tutors serve a year, a high percentage pursue education or public-service careers (82%), and top performers can transition into the residency program and ultimately into full-time teaching roles at placement schools.

The business model is a hybrid nonprofit revenue structure: federal funding flows through the AmeriCorps program to support tutor positions, philanthropic donations (accepted via the website and mail) cover operational costs, and the Teacher Residency program generates tuition revenue from graduate school partnerships. The network currently spans 28 partner schools across five states (NY, NJ, CT, MA, DC) with targeted expansion into MD and VA, serving approximately 3,000 students in SY 2025-26 and cumulatively nearly 27,000 students since inception. Go-to-market is community- and event-driven: schools initiate partnerships through an engagement process, and the organization recruits tutors through national-service networks (AmeriCorps alumni, returned Peace Corps volunteers) augmented by a referral program.

Name

Great Oaks Foundation

Legal name

Great Oaks Foundation

Website

https://greatoakscharter.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Great Oaks Foundation, operating as GO Tutor Corps, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that places AmeriCorps-affiliated tutors into under-resourced East Coast public schools, delivering evidence-based high-dosage math and ELA tutoring to approximately 5,000 students annually across 28 partner schools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Education Tutoring Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Tutoring Services (Subject-Specific & General) (EDAJALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

K–12 Core Curriculum Small-Group Tutoring Centers (Math/ELA/Science/Social Studies) (EDANAHAA), Integrated Tutoring + Learning Content Platforms (Curriculum + Tutors) (EDANAGAL)

Keywords

• High-dosage tutoring
• School-day tutoring
• Teacher residency program
• AmeriCorps tutoring corps
• K-12 ELA math tutoring

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization accepts donations through its website and mail, including monthly donation options. Donations support the tutoring programs and operations.
2. AmeriCorps Program Funding: GO Tutor Corps is an Employer of National Service and operates as an AmeriCorps program, which provides federal funding through national service positions.
3. Graduate School Partnerships: The Teacher Residency program partners with graduate schools (NYU Steinhardt, Relay Graduate School of Education, WGU, Trinity Washington University) where residents pay tuition for teaching certification and master's degrees.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

GO Tutor Corps recruits, trains, and places AmeriCorps-affiliated tutors directly into partner public and charter schools to deliver high-dosage, small-group tutoring in math and ELA during the school day. Services include in-person tutoring, virtual tutoring, and a Teacher Residency pathway that combines graduate coursework with full-time classroom teaching experience to produce credentialed educators for high-need schools.

Product overview

GO Tutor Corps operates as a unified tutoring platform with three interconnected service offerings: In-Person Tutoring, Virtual Tutoring, and the Teacher Residency Program. All three programs are built on the same evidence-based model of high-dosage tutoring—consistent tutor-student relationships, at least 90 minutes of weekly instruction, small group sizes, and tight alignment to classroom curriculum. The core tutoring programs (in-person and virtual) serve as the foundation, while the Teacher Residency Program serves as a professional development pathway that recruits top tutors into full-time teaching careers, creating a sustainable pipeline for partner schools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GO Tutor Corps In-Person Tutoring
• GO Tutor Corps Virtual Tutoring
• GO Teacher Residency Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 57% of students working consistently with a GO Tutor met their growth targets vs 49% of students without a GO Tutor
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NYU SteinhardtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGraduate school partner for Teacher Residency program offering Master of Arts in Teaching and teaching certification. Program costs approximately $55,000 with some school sites providing tuition assistance.
• Relay Graduate School of EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGraduate school partner offering teaching certification in 1 year and Master's in 2 years. Program costs approximately $17,000 with scholarships available; most residents pay around $6,000 out of pocket.
• Western Governors University (WGU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGraduate school partner offering 1-2 year certification pathway with approximately $11,000 tuition cost.
• Trinity Washington UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGraduate school partner offering 1.5-2 year pathway to teaching certification with approximately $30,000 tuition cost.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Tutor.com (Princeton Review): Large-scale virtual tutoring provider serving K-12 and higher education students on-demand. Comparable through the virtual tutoring channel GO launched in 2025, but operates as a for-profit on-demand marketplace rather than embedding tutors in school-day instruction.
• TNTP (The New Teacher Project): National nonprofit focused on teacher recruitment, training, and policy advocacy for under-resourced schools. Comparable in mission and partner-school engagement, with overlapping teacher residency and instructional support offerings.
• KIPP Foundation: Largest charter school network in the U.S. with affiliated teacher training and residency programs. Comparable in serving under-resourced public school populations through a network model, though KIPP operates schools directly rather than selling tutoring as a service.

Direct peers

• Relay Graduate School of Education: Graduate school partner for GO's Teacher Residency program but also operates its own residency and teacher-preparation programs nationally. Comparable in mission focus on training educators for high-need schools and partnerships with public school systems.
• Urban Teachers: National teacher residency program placing aspiring teachers in under-resourced public schools for certification and career pathways. Same AmeriCorps-aligned funding model and overlapping partner-school footprint with GO.
• Saga Education: National nonprofit providing high-dosage math tutoring to under-resourced public schools during the school day. Most directly comparable peer: similar in-person + small-group model, AmeriCorps-adjacent recruitment model, and outcome-validated approach targeting the same Title-I student population.
• Match Education: Boston-based nonprofit operating charter schools plus a tutoring corps and teacher residency — essentially the same integrated model as GO Tutor Corps (charter + tutoring + residency). GO's own data references Match Charter Public School outcomes with superlinear gains, validating them as both customer and peer.

Emerging players

• Reading Partners: Nonprofit deploying volunteer tutors for evidence-based literacy tutoring in under-resourced elementary schools. Adjacent peer sharing GO's school-day tutoring model and volunteer/credit-bearing tutor pipeline, but focused specifically on literacy rather than math and ELA.
• Citizen Schools: Nonprofit providing extended learning, mentoring, and apprenticeship programming to middle school students in under-resourced communities. Comparable in serving similar student populations with AmeriCorps-aligned staffing and outcome measurement focus.
• BlueEngine: Nonprofit operating small-group tutoring and teacher apprenticeship embedded in partner high schools. Closely comparable to GO's model of placing corps members in partner schools with weekly coaching and small-group instruction.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/go-tutor-corps
• Instagraminstagram.com/go.tutor.corps

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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