Illinois · Nonprofit
MENTEE
MENTEE (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($5). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $109k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5
- Net assets
- $71k
What Mentee does
Mission
Provide a global mentor network, education, and support. MENTEE offers people disadvantaged by our local and global systems opportunities to help them overcome their challenges. Through a vast and responsive online global mentor network, we offer guidance, education, professional development, personal enrichment & support, language training, and more. Our various programs respond to our community's needs. Combined our ecosystem offers lifelong support to help our mentees reach their full potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Global Mentor Hub operates year-round, connecting over 3,000 individuals, including trained global mentors and mentees, to provide support in areas such as higher education, professional development, and personal growth through an online platform.
$14,841 spent38% of program spendingFellowships & Accredited Learning delivers time-bound fellowship programs and has served 175 participants, combining mentorship, project-based learning, and skill development in areas such as leadership, design, coding, and language proficiency.
$9,999 spentof which $345 as grants26% of program spendingThe Education Scholarships program has provided scholarships through charitable donations, offering financial assistance to support educational expenses. During the tax year, the program awarded four scholarships.
$7,181 spentof which $5,348 as grants18% of program spendingThe Omid Fund is a charitable fund providing financial assistance to support educational expenses for women in Afghanistan. To date, three grants have been awarded.
$3,190 spentof which $1,190 as grants8% of program spendingMental Health & Well-Being Sessions offers structured sessions and resources to promote emotional resilience, mental health awareness, and community well-being, reaching approximately 4,800 participants.
$1,833 spent5% of program spendingRemote Internships & Work Opportunities. Facilitates remote internship placements and professional experiences for participants to gain practical career skills and exposure.
$1,833 spent5% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $38,877.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $70k to $71k (+2%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of MENTEE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Letitia Zwickert
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MENTEE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of MENTEE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MENTEE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MENTEE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MENTEE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MENTEE?
- MENTEE (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($5). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MENTEE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5 in grants to MENTEE.
- Who is the largest funder of MENTEE?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MENTEE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing