iMentor
- Also Known As
- iMentor
- Location
- New York, NY
Organization Details
Nonprofit
199 WATER ST 8TH FL, NEW YORK, NY, 10038-3586

About
Our model harnesses the power of long-term, personal relationships to help students succeed. We partner with high schools in low-income communities, where a majority of students served will be first-generation college graduates.
Relationships are built via a unique combination of online communication and in-person events, which provides flexibility for volunteers, enabling professionals who would not be able to participate in a traditional mentoring program to get involved.
iMentor partners with schools in low-income communities, where a majority of students will be first-generation college students. We match every student in our partner schools with a college-educated mentor, who commits a minimum of three years to a single student. Mentoring pairs have the option to continue their relationship through college completion.
Our research-based college success curriculum structures each week of the mentoring relationship, providing a baseline of conversations and experiences for all mentoring pairs. iMentor assigns program staff, trained as college counselors, to ensure the success of each relationship by providing case management support to mentoring pairs. With our curriculum and staff to guide them, mentors and students build their relationship through weekly online communication and monthly in-person meetings.
iMentor recruits, screens, trains and matches volunteer mentors with students living in New York City, Chicago, and the San Francisco Bay Area. iMentor supports the relationships; designs technology-focused educational projects that allow mentors and mentees to collaborate with one another; trains teachers and staff of youth agencies to become comfortable with technology and to implement our programs; and develops web-based applications that allow other agencies to run their own online mentoring programs.
Mission Statement
iMentor builds mentoring relationships that empower students from low-income communities to graduate high school, succeed in college, and achieve their ambitions.