Find the Right Mentoring Program
Mentoring Match helps connect students, families, and communities with mentoring programs that meet their unique needs. Whether you're looking for one-on-one mentorship, school-based support, or community programs, this page is designed to guide you to the right fit.
How Mentoring Match Works
1. Identify Your Needs
What type of support are you looking for? Academic help, confidence-building, or leadership development.
2. Explore Programs
Browse trusted mentoring organizations that serve different age groups, needs, and communities.
3. Find the Right Fit
Each program offers something unique. Choose the one that aligns best with your goals.
4. Take the Next Step
Use the provided links to learn more, apply, or get connected.
Explore Mentoring Programs
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America creates meaningful, one-to-one mentoring relationships that help young people build confidence, achieve academic success, and realize their full potential. By connecting children with caring adult mentors, the organization provides consistent support, encouragement, and guidance that can positively shape a child’s future.
Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Boys & Girls Clubs of America provides young people with safe, supportive spaces where they can learn, grow, and build meaningful connections with caring mentors and staff. Through academic support, leadership development, and enrichment programs, the organization helps empower youth to reach their full potential and thrive beyond the classroom.
MENTOR
MENTOR is the national leader in expanding access to quality mentoring relationships for young people across the country. Through research, resources, and partnerships, MENTOR strengthens mentoring programs and helps connect youth with caring adults who provide guidance, encouragement, and support for long-term success.
BLAZE Mentoring Program
BLAZE Mentoring, led by the Nashville Fire Department, connects young men with mentors who provide guidance, encouragement, and positive role modeling through meaningful relationship-building and leadership development. The program is designed to empower youth with the confidence, support, and life skills needed to navigate challenges and pursue future success.
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TN Achieves
tnAchieves connects Tennessee students with volunteer mentors who provide encouragement, accountability, and guidance as they navigate the transition from high school to college. Through consistent support and mentorship, the program helps students stay on track academically, overcome barriers, and build confidence in their future.
ACE Mentor Program
The ACE Mentor Program of America connects high school students with industry professionals in architecture, construction, and engineering who provide mentorship, career exploration, and real-world learning experiences. Through hands-on guidance and professional relationships, the program helps students build confidence, develop skills, and explore future career pathways.
Youth Villages Mentoring Program
Youth Villages connects young people with caring mentors who provide encouragement, stability, and meaningful support as they navigate life’s challenges. Through consistent relationship-building, the program helps youth strengthen confidence, develop life skills, and build positive connections that support long-term success.
Equal Chance for Education Mentor Program
Equal Chance for Education’s Mentor Program connects students with caring mentors who provide academic encouragement, personal guidance, and consistent support throughout their educational journey. By fostering meaningful relationships and promoting college and career readiness, the program helps empower students to achieve their goals and reach their full potential.
Reach and Rise
Reach & Rise is a mentoring program through the YMCA that connects youth facing challenges with trained adult mentors who provide encouragement, friendship, and consistent support. Through meaningful one-to-one relationships, the program helps young people build confidence, strengthen resilience, and develop the skills needed to navigate life’s challenges successfully.
KAMI Mentoring Initiative
The Knoxville Area Mentoring Initiative (KAMI) works to connect young people with caring mentors through a collaborative network of mentoring organizations across the Knoxville community. By expanding access to mentorship and strengthening support systems for youth, KAMI helps foster meaningful relationships that encourage confidence, growth, and long-term success.
The Arthur Project
The Arthur Project connects students with long-term mentors who provide academic support, social-emotional encouragement, and consistent guidance throughout critical developmental years. By building meaningful relationships and surrounding students with a strong support system, the program helps young people grow in confidence, resilience, and future readiness.
HANDY (Helping Advance & Nurture the Development of Youth)
HANDY supports youth through mentorship, life skills development, and meaningful resources designed to help them overcome challenges and build brighter futures. By connecting young people with caring mentors and a strong support network, HANDY empowers youth to grow in confidence, resilience, and readiness for long-term success.
Friends of the Children
Friends of the Children pairs youth facing significant obstacles with dedicated professional mentors who provide consistent, long-term support from childhood through adolescence. Through intentional relationship-building and unwavering encouragement, the organization helps young people build confidence, develop resilience, and create pathways toward lasting success.
Thread
Thread connects young people with a network of committed adult mentors and supportive peers who provide long-term encouragement, guidance, and practical support as they navigate school, life, and future goals. Through relationship-centered support, Thread helps students build confidence, overcome barriers, and create pathways toward long-term success.