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A speaker addressing a room of students in 100 Black Men chapter polo shirts

Youth Mentoring In The Coastal North Carolina Region

Big futures begin with someone who shows up. We help young people across Coastal North Carolina build confidence, discover their strengths, and take their next steps toward college, careers, and leadership.

  • Teenagers sitting together on a bench at a 100 Black Men of Coastal North Carolina youth program
  • Students in 100 Black Men of Coastal North Carolina polo shirts working at a table in a classroom
  • A group of students in 100 Black Men of Coastal North Carolina polo shirts at a conference
  • Three students in 100 Black Men of Coastal North Carolina polo shirts in front of a graduate programs display

Youth Mentoring: Four for the Future

Our youth mentoring programs serve girls and boys in grades 6–12 across Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender counties. We are Black men who show up, from the first meeting to college acceptance. Four for the Future is the national framework every chapter works from. 

MENTORING

School-based mentoring through six school partnerships across three counties, plus Success Academy for grades 8 through 12. Members give up to four hours a month.

EDUCATION

Success Academy runs August to June. SAT prep, creative writing, college visits. Scholarships from $1,000 to $2,500 for graduates headed to four-year institutions.

ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

Financial literacy taught directly, and roundtables where students hear from local leaders who built something.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

An annual summit open to the community. In 2025 it drew 108 people, 25 screenings and more than 70 blood pressure checks.

A student writing in a classroom during a 100 Black Men of Coastal North Carolina mentoring session

What a year looks like.

Our program year runs August to June, the same calendar the schools keep. These are the numbers behind it.

50+

Students in Success Academy this year

11

Scholarships awarded in 2026

$21,000

Scholarship dollars to the Class of 2026

Mentoring the 100 Way: young people and a mentor working together at a table

REAL MEN.
GIVING REAL TIME.

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Membership is $250 a year and up to four hours a month. Not a donation. Not a title. Read what it asks before you fill anything out.

From the chapter

Notes on the programs, the students and the work.

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