The problem
Foundations give scholarships to help students succeed. Trustees and donors want to know if the money made a real difference. They ask for results. A list of students who received funds is a good start, but it does not show how those students grew or what they learned.
The trouble is that confidence, career readiness and personal growth are hard to capture. When a foundation tries to measure these, they often get vague answers. Stories are nice, but they cannot be added up into a clear report for the board.
How organizations usually handle it
Programs usually ask students to write a thank you letter or fill out a survey at the very end. These letters are warm and polite, but they only show a feeling on the last day. They do not measure where the student started and how far they have come.
How mentoring solves it
Mentoring means an experienced person meets a student regularly over a year. They do not just talk. They agree on what the student wants to achieve, like preparing for a first job or building better study habits. Then they work on it step by step.
Because the mentor and student focus on specific goals, the foundation can measure those goals. When a student scores their progress early on and again months later, the foundation gets real numbers. This shows donors exactly how the program helped.
How it works on Mentornity
Goals scored over time
Students score their goals at the start, the middle and the end of the program. Change is counted only for people who answered both times, so the data stays accurate.
Reports for donors
Progress and impact reports are built from your own questions. They show medians and ranges, and groups under five people are shown as less than five to protect privacy.
Export to the board
Your team can export the reports as an Excel file or a PDF. This makes it easy to attach the results directly to your next board meeting agenda.
Certificates of completion
You set the rules for who qualifies. Students who complete the program get a certificate with QR verification, which they can share on LinkedIn.
What you can measure
How students score their goals at the start, middle and end.
The change in medians and ranges across the whole group.
Exactly who qualifies for a certificate at the end of the year.
Questions
Do donors see the answers of individual students?
No. Impact reports show medians and ranges. To keep answers private, any group with fewer than five people is simply shown as less than five.
Can we ask our own questions for the report?
Yes. Progress and impact reports are built from the program's own questions, so you measure exactly what your foundation cares about.
How do we match students with the right mentors?
Students and mentors apply through your own forms. Matching rules compare their answers, and Mentornity AI can propose matches in bulk. Your team approves every match.