MentorPRO is a really outstanding software platform, used by mentoring programs for everything from real-time mentee feedback to a full training, data, and evaluation platform. It is an excellent tool for the field.
Michael GarringerMentorPRO is like a box that we have all been wanting to see into so we can see how genuine relationships, mentorships, connections, and social capital are built and maintained in real time.
Kyle MannMentorPRO has been a Godsend as far as I'm concerned. The app has completely changed my job as an advocate because it is so much easier to communicate and get updates. I love the resources. I love the classes. I love it.
Heather FallwellThe start-up support, evidence-based training, and ongoing expert success coaching included in our annual licensing fee are better than what we received from Chronus, and the price is more competitive.
Linda SarisI'm deeply grateful to Megyn and Ania for their invaluable support with MentorPRO.
Nildivette Sotoearly match closure with MatchPRO compared with manual matching across 115 matches
In preparationIndependent field testcareer and education goals set by young women in Step Up's national flash mentoring community
Partner dataStep Up, 2026net promoter score from mentors, against a software benchmark of 66
Pilot dataPartner surveyYouth mentoring lives or dies on match longevity. MentorPRO helps you make better matches, train volunteers before and during the match, keep every conversation visible to staff, and hand funders a report they can trust.
Each links to the platform feature built to answer it.
Early closure was 9 percent with research-backed matching versus 32 percent with manual matching.
MatchPROShort courses and a certification arrive when the hard moments do.
MentorPRO AcademyStaff see every conversation without standing in the middle.
Secure MessagingOne report shows what changed for young people.
Analytics and ReportsPeer-reviewed findings are labeled as such. Manuscripts in preparation or in press are labeled too, because the difference matters.
A meta-analysis found that mentoring focused on specific goals and challenges produced effects two to three times larger than non-specific approaches.
Christensen et al., 2020, Journal of Youth and AdolescenceAmong 2,165 youth in 30 programs, relationships that balanced goal focus with youth focus were closer and linked to fewer symptoms of distress.
Werntz, Poon, and Rhodes, 2023, Journal of Youth and AdolescenceMentor and program characteristics measurable at intake predict which matches will end early, which is what MatchPRO weighs.
Kupersmidt et al., 2017, American Journal of Community PsychologyPairs with shared interests reported stronger relationships across a large national sample.
Raposa et al., 2019, Journal of Community PsychologyCross-age peer mentoring effects in a meta-analysis were more than double those found in earlier meta-analyses of adult mentoring.
Burton et al., 2022, American Journal of Community PsychologyIn an independent experimental comparison of 115 matches, 9 percent of MatchPRO pairs closed early versus 32 percent of manual matches.
Rhodes et al., manuscript in preparationSix agencies, including Utah, Tennessee, Washington County, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Shoreline, and Orange County and the Inland Empire, run community-based, site-based, and mentor2.0 programs on MentorPRO.
Step Up used MentorPRO to run flash mentoring at national scale, connecting teens and young women with professional mentors for short, focused conversations. Participants have set 1,400 career and education goals and completed more than 350 flash mentoring conversations on the platform.
Read the Step Up case studyChalleNGe academies use MentorPRO to keep cadets connected to their mentors through the post-residential year, when contact usually fades. The program scaled from a small pilot to 21 academies in under two years, and sustained contact between mentors and cadets nearly doubled.
Program reporting records more than 23,000 messages exchanged between cadets and mentors and more than 1,400 check-ins completed across life domains.
MentorPRO is like a box that we've all been wanting to see into. Now we can see how genuine relationships are built and maintained in real time.
Foróige, Ireland's largest youth organization, runs its Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ireland mentoring on MentorPRO. Volunteer mentors and young people connect through the app, and program staff supervise matches and report outcomes from one place.
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