Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring

What Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring does

The Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring is a Boston-based, non-profit research dissemination entity affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Boston, founded in 2012. It operates the Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring, an online publication that aggregates and translates academic research, literature reviews, practitioner profiles, and best practices in youth mentoring. The platform covers natural mentoring, program models, special populations, training, and emerging areas including technology-delivered and AI-supported interventions, with content organized into dozens of thematic categories and supported by a small editorial team led by Dr. Jean Rhodes as Editor in Chief.

The Center does not sell software or charge for access. Its core 'product' is free editorial content delivered through evidencebasedmentoring.org, supplemented by email newsletters, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, webinars, and the annual Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring. Revenue, where it exists, is implied to come from university affiliation, research grants, and sponsorships from partner organizations, with no disclosed pricing model, ARR, or commercial customer relationships.

The Center's growth strategy to date has been ecosystem-oriented rather than commercial: it has built formal partnerships with MentorPRO (a digital educator platform positioned as a research extension), Along (a free digital tool for educators), MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership (the field's national advocacy body), and Academic Web Pages (the Chronicle's web platform provider). It has no disclosed funding rounds, subsidiaries, acquisitions, or executive hires beyond academic editorial leadership, and operates with 1-10 employees.

Name

Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring

Legal name

Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring

Website

https://evidencebasedmentoring.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring is a Boston-based, UMass Boston-affiliated non-profit research center that operates the Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring, a free online publication aggregating academic research and best practices in youth mentoring for practitioners, researchers, educators, and youth workers globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Mentoring Research Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Mentoring & Peer Support Programs (EDAJALAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mentoring, Coaching, Alumni Networking & Peer Support Platforms (EDAFAMAN), Peer Support, Mentoring & Student Leadership (SEL) (EDAKAMAO), Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

Keywords

• Youth mentoring research
• Evidence-based mentoring
• Mentoring publications
• Mentoring program evaluation
• Mentoring training resources

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring operates as a research dissemination platform that publishes the Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring, an online publication aggregating and translating youth mentoring research for practitioners. It produces research summaries, profiles of researchers and practitioners, and news on evidence-based mentoring practices across topics including mental health, K-12 education, incarceration, and special populations. The Center also delivers the annual Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring and develops affiliated resources for educators and youth workers.

Product overview

The Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring operates primarily as a research and knowledge-sharing organization rather than a product company. Its main offering is The Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring, an online publication that aggregates and publishes research, news, and best practices in youth mentoring. The Center also partners with digital mentoring tools: MentorPRO (a digital platform for educators to build developmental relationships) and Along (a free digital tool for educators). These partnerships represent affiliations and product recommendations rather than products built by the Center. The organization also runs the annual Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring as a professional development program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MentorPRO: A digital tool platform to support educators to build developmental relationships with their students, developed as an extension of decades of research on youth mentoring.

Products and services

• The Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring An online publication that shares research, ideas, and best practices in youth mentoring, featuring research summaries, articles, profiles, and news on evidence-based mentoring practices for program practitioners, researchers, educators, and youth workers.
• Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring An annual educational program and training event hosted by the Center, featuring workshops and presentations on youth mentoring research and practice. Designed for program practitioners, researchers, educators, and youth workers seeking professional development in evidence-based mentoring.

Quantifiable outcome

• Extensive coverage spanning over a decade with thousands of articles on topics including mental health (60+ articles), training (137 articles), goal setting (193 articles), and volunteer management (144 articles)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MentorPROcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMentorPRO is a leading digital tool platform that supports educators in building developmental relationships with their students. It is described as the natural extension of decades of research from the Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring. The platform is featured prominently as a sponsor and extension of the Center's research.
• AlongcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerAlong is a free digital tool designed to support educators in building developmental relationships with their students. It has sponsored the Chronicle and aligns with the Center's mission of supporting youth through evidence-based practices.
• MENTOR: The National Mentoring PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership is described as the unifying champion for expanding quality youth mentoring relationships in the United States. For nearly 25 years, MENTOR has served the mentoring field by providing a public voice, developing and delivering resources to mentoring programs nationwide, and promoting quality for mentoring through standards, cutting-edge research and state-of-the-art tools.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• National Mentoring Resource Center: A federally funded resource hub that curates mentoring research, training, and program quality tools for the youth mentoring field. Highly comparable in mission: aggregating and translating evidence-based mentoring knowledge for practitioners.
• MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership: The unifying national champion for expanding quality youth mentoring relationships in the US. Both organizations serve the same practitioner and researcher audiences, share mutual sponsorship ties, and focus on advancing evidence-based mentoring standards.
• International Mentoring Association: A professional association that promotes mentoring research, training, and standards across sectors. Shares the Center's mission of bridging mentoring research and practice for practitioners and program leaders.
• Mentoring Central: An organization providing training, resources, and program development guidance for mentoring programs. Comparable as a practitioner-facing intermediary between mentoring evidence and field implementation.

Broad incumbents

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: The largest youth mentoring organization in the US, operating direct service programs nationwide. While primarily a service provider rather than a research publisher, it is a major consumer of evidence-based mentoring research and shapes field practice.
• Education Resources Information Center (ERIC): A federally funded online library of education research and information. Comparable as a research dissemination infrastructure serving educators and researchers, though it covers all of education rather than mentoring specifically.

Others

• ResearchGate: A global academic social network for researchers to share and discover scientific work. Adjacent infrastructure that competes for the attention of academic audiences the Center serves, with broader scope but less curation depth.

Emerging players

• MentorPro: A digital tool platform for educators to build developmental relationships with students, developed as an extension of the Center's research. Comparable in that it operationalizes Center findings into a product for educators and shares the same evidence-based ethos.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CEBMatUMB
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-center-for-evidence-based-mentoring
• Instagraminstagram.com/evidencebasedmentoring/?hl=en

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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