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Together, we can help a new generation of college mentors and high school students collaborate to solve one of the great challenges of our time—educational inequity. All we have to do is give them the resources they need to succeed. Will you help?
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Mentor Illinois currently is seeking to obtain federal tax-exempt status through a fiscal sponsor. Our mission is to pay and empower students at great Illinois colleges to help talented Illinois high school students from non-college or low-income backgrounds apply to college. Read more about our tax-exempt status.
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YOUR SUPPORT OPENS DOORS TO COLLEGE
Donate to Mentor Illinois to empower and connect high-achieving students from non-college and low-income backgrounds with mentors from great colleges in order to open college doors and create game-changing educational, work and life possibilities.
Just $1,250 is enough to support one mentor for one semester.
How Your Support Helps
Mentor Illinois is designed from the ground up to leverage the substantial human capital of Illinois' great colleges to provide precise and effective college application assistance to talented but low-income high school students.
For every $1,250 we raise, we are able to offer one high schooler, for an entire semester:
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3-4 hours per week of structured guidance on the college application process in general; OR
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1-2 hours per week of targeted college application assistance with key college application tasks such as test prep and essay writing.
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Actions speak louder than words.”
- Michael Jordan, 2023—when asked why he donates to charity
