Academic Enrichment Programs (K-5 Tutoring Club and Bridge Program)
Raphael House of San Francisco, 1065 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
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Academic Enrichment Programs (Tutoring Club and Bridge Program) includes extensive academic tutoring, enrichment activities, and mentoring throughout the school year. The program offers after school tutoring that includes a snack, homework time, supplemental work, and reading, as well as scholarships for extracurricular pursuits. Children in the program also participate in swim lessons, summer camping, river rafting trips, and activities such as an art program with refugee children in Beirut, along with a rooftop playground rule that children run 10 laps upon arriving on the roof before going on to play.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Raphael House began as a volunteer run organization in 1971 and operates Academic Enrichment Programs that include Tutoring Club and the after-care Bridge Program. Over a 5-year average, 90% of the children served in the Academic Enrichment Programs show improved academic performance. The programs are part of a broader structure that includes each family eating dinner together every evening and programs for parents in addition to programs for children and teens. Raphael House supports low-income families and families experiencing homelessness in strengthening family bonds, finding stable housing, and achieving financial independence.
Raphael House partners with volunteers who lend their time, creativity, and expertise, including participation in a holiday Adopt-A-Family program and shelter renovation projects, and it builds a network of individuals, businesses, non-profits, and patrons. Raphael House was awarded a $4.2 million grant from the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to expand capacity and support facility improvements. Testimonials from volunteers describe seeing children’s accomplishments in reading, multiplication, and adding mixed fractions, as well as enjoying time spent at Raphael House and noting specific program elements such as getting kids into swim lessons, summer camping, river rafting trips, and the rooftop playground rule.
Last updated June 6, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Raphael House began as a volunteer run organization in 1971 and operates Academic Enrichment Programs that include Tutoring Club and the after-care Bridge Program. Over a 5-year average, 90% of the children served in the Academic Enrichment Programs show improved academic performance. The programs are part of a broader structure that includes each family eating dinner together every evening and programs for parents in addition to programs for children and teens. Raphael House supports low-income families and families experiencing homelessness in strengthening family bonds, finding stable housing, and achieving financial independence.
Raphael House partners with volunteers who lend their time, creativity, and expertise, including participation in a holiday Adopt-A-Family program and shelter renovation projects, and it builds a network of individuals, businesses, non-profits, and patrons. Raphael House was awarded a $4.2 million grant from the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to expand capacity and support facility improvements. Testimonials from volunteers describe seeing children’s accomplishments in reading, multiplication, and adding mixed fractions, as well as enjoying time spent at Raphael House and noting specific program elements such as getting kids into swim lessons, summer camping, river rafting trips, and the rooftop playground rule.
Last updated June 6, 2026.
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