Men With Hearts is a Texas charitable nonprofit dedicated to developing boys and young men into responsible, principled leaders through structured mentorship, character development, outdoor education, community service, and consistent positive male role models.
We develop boys and young men into responsible, principled leaders through meaningful relationships with caring adult men. Through structured mentorship, outdoor experiences, character-building activities, and community service, we cultivate integrity, responsibility, compassion, teamwork, and servant leadership — strengthening families, improving communities, and preparing the next generation to make a positive impact on the world.
Approximately one in four American children grows up without a father in the home. Boys without consistent, positive male role models are statistically more likely to struggle in school, become involved in the justice system, experience substance abuse, and become absent fathers themselves — passing the cycle to the next generation.
Research consistently demonstrates that boys with caring adult male mentors show measurable improvements in academic performance, social-emotional skills, civic engagement, and long-term family stability. The single greatest bottleneck in youth mentorship today is not need — it’s the supply of men willing and trained to invest.
Men With Hearts exists to close that gap.
Through monthly gatherings and outdoor adventures, we combine purposeful experiences with intentional mentorship. From fishing and camping to carpentry, leadership challenges, and community service projects, every activity is designed to:
Boys and young men. Men With Hearts serves boys of all ages. Any boy attending with a parent, legal guardian, or approved adult caretaker is welcome. Boys ages five and older may attend without a parent on a case-by-case basis — as the guest of another participant, brought by a family friend, or under the supervision of an approved Men With Hearts leader. Younger boys attending without a parent require advance approval and a sponsoring leader.
Mentors and volunteers. Adult men 18 and older who affirm our mission, values, and character standards, complete required background checks and child-safety training, and are willing to invest in boys over time. We welcome men of all backgrounds who can model the character qualities we hope to instill — integrity, responsibility, humility, servant leadership, and love for others.
Men With Hearts was founded by men whose lives have been shaped by Christian faith and a shared conviction that boys today need strong, principled male role models to become the men this country needs. While our programs are open to families of every background and are never conditioned on agreement with our founders’ beliefs, the character we work to instill — integrity, compassion, servant leadership, responsibility, and love for others — reflects the values that brought us together.
We don’t lead with a label that closes doors before we meet the boy. We get them in. We teach them friendship, integrity, and what a real man looks like. The boys we serve come as they are. The men who lead them rise to a standard.
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:13-14
Men With Hearts is a Texas nonprofit corporation with 501(c)(3) status pending.
Building Character. Strengthening Families. Serving Communities.