Midlands Mentoring Partnership

What Midlands Mentoring Partnership does

Midlands Mentoring Partnership, operating publicly as MENTOR Nebraska, is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1999 and headquartered at 1111 N 13th Street #126 in Omaha, Nebraska. The organization serves as the designated MENTOR Affiliate for the state of Nebraska and functions as the statewide infrastructure body for youth mentoring — coordinating training, consulting, advocacy, and capacity-building services for member mentoring programs. Its core mission is closing the mentoring gap for the 1 in 3 young people in Nebraska growing up without a mentor.

The product portfolio is delivered almost entirely at no cost to in-state members and includes no-cost consulting, training, and access to the Innovative Mentoring data management system (which integrates individual student data including grades, attendance, and GPA from partner school districts). Specialized programs include Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM) — a model first implemented in a community-based one-on-one setting in 2014 — Success Mentors (a chronic-absenteeism intervention currently in three school districts), the Emerging Mentoring Leaders Institute (EMLI), Workplace Mentoring, advocacy and legislative engagement, and the annual Excellence in Mentoring Awards. The member ecosystem is structured into Certified Partner and Partner tiers, with member programs gaining access to training, consulting, background checks, pass-through grants, data systems, and statewide mentor recruitment.

Revenue is derived from individual donations, corporate event sponsorships tiered from Bronze ($1,000) to Platinum ($10,000), and grants from foundations and federal pass-through funding (notably OJJDP via MENTOR National). The organization operates with a 1–10 person team and maintains partnerships with MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, OJJDP, Omaha/Grand Island/Millard Public Schools, the City of Omaha, Greater Omaha Chamber, and corporate sponsors including FNBO, Mutual of Omaha, Kutak Rock, and the James and Jacquelyn Clough Foundation.

Name

Midlands Mentoring Partnership

Legal name

Midlands Mentoring Partnership

Website

https://mentornebraska.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Midlands Mentoring Partnership (MENTOR Nebraska) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1999 and based in Omaha that serves as Nebraska's designated MENTOR affiliate, delivering no-cost training, consulting, and capacity-building services to youth mentoring programs statewide. It also operates the Success Mentors school-based program and Workplace Mentoring services for employers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Mentoring Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Student Mentoring & Peer Support Programs (EDAJALAL), Peer Support, Mentoring & Student Leadership (SEL) (EDAKAMAO), Coaching, Mentoring & Facilitation Services (BPACANAI)

Keywords

• Youth mentoring services
• Nonprofit capacity building
• Mentor training programs
• Mentoring program certification
• Mentoring advocacy initiatives

Headquarters

HQ city

Omaha

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. Donations: The organization accepts donations to support its mission of closing the mentoring gap in Nebraska. Donations help increase capacity to provide quality mentoring relationships for young people.
2. Sponsorships: Corporate sponsorships for the Excellence in Mentoring Awards event. Sponsorships at various levels including Platinum ($10,000), Gold ($5,000), Silver ($3,000), and Bronze ($1,000).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Midlands Mentoring Partnership operates as MENTOR Nebraska, a statewide nonprofit affiliate that provides no-cost consulting, training, capacity building, quality certification, data management, advocacy, and specialized programs (Youth Initiated Mentoring, Success Mentors, workplace mentoring, Emerging Mentoring Leaders Institute) to mentoring programs, schools, businesses, and youth across Nebraska. Funding comes from donations, foundation grants, and corporate sponsorships.

Product overview

MENTOR Nebraska (Midlands Mentoring Partnership) operates as a non-partisan, private nonprofit organization that serves as a designated MENTOR affiliate, providing the leadership and infrastructure to support quality mentoring relationships throughout Nebraska. The organization functions as both an advocacy and service organization, offering a unified portfolio of services centered on strengthening the mentoring field. Core offerings include no-cost consulting and capacity building support to mentoring programs, comprehensive training for staff and mentors, and access to the National Quality Mentoring System (NQMS) self-assessment tool. The organization provides member programs with access to the Innovative Mentoring data management system and school district data integration. Additional offerings include the Emerging Mentoring Leaders Institute (EMLI) for professional development, workplace mentoring services for businesses, and specialized programs like Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM) and Success Mentors. The organization also maintains advocacy efforts at local, state, and national levels, hosts the Excellence in Mentoring Awards, and operates a Youth Advisory Council. Membership is structured in two tiers: Certified Partners demonstrating research-based practices, and Partners focused on capacity building.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• No-Cost Consulting Capacity building support provided to mentoring programs at no cost to strengthen the quality of mentoring throughout Nebraska.
• Training No-cost training opportunities for youth-serving programs and mentors to support high quality mentoring experiences.
• Innovative Mentoring Data Management System Data management tool provided to member agencies at no cost to evaluate the effectiveness of mentoring activities; enables access to individual student data including grades, attendance, and GPA from school districts.
• National Quality Mentoring System (NQMS) A 92-question self-assessment process completed every three years that gives mentoring programs a roadmap to achieve the highest quality programming, based on Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring.
• Emerging Mentoring Leaders Institute (EMLI) Professional development program for mentoring leaders from new and grassroots programs serving BIPOC and LGBTQIA2S+ communities, providing training, peer learning, and networking to strengthen their organizations.
• Workplace Mentoring Partnership services for businesses and workforce agencies to build mentoring within the workplace, including consulting, Supervisor-as-Mentoring Training, Mentor & Mentee Success Workshops, and Mentoring Connections Events.
• Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM)
• Success Mentors A school-run mentoring program matching chronically absent youth with a mentor inside the school building; implemented in Grand Island Public Schools, Omaha Public Schools, and Millard Public Schools.
• Membership Programs (Certified Partner / Partner) Two-tier annual membership providing no-cost services including training, consulting, background checks, pass-through grants, data collection systems, and access to statewide mentor recruitment activities.
• Advocacy Local, state, and national advocacy efforts to promote mentoring, including legislative initiatives (LB511), congressional engagement, and public awareness campaigns.

Quantifiable outcome

• 215+ college students matched to youth in juvenile justice system
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.

• MENTOR: The National Mentoring PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAs a designated MENTOR Affiliate, MENTOR Nebraska serves as the statewide affiliate for the national mentoring movement. Informs and distributes national research and resources to mentoring programs across Nebraska. Coordinates with national lobbyists for key advocacy issues.
• Code Black TechminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDavid Pollock, Executive Director of Code Black Tech, serves on the Emerging Mentoring Leaders Institute (EMLI) and provides workplace mentoring partnership testimonial.
• Greater Omaha ChambermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBusiness of the Year in 2019; endorses annual mentor recruitment campaign and helps rally the community
• City of OmahacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorks closely with Mayor of Omaha for annual mentor recruitment campaign, National Mentoring Month promotion, Corporate Mentoring Challenge, and flex-time initiatives for mentoring
• Omaha Public SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImplemented Success Mentors program (2018) and STRIVE Mentoring to address chronic absenteeism; District-wide mentoring opportunities through Dr. Cheryl Logan's leadership
• Grand Island Public SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImplemented Success Mentors program to address chronic absenteeism among students
• Millard Public SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImplemented Success Mentors program to address chronic absenteeism among students
• University of Nebraska Omaha - Juvenile Justice InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Anne Hobbs established the Juvenile Reentry Mentoring Project; collaborated on Youth Initiated Mentoring for justice-involved youth

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership: National umbrella organization for youth mentoring that designates and supports state-level affiliates like Midlands Mentoring Partnership. Directly comparable as the parent of the affiliate network and provider of NQMS, Elements of Effective Practice, and national advocacy infrastructure.

Peers

• iMentor:

Direct peers

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: Largest youth mentoring organization in the US and a Certified Partner member of MENTOR Nebraska. Operates one-on-one mentoring programs serving at-risk youth, sharing the same target population (Nebraska youth without mentors) and relying on similar volunteer recruitment and screening infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/mentornebraska
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UChZaCtS8RA6x5enJ10Ian-Q
• Facebookfacebook.com/MentorNebraska
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mentor-nebraska
• Instagraminstagram.com/mentornebraska

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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