Unlocking Potential in Greater Cincinnati’s Youth

Cincy Mentors is a collaborative of local organizations working together to showcase the importance and impact of mentoring in Greater Cincinnati.

Our goal is to match youth with mentors to help them advance in their education and quality of life, offering advice based on their own personal and professional experiences.

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Adopt A Class connects businesses and civic groups with students in underserved schools. ​By pairing teams with individual classrooms, adult mentors expose the students to a breadth of experiences and training to be job and career ready. ​


Big Brothers Big Sisters provides high quality 1-to-1 mentoring services to more than 1,000 children and their families on an annual basis across 13 counties in Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana.


Cincinnati Youth Collaborative empowers young people to overcome barriers and excel in education, career and life. CYC offers a variety of programs to help youth excel, including 1-to-1 mentoring, co-mentoring, group mentoring, and corporate mentoring.


City Gospel Mission gives children caring, enduring, one-to-one relationships that change their lives. CGM provides mentors with ongoing support, training, coaching and resources to help make the mentoring relationship long-lasting.


Covington Partners is committed to working with the schools of Covington to operate the Covington Partners Mentoring Program. By mentoring one student, you can change two lives. You can share your time and talents by getting involved in a variety of mentoring programs.


Forever Kings exists to create a culture of brotherhood among young men of color while providing dynamic tools and resources that empowers them to redefine, reshape, and reimagine the outcomes for their lives.


Ladies of Leadership focuses on building and enhancing leadership and interpersonal skills for inner city ​young ladies in impoverished communities. They build sisterhood and trust through mentoring so that young ladies develop a sense of worth and confidence.


Level Up Cincinnati is a non-profit that provides coaching, support, and personal development for Black and Latinx first-generation college students. We are supported by a professional network of coaches and leaders invested in helping student’s springboard their careers and advance their lives to the next level.