The LDSPMA Mentoring Program

The 2026 LDSPMA Mentoring Program applications will open April 7, 2026. Please check back at that time.

Applications for the 2026 round of LDSPMA’s mentoring program are now open!

LDSPMA’s one-on-one mentoring program aims to move forward the inspired projects of its members, advance its members’ careers, and increase our collective impact on a world struggling to recognize their Savior.

Over the last three years, LDSPMA has been pleased to pair several dozen mentors and mentees in a variety of fields. We’re especially excited to pair creators in the fields of music, film, and art. 

How It Works

Interested mentors and mentees will fill out signup forms with all the relevant details about their expertise or mentoring needs, respectively. Then LDSPMA’s mentoring committee will help mentors and mentees pair up for a four-to-six-month period. 

The following six styles of mentoring will be available:

• Email exchanges on specific questions: 2 hours for $30
• Series of video chats: 2 hours for $45, 5 hours for $105
• Review and critique of a project, marketing plan, etc.: 2 hours for $65, 5 hours for $160, 10 hours for $315

Please note the following:

• Mentees can only receive one method of mentoring for this mentoring period.
• Mentor time includes coordinating communication methods and delivering feedback.
• Mentors and mentees will be responsible for setting up their own video calls through their preferred video call methods. 
• Mentors and mentees will decide together the best method of giving and receiving feedback, including annotation, email, or video. Mentors are expected to leave time to discuss their feedback with the mentee.

Aside from third-party payment processing fees, the entirety of the mentee payment is passed to the mentors, unless they decide to forego payment.

All mentor and mentee applications for the 2026 session must be received by May 5, 2026.

Once the deadline has passed, MENTORS should expect a list of potential MENTEES to arrive shortly by email. Mentees will be contacted with mentoring offers within about three weeks. We ask that both mentors and mentees respond to emails within a week in order to help the pairing process run smoothly. We are hopeful that pairings can be worked out by the end of May.

Guidelines

As you consider applying to be a mentor, a mentee, or both, please consider the following:

• Mentoring engagements are expected to last 4–6 months, with all agreed upon hours completed during that window.
• All work related to the mentoring program should maintain the standards of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. This includes no nudity, sex, intense profanity, excessive or graphic violence, belittlement of traditional family values or religion, or glorification of drug use.
• No work related to the mentoring program may contain any form of plagiarism or be in violation of any copyrights. 
• Participation is not guaranteed; LDSPMA volunteers will assist in the matching process based on the data provided through the signup process, but the ultimate decisions will be made by the mentors and mentees.
• Payment will be coordinated by LDSPMA; no direct payment from mentee to mentor is required. Mentees will be emailed an invoice upon being paired with a mentor. Mentors will be paid once LDSPMA is notified that they have completed the agreed-upon mentoring.
• Mentoring pricing is not representative of the value of the mentor’s time or equivalent professional services. Mentors are volunteers. Payments by mentees are meant to provide modest compensation for the mentor’s time and to help both mentors and mentees take the commitment more seriously.
• After the mentoring is concluded, mentors and mentees are welcome to continue their relationship, either in a friendship capacity or as formal coaching at the mentor’s regular rates.
• LDSPMA and its volunteers and staff offer no guarantees with regards to the measured or perceived success of the program to either mentors or mentees. LDSPMA and its volunteers and staff are also not liable for any injury, failed business venture, or other harm that may directly or indirectly arise from participation in the program.

Apply to Be a Mentor or Mentee by May 5, 2026

Mentors have always played a vital role in the training up of faithful saints, including for leadership and other service positions in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in broader society.

Here are some of the responses to our first round of the program in 2023:

“This was a genius idea, and I’m glad I was able to benefit from it. Thanks, [Mentor]! Thanks LDSPMA team!”

“I wanted to let you know that [Mentee] and I have spent time together discussing her project. We have become fast friends and I have enjoyed the opportunity to get to know her. Thank you for this experience!”

Hi! [Mentee] and I completed our mentoring chats last week! This was super fun, I loved doing it, thanks for the opportunity!”

“My mentor was great! I am grateful I got to participate in this mentoring experience.”

“[Mentor] and I met via Zoom last night and I was blown away by how much I learned from him and how well he listened and “got me” and my vision. The one visit is already worth the money paid for 5 sessions! I’m so grateful to [Mentor] and for this opportunity! THANK YOU!!!”

“I loved having the opportunity! Thank you! Please continue the program!”

“It’s been such a wonderful process with visible results and we’ve had the best time working together. We will be continuing to work together which I’m really happy about. Thank you and I’ll be watching for more opportunities.”

We look forward to your participation! 

Thank you again,

The LDSPMA Mentoring Committee