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The National Mentoring Partnership Inc

Mentor leads, expands, and strengthens the mentoring movement, building capacity to make high-quality relationships accessible to all young people.

$465k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$3.8MEducation$1.3MCommunity Improvement$728kPhilanthropy$551kCivil Rights$303kHealth$75kCrime & Legal$40kScience & Tech$27kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $437,250, the rows itemized in this filing. The $464,626 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $27,376 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $425k
$75,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MENTOR MD DC$150,000
ENTERPRISE PALM BEACH INC DBA COLABRIA$98,346
UNITED WAYS OF TEXAS FOR MENTOR TEXAS$75,000
MENTOR GEORGIA INC$51,654
VIRGINIA MENTORING PARTNERSHIP$50,000
MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF NEW YORK$12,250
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE: $15k → 16%THE INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE: $15k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.1M · 27 repeat orgs$118k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +7% since the first grant, against -57% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
4

Total granted

$7.1M
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
-57%

Still filing today

89%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentPhilanthropyEducationCommunity ImprovementEmploymentCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +218%
  • COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
    4× · 2020–2023 · $505k · revenue +158%
  • UW
    UNITED WAYS OF TEXAS INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $405k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • MC
    MENTOR COLORADO
    one grant, 2021 · $35k · revenue -57%
  • MD
    MICHIGAN DEP OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • KA
    KANSAS ATHLETICS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The National Mentoring Partnership Inc

Mentor leads, expands, and strengthens the mentoring movement, building capacity to make high-quality relationships accessible to all young people.

Youth Development
2
Mentoring Mentors Inc

Mentoring Mentors is a Baltimore-based non-profit dedicated to developing future community leaders through exposure that leads to college and career readiness.

Youth Development
3
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago

Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite and empower the promise of youth. we nurture children, strengthen communities and believe that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life.

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4
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle Inc

Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. the organization's vision is that all youth achieve their full potential.

Youth Development
5
Friends for Youth Inc

Empowering underserved youth through mentorship and community relationships.

Youth Development
6
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland

Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

Youth Development
7
Imentor Inc

Imentor is a not-for-profit organization that partners with public high schools in low income communities, where a majority of students served will be first-generation college graduates. imentor believes in the transformative power of…

Youth Development
8
Youth Guidance

A leader in social and emotional development, community engagement, and positive youth development, Youth Guidance has strategically created programs to address community needs across four delivery areas: Community & Afterschool Programs…

Education
9
National Cares Mentoring Movement Inc

We are a community-mobilization movement that recruits, trains and places mentors; and builds programs that provide wellness and academic support for children from low-income communities. since 2006, we have recruited more than 150,000…

Human Services
10
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee

For nearly 50 years, bbbs has made a proven transformative impact on thousands of young people facing adversity in milwaukee and waukesha counties. through ongoing professional case management and mentorship from dedicated trained…

—
11
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities

Our mission is to create and support mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

Youth Development
12
Be a Mentor Inc

Mission: be a mentor enables youth to develop positive relationships with caring adults who empower them to reach their full potential through mentorship.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota; the most unlike its peers is Memphis Grizzlies Charitable. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
13/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF NEW YORK INC: $1,515,677 · Youth DevelopmentMENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF NEW YORK …MOVEMENT OF YOUTH INCORPORATED: $325,000 · Youth DevelopmentMOVEMENT OF YOUTH INCORPORATEDBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION: $141,460 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDE…THE MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF SW PA: $121,420 · Youth DevelopmentTHE MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF SW PAMENTOR GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $85,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $1,087,953 · EducationFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXC…University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $268,573 · EducationUniversity of Georgia Re…MENTOR NEBRASKA: $122,000 · EducationMENTOR NEBRASKAMENTOR Vermont Inc: $96,593 · EducationMENTOR Vermont IncCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $505,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIV…UNITED WAYS OF TEXAS INC: $405,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAYS OF TEXA…MENTOR Washington: $117,200 · PhilanthropyMENTOR WashingtonMEMPHIS GRIZZLIES CHARITABLE: $100,700 · PhilanthropyMEMPHIS GRIZZLIES C…UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $95,695 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTR…+1 more: $18,000 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $550,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF …GOVERNOR'S PARTNERSHIP TO PROTECT CONNECTICUT'S WORKFORCE INC: $121,400 · OtherGOVERNOR'S PAR…IOWA MENTORING PARTNERSHIP: $85,000 · OtherIOWA MENTORING…NEWARK MENTORING MOVEMENT: $65,000 · OtherNEWARK MENTORI…MENTOR GEORGIA INC: $51,654 · OtherMENTOR GEORGIA…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $32,500 · Other+3 more: $31,500 · OtherVIRGINIA MENTORING PARTNERSHIP: $557,375 · Crime & LegalENTERPRISE PALM BEACH INC: $278,346 · Community ImprovementTHE MASS MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC: $155,216 · Community ImprovementTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $22,500 · Community ImprovementMENTOR RHODE ISLAND THE RI MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC: $111,550 · EmploymentMENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF MINNESOTA: $106,000 · EmploymentINDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE INC: $30,000 · Human Services
Youth Development$2,223,557Education$1,575,119Philanthropy$1,241,595Other$937,054Crime & Legal$557,375Community Improvement$456,062Employment$217,550Human Services$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF NEW YORK INC: $1,515,677 over 8y, 29% of budgetFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $1,087,953 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetVIRGINIA MENTORING PARTNERSHIP: $557,375 over 9y, 23% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $505,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAYS OF TEXAS INC: $405,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetMOVEMENT OF YOUTH INCORPORATED: $325,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetENTERPRISE PALM BEACH INC: $278,346 over 2y, 22% of budgetUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $268,573 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MASS MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC: $155,216 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION: $141,460 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetMENTOR NEBRASKA: $122,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetTHE MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF SW PA: $121,420 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetGOVERNOR'S PARTNERSHIP TO PROTECT CONNECTICUT'S WORKFORCE INC: $121,400 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetMENTOR Washington: $117,200 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetMENTOR RHODE ISLAND THE RI MENTORING PARTNERSHIP INC: $111,550 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetMENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF MINNESOTA: $106,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetMEMPHIS GRIZZLIES CHARITABLE: $100,700 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetMENTOR Vermont Inc: $96,593 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $95,695 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMENTOR GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $85,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetNEWARK MENTORING MOVEMENT: $65,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetMENTOR COLORADO: $35,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetINDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Palm Beach County Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

First Niagara Foundat…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
First Niagara FoundationNY15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Niagara Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The National Mentoring Partnership Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The National Mentoring Partnership Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 44%
  • The Mass Mentoring Partnership Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Mentor Vermont Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Governor's Partnership to Protect Connecticut's Workforce Inc: 44% of income from government
  • United Way of Palm Beach County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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