The short answer
- Up to 5 pages, designed for you
- Words drafted for you
- SEO built in from day one
- 10 revision rounds
- Hosting and HTTPS (the padlock)
- Backups and weekly checks
- A/B testing and small edits
- Cancel anytime
Your free 5-page website
Who can sign up as a learner or a student, which ages and levels you serve, and the one button to start. Keep the wording friendly and free of jargon.
What volunteers do, how many hours a week, any training you provide, and a short interest form or link to the one you already use.
Reading circles, adult classes, homework help or ESL sessions, with days, times and locations in plain lists.
Ways to give books, time or money, plus a note for schools, libraries and employers who want to partner.
Your mission, who runs the program, the service area, and how to reach a coordinator.
What a literacy program website has to do in ten seconds
Two very different people land on your site. One is an adult or a parent who has been putting off asking for help. The other is a volunteer who wants to tutor on Tuesday evenings. Both are probably on a phone, and both decide fast.
- Say who you serve and where, in the first line.
- Put a plain "Get help" button and a "Become a tutor" button above the fold.
- Use short words. Many visitors read slowly or in a second language, so clear text is part of your mission.
- Show the next session date, not a vague promise of classes.
See how a similar build looks on our website page for literacy nonprofits.
What is free and what Website Care covers
The build is free. It matches our Launch Website, which normally costs $399 one time: up to 5 pages, designed for you, words drafted from a consultation, mobile-friendly, and 10 revision rounds.
Website Care is $30/month and it is required. It covers hosting, the HTTPS padlock, backups, weekly checks, A/B testing and small edits like a new session time. That is the only cost, and recurring plans can be canceled anytime. Need more than 5 pages? We quote it before any work starts. See how it works.
How people find a tutoring program on Google and in AI assistants
People type things like "free adult reading classes near me", "volunteer tutor for kids" or "GED prep evening class". Search is built into every page we make: clear page titles and descriptions, headings that match those phrases, structured data so Google and AI assistants like ChatGPT understand what you offer, an XML sitemap and fast mobile pages.
We also write your address or service area and session times the same way everywhere, which helps local results. We never promise rankings. If you later want new pages every month, the optional Monthly SEO add-on starts at $50/month and is never required.
Apply for your free website
Tell us about your group. A real person reviews it and gets back to you, usually within one business day.
Must-haves and pitfalls for tutoring and literacy sites
- Respect learners. Adult learners often feel shy. Never post names, photos or progress stories without written consent.
- Protect children. Show activities and not faces of kids, and leave out last names and schools.
- Offer a low-barrier first step. A short form or a way to ask a question without a long application.
- Name your levels. Say whether you teach early reading, adult basic education, English as a second language or test prep.
If you give out scholarships too, you may also like the page for scholarship funds. For a longer list of what to cover, see the nonprofit website checklist.
How to get started
- Fill in the short form on this page.
- A real person reviews it and confirms you are a nonprofit or community group. You do not need to be registered.
- We hold a consultation about your learners, tutors and schedule.
- We write the draft of your pages.
- You review it and ask for changes, up to 10 rounds.
- You launch, in as little as 48 hours for eligible small projects.
Se habla espanol. Browse the full list of free nonprofit websites for other group types.
More free nonprofit websites
The website build is free for nonprofits, houses of worship and community groups. Website Care at $30/month is required and can be canceled anytime. Sites larger than 5 pages are quoted before any work starts. Updated October 17, 2026.