What Mass Mentoring Partnership does

Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP) is a Boston-based nonprofit founded in 1992 that operates as the only statewide training, research, and advocacy organization dedicated to expanding quality youth mentoring in Massachusetts. The organization serves over 370 mentoring and youth-serving organizations and engages a network of 300+ partner organizations across Boston/Greater Boston, Central, Northeast, Southeast Coast, and Western Massachusetts, functioning as a capacity-building intermediary rather than a direct service provider.

MMP's core technology is the Mentoring Connector — a national web-based database of mentoring programs that processes over 80,000 annual volunteer searches by zip code, ages served, and program type — connected into MENTOR National's national infrastructure. The product portfolio spans capacity-building services (Training & Capacity Building, Technical Assistance, Mass Mentoring Counts data tracking), funding programs (the $1.5M FY26 Mentoring Matching Grant administered via competitive RFP, plus the $30,000 ALKU Scholarship), and youth engagement initiatives (Youth Leadership Council, Connected Futures, Joyfest for Black and Brown girls and femmes, Relationship-Centered Schools). The Mentoring Matching Grant, originally created in FY99, is the only state investment solely dedicated to mentoring expansion in Massachusetts.

Revenue is sourced from a diversified mix: a recurring state grant from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, corporate sponsorships (Cheers to Mentoring event sponsors including ALKU, Bank of America, EY, Highland Street Foundation), individual donations, and peer-to-peer fundraising through 12-year participation in the Boston Marathon Official Charity Program, the Falmouth Road Race, and a 21-year partnership with Rodman Ride for Kids. MMP does not charge fees for its services to mentoring programs or volunteers. The 2023 strategic refresh reoriented MMP around three pillars — Build Capacity, Institutional Change, and Advocacy and Public Engagement — coinciding with the conclusion of the 15-year AmeriCorps Advocates of Mentoring program.

Name

Mass Mentoring Partnership

Legal name

Mass Mentoring Partnership

Website

https://massmentors.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mass Mentoring Partnership is a Boston-based nonprofit founded in 1992 that serves as Massachusetts's only statewide training, research, and advocacy organization for youth mentoring programs, supporting over 370 organizations and 300+ partners through the Mentoring Connector platform, state grant administration, and capacity-building services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. State Funding: The Mentoring Matching Grant is the only state investment solely dedicated to expanding quality mentoring across Massachusetts. Funding is provided by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. FY26 budget is $1.5 million. Originally created in FY99.
2. Corporate Sponsorships: Annual Cheers to Mentoring event attracts sponsors including ALKU, Ayco/Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, EY, The Boston Red Sox, The Herb Chambers Companies, Highland Street Foundation, and Tito's Handmade Vodka. The Journey to 30 Symposium also had multiple corporate sponsors.
3. ALKU Scholarship Partnership: Partnership with ALKU to award $30,000 scholarships to rising high school seniors who have been in quality mentoring relationships for at least one year.
4. Individual Donations: Direct donations from individuals to support mentoring programs across Massachusetts. MMP accepts donations through its website.
5. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Events: Team MMP participates in Boston Marathon, Falmouth Road Race, and Rodman Ride for Kids events. Riders and runners fundraise on behalf of MMP.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP) is a statewide nonprofit that supports Massachusetts-based youth-serving and mentoring organizations through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and capacity-building services. Its core offerings include the Mentoring Connector (a national database linking volunteers to mentoring programs), the Mentoring Matching Grant (the state's only dedicated funding line for mentoring expansion), training/capacity building programs, and targeted initiatives such as the Youth Leadership Council, Joyfest, Connected Futures, and Relationship-Centered Schools.

Product overview

Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP) is a nonprofit statewide organization that serves as a training, research, and advocacy organization for Massachusetts mentoring and youth-serving organizations. Rather than a single unified software product, MMP operates a portfolio of interconnected programs and services: The Mentoring Connector serves as the core technology platform—a national database connecting mentoring programs with potential volunteers (processing over 80,000 annual searches). Supporting services include the ALKU Scholarship ($30,000 college scholarships for mentored youth), the Mentoring Matching Grant (the only state-funded mentoring expansion program with $1.5M FY26 budget), and AmeriCorps Mentoring Advocates (now concluded after 15 years). MMP provides capacity-building services including Training & Capacity Building, Technical Assistance & Consultation, and Mass Mentoring Counts data tracking. Fundraising initiatives include Cheers to Mentoring (annual gala), Boston Marathon, Falmouth Road Race, and Rodman Ride for Kids. Youth engagement programs include the Youth Leadership Council, Connected Futures, Joyfest (mentoring Black and Brown girls), and Relationship-Centered Schools. Recognition awards include the ALKU Scholarship, KELLY Award (concluded 2022), and James G. Connolly Tribute Fund Award.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Mentoring Connector
• Mentoring Matching Grant
• Training & Capacity Building
• Technical Assistance & Consultation Services
• ALKU Scholarship
• Mass Mentoring Counts
• Youth Leadership Council
• Joyfest
• Connected Futures
• Relationship-Centered Schools
• Cheers to Mentoring

Quantifiable outcome

• Students with mentors are 52% less likely to skip school and 37% less likely to skip class
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• MENTOR NationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMMP is an affiliate of MENTOR National, the national organization for youth mentoring. Together they publish the State of Mentoring Research Report and coordinate the National Mentoring Resource Center. MMP's Mentoring Connector is part of MENTOR National's national database.
• ALKUflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerALKU is a key partner that created the $30,000 ALKU Scholarship in 2015. ALKU CEO Mark Eldridge serves on MMP's Board. ALKU sponsors MMP events, employees run the Falmouth Road Race for MMP, and ALKU provides ongoing scholarship funding for Massachusetts youth.
• Rodman Ride for KidscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMMP has been a proud partner of Rodman Ride for Kids for 21 years (since 2004). The event supports 250,000+ kids annually through 52 affiliated organizations. Team MMP riders have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars.
• Encore Boston HarborminorOthersVenue partner for the Journey to 30 Symposium & Celebration in November 2022 at Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, MA.
• National Mentoring Resource CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMMP leverages resources from the National Mentoring Resource Center, established by MENTOR and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• National Urban League: Large national civil rights and youth-development nonprofit with comparable mentoring and capacity-building programs. Overlaps with MMP on workforce and education outcomes for underserved youth and competes for federal and corporate funding.
• MENTOR (formerly MENTOR National): National umbrella organization for youth mentoring and MMP's direct affiliate. MENTOR publishes the State of Mentoring Research Report, operates the National Mentoring Resource Center, and hosts the Mentoring Connector platform that MMP's tool plugs into - making it the most directly comparable peer at the national level.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: National youth-mentoring incumbent and the largest direct-mentoring brand in the U.S. Operates a federated affiliate model (MMP sits adjacent as a capacity-building intermediary rather than direct mentor) and competes for the same corporate CSR dollars and volunteer pool.

Emerging players

• Year Up: Workforce-development nonprofit with a strong mentoring/coaching model for young adults. Comparable on youth-development outcomes, mentoring-based service delivery, and corporate partnership model (Bank of America, EY are also Year Up partners).
• iMentor: National nonprofit focused on college-mentoring relationships for high school students. Comparable in mentoring mission and focus on measurable youth outcomes (college enrollment), though more program-operator than intermediary.

Regional players

• Massachusetts Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs: Statewide alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs in Massachusetts. Comparable as a state-level intermediary/coordinator for member youth-serving organizations - mirroring MMP's role as the state-level coordinator for mentoring programs.
• United Way of Massachusetts Bay: Massachusetts-based intermediary funder and capacity builder. Comparable as a regional nonprofit hub that aggregates corporate CSR dollars (Bank of America, State Street) and distributes them to youth-serving member agencies in MMP's network.

Direct peers

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts: Regional Big Brothers Big Sisters affiliate operating in the same Massachusetts geography with a similar youth-mentoring mission. Directly comparable as a mentoring program operator and capacity recipient within MMP's network of 370+ organizations.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston: Regional youth-development organization operating in the same Massachusetts geography, serving overlapping youth demographics and competing for the same state funding, corporate sponsorships, and donor dollars as MMP.

Others

• Massachusetts Nonprofit Network: Statewide association serving the Massachusetts nonprofit sector. Comparable as a capacity-building, advocacy, and training resource hub for the same member organizations MMP serves, though broader in scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/massmentoring
• Facebookfacebook.com/MassMentoring
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mass-mentoring-partnership

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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