iMentorMentoring For College Success And Beyond iMentor partners with public high schools in low-income communities, in which a majority of students served will be first-generation college graduates. We match each student with a college-educated mentor for three years, starting in the student’s junior year of high school, and look to empower students to navigate high school, succeed in college, and achieve their ambitions. With our curriculum and staff to guide them, mentors and students build th...
Working In The SchoolsBuilding Communities. Empowering Readers Working In The Schools (WITS) sets students on a trajectory for success by building critical literacy skills and developing positive self-identity through teacher-led professional development and volunteer-powered mentorship programs Headquarters Chicago, Illinois Reach Local Founded 1991 Website witschicago.org Contact Development@WitsChicago.org (312) 269-4514 SEND ABOVE INFO
Inner-City Education ProgramAcademic And Hockey Opportunities For Low-Income Children In First Grade And Up Inspired by one of the co-founder’s experience of coaching hockey for low-income inner-city children in West Garfield Park, Inner-City Education Program (ICE) was established to help low-income children obtain educational and hockey opportunities not otherwise available to them. ICE offers educational scholarships to Chicago area students (1st grade through college) who actively play hockey, demonstrate financi...
Special Fathers NetworkA Dad-To-Dad Mentoring Program For Fathers Raising Kids With Special Needs Special Fathers Network is the signature program of the 21st Century Dads Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization established to address the epidemic of father absence in America. There are an estimated 24 million (4 out of every 10) children growing up across the United States without their fathers. Children from father-absent homes are 4 times more likely to grow up in poverty and 9 times more likely to drop out of hig...
Dreams For KidsReplacing Charity With Opportunity Dreams For Kids trains and mentors local youth, in grades 10-11, to become social entrepreneurs. We provide practical education, real world training and contemporary job skills so that the students can create social enterprises that provide solutions to society’s critical social issues and help others. Our signature program is a 10-lesson, project-based curriculum that is delivered by teachers in class and supported by workforce community mentors beyond s...
Step UpGuiding Every Girl To Their Success Step Up is a mentorship nonprofit providing the structure for girls (and those who identify with girlhood) to define their ideal destination and get there -- wherever that destination may be. Through structured programs, focused mentorship support, and inspiring connections, we help girls define and achieve their unique visions of success. After participating in Step Up's mentorship programs, teens report: 83% growth in confidence, 82% growth in self...
Thriving ElementsCreate Access And Opportunities For Underrepresented Girls In STEM Through Mentoring The daughter of immigrant parents, Janet Phan had to figure out ways to fund her higher education and navigate her own career path. Now a global technology and digital transformation consultant at PwC, Phan credits her advancement to several significant mentors who helped her to understand her own capabilities and untapped potential. Thriving Elements aims to provide that same meaningful mentoring relation...
Muslim American Leadership AlliancePromoting And Celebrating Individual Freedom, Diversity, And Muslim American Heritage The Muslim American Leadership Alliance (MALA) is dedicated to leadership through integrity, and as such, provides a platform for people to share their individual stories and to speak for themselves. Our premier civic engagement project – “Muslim American Journeys” – is an opportunity for Muslim Americans to share their own unique stories. Produced in partnership with National Public Radio and the Library...
Hope For Stomach CancerSupport, Resources And Awareness In The Fight Against Stomach Cancer Hope For Stomach Cancer provides resources to patients, caregivers and loved ones facing stomach cancer, while promoting early detection and prevention to the general and medical communities. Inspired by the founder’s father – who is now in remission after a total removal of his stomach, chemotherapy, and radiation – Hope For Stomach Cancer aims to enable those affected by stomach cancer to take actionable steps to live t...
EmpowerHERSupporting Young Girls Who Have Lost Their Mothers The mission of empowerHER is to empower, support, and connect girls of all ages who have experienced the early loss of their mothers. We provide an integrated series of Events For Girls and a 1:1 Mentor Match Program. Our events (Mother’s Day Retreat, Annual Beach Bash, Writing Workshops, Yoga Classes, etc.) offer a fun time and place to learn, laugh and celebrate life. Our mentor program instills hope and confidence, provides a shared com...
One For OneProviding Opportunities And Resources For Youth Affected By Violence In Chicago One For One supports young adults living in Chicago’s most dangerous and violent communities. For more than a decade, our organization has been dedicated to breaking the cycle of violence by enriching the lives of youth, allowing them to connect and thrive within their communities and beyond. Through programming, workshops, mentorship and employment, we provide opportunities that nurture values and integrity, a...
Heart HouseInnovative After-School And Summer Programs For Refugee Children Living In Dallas Heart House is a nonprofit organization that uses innovative after-school and summer educational programs to combat poverty and promote equity for refugee children living in Dallas. Refugee children face the challenge of resettlement in a new country while simultaneously working to overcome poverty, trauma recovery, and barriers to academic success. Heart House uses social-emotional learning to increase acade...
We All CodeFree Computer Coding Programs For Kids And Teens To Spark Interest In STEM Our mission is to empower youth in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and encourage them to build their software development skills into a lifelong passion. We All Code offers free hands-on classes, courses, and camps at every level to help kids get excited about coding and web development. They learn a variety of front- and back-end coding software and work collaboratively with experienced ment...
Intonation MusicMusic Education For Youth On Chicago's Mid-South Side Intonation Music youth explore their limitless potential by learning to play instruments and form their own rock bands. Offered in partnership with schools, park districts, and community organizations, our year-round classes make music accessible to youth by providing them with instruments, instruction, mentorship, and the chance to perform on stages across the city. Each Intonation Music student takes part in a personal and team ap...
Active Children Excel ProjectBuilding Strengths And Empowering Communities Through Tennis, Education, And Mentorship The Active Children Excel Project (“The ACE Project”) serves up positive youth development in Black and Brown communities through tennis, education, and mentorship. What began as a tennis camp in response to extracurricular cuts within Dolton/Riverdale District 148 has grown into a national model reaching youth in Chicago, Baltimore, and Detroit with year-round programs. By recruiting coaches from the c...
mHUBInnovation Center For Physical Product Development mHUB is the nation’s largest and fastest-growing innovation center for physical product development and manufacturing. We are a shared workspace community of more than 1,200 product designers and developers, entrepreneurs, engineers and manufacturers, a network of mentors, industry experts and investors, and a source of intellectual and economic capital. By galvanizing these connections, mHUB ensures that the Midwest region’s manufacturing...
iMentor
Mentoring For College Success And Beyond iMentor partners with public high schools in low-income communities, in which a majority of students served will be first-generation college graduates. We match each student with a college-educated mentor for three years, starting in the student’s junior year of high school, and look to empower students to navigate high school, succeed in college, and achieve their ambitions. With our curriculum and staff to guide them, mentors and students build th...
Working In The Schools
Building Communities. Empowering Readers Working In The Schools (WITS) sets students on a trajectory for success by building critical literacy skills and developing positive self-identity through teacher-led professional development and volunteer-powered mentorship programs Headquarters Chicago, Illinois Reach Local Founded 1991 Website witschicago.org Contact Development@WitsChicago.org (312) 269-4514 SEND ABOVE INFO
Inner-City Education Program
Academic And Hockey Opportunities For Low-Income Children In First Grade And Up Inspired by one of the co-founder’s experience of coaching hockey for low-income inner-city children in West Garfield Park, Inner-City Education Program (ICE) was established to help low-income children obtain educational and hockey opportunities not otherwise available to them. ICE offers educational scholarships to Chicago area students (1st grade through college) who actively play hockey, demonstrate financi...
Special Fathers Network
A Dad-To-Dad Mentoring Program For Fathers Raising Kids With Special Needs Special Fathers Network is the signature program of the 21st Century Dads Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization established to address the epidemic of father absence in America. There are an estimated 24 million (4 out of every 10) children growing up across the United States without their fathers. Children from father-absent homes are 4 times more likely to grow up in poverty and 9 times more likely to drop out of hig...
Dreams For Kids
Replacing Charity With Opportunity Dreams For Kids trains and mentors local youth, in grades 10-11, to become social entrepreneurs. We provide practical education, real world training and contemporary job skills so that the students can create social enterprises that provide solutions to society’s critical social issues and help others. Our signature program is a 10-lesson, project-based curriculum that is delivered by teachers in class and supported by workforce community mentors beyond s...
Step Up
Guiding Every Girl To Their Success Step Up is a mentorship nonprofit providing the structure for girls (and those who identify with girlhood) to define their ideal destination and get there -- wherever that destination may be. Through structured programs, focused mentorship support, and inspiring connections, we help girls define and achieve their unique visions of success. After participating in Step Up's mentorship programs, teens report: 83% growth in confidence, 82% growth in self...
Thriving Elements
Create Access And Opportunities For Underrepresented Girls In STEM Through Mentoring The daughter of immigrant parents, Janet Phan had to figure out ways to fund her higher education and navigate her own career path. Now a global technology and digital transformation consultant at PwC, Phan credits her advancement to several significant mentors who helped her to understand her own capabilities and untapped potential. Thriving Elements aims to provide that same meaningful mentoring relation...
Muslim American Leadership Alliance
Promoting And Celebrating Individual Freedom, Diversity, And Muslim American Heritage The Muslim American Leadership Alliance (MALA) is dedicated to leadership through integrity, and as such, provides a platform for people to share their individual stories and to speak for themselves. Our premier civic engagement project – “Muslim American Journeys” – is an opportunity for Muslim Americans to share their own unique stories. Produced in partnership with National Public Radio and the Library...
Hope For Stomach Cancer
Support, Resources And Awareness In The Fight Against Stomach Cancer Hope For Stomach Cancer provides resources to patients, caregivers and loved ones facing stomach cancer, while promoting early detection and prevention to the general and medical communities. Inspired by the founder’s father – who is now in remission after a total removal of his stomach, chemotherapy, and radiation – Hope For Stomach Cancer aims to enable those affected by stomach cancer to take actionable steps to live t...
EmpowerHER
Supporting Young Girls Who Have Lost Their Mothers The mission of empowerHER is to empower, support, and connect girls of all ages who have experienced the early loss of their mothers. We provide an integrated series of Events For Girls and a 1:1 Mentor Match Program. Our events (Mother’s Day Retreat, Annual Beach Bash, Writing Workshops, Yoga Classes, etc.) offer a fun time and place to learn, laugh and celebrate life. Our mentor program instills hope and confidence, provides a shared com...
One For One
Providing Opportunities And Resources For Youth Affected By Violence In Chicago One For One supports young adults living in Chicago’s most dangerous and violent communities. For more than a decade, our organization has been dedicated to breaking the cycle of violence by enriching the lives of youth, allowing them to connect and thrive within their communities and beyond. Through programming, workshops, mentorship and employment, we provide opportunities that nurture values and integrity, a...
Heart House
Innovative After-School And Summer Programs For Refugee Children Living In Dallas Heart House is a nonprofit organization that uses innovative after-school and summer educational programs to combat poverty and promote equity for refugee children living in Dallas. Refugee children face the challenge of resettlement in a new country while simultaneously working to overcome poverty, trauma recovery, and barriers to academic success. Heart House uses social-emotional learning to increase acade...
We All Code
Free Computer Coding Programs For Kids And Teens To Spark Interest In STEM Our mission is to empower youth in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and encourage them to build their software development skills into a lifelong passion. We All Code offers free hands-on classes, courses, and camps at every level to help kids get excited about coding and web development. They learn a variety of front- and back-end coding software and work collaboratively with experienced ment...
Intonation Music
Music Education For Youth On Chicago's Mid-South Side Intonation Music youth explore their limitless potential by learning to play instruments and form their own rock bands. Offered in partnership with schools, park districts, and community organizations, our year-round classes make music accessible to youth by providing them with instruments, instruction, mentorship, and the chance to perform on stages across the city. Each Intonation Music student takes part in a personal and team ap...
Active Children Excel Project
Building Strengths And Empowering Communities Through Tennis, Education, And Mentorship The Active Children Excel Project (“The ACE Project”) serves up positive youth development in Black and Brown communities through tennis, education, and mentorship. What began as a tennis camp in response to extracurricular cuts within Dolton/Riverdale District 148 has grown into a national model reaching youth in Chicago, Baltimore, and Detroit with year-round programs. By recruiting coaches from the c...
mHUB
Innovation Center For Physical Product Development mHUB is the nation’s largest and fastest-growing innovation center for physical product development and manufacturing. We are a shared workspace community of more than 1,200 product designers and developers, entrepreneurs, engineers and manufacturers, a network of mentors, industry experts and investors, and a source of intellectual and economic capital. By galvanizing these connections, mHUB ensures that the Midwest region’s manufacturing...
