We are a passionate and purpose-driven brotherhood building and supporting the emotionally mature, accountable, and compassionate male role models that our communities so desperately need.

• 501(c)(3) Nonprofit. Part of a Network of Nonprofits in 14 Global Regions 
• Non-Religious – Men of all faiths and no faith are welcome. The ManKind Project is not affiliated with any religious practice.
• Inclusive – Men of all backgrounds, orientations, ages, and abilities are welcome. We strive to be increasingly inclusive and affirming of cultural differences, especially with respect to color, class, sexual orientation, faith, age, ability, ethnicity, and nationality.

Finding belonging in this brotherhood … 

We help men through any transition, men at all levels of success, men facing almost any challenge. Our flagship training is described by many as the most powerful men’s training available: The New Warrior Training Adventure. MKP’s programs and groups are frequently recommended by licensed mental health professionals as a successful peer-support intervention or adjunct to traditional therapy.  (see recent articles in the New York Times, the Independent, NPR, or Broadly by Vice, or watch a 4 minute segment about the ManKind Project on ‘Follow This’ by Buzzfeed Media)

The ManKind Project supports a global network of over 1,000 peer-facilitated men’s groups serving close to 10,000 men each week. In an MKP men’s group, men mentor men through the passages of their lives.

The ManKind Project empowers men to missions of service, supporting men to make a difference in the lives of others – men, women, and children around the world.

INSTITUTIONAL STANDS:

Declaration on Mental Health: READ

Ethical Relationship Policy: READ

Institutional Stand Against Abuse: READ

Statement on Sexual Orientation: READ

Statement on Racial Justice : READ

Statement Against Racism and Oppression: READ

Acknowledging and Evolving Our Relationship with Indigenous Peoples and Practices: READ

The ManKind Project has a 40 year history of transformative experiences and community for men. We believe that emotionally mature, accountable, powerful, compassionate, and purpose-driven men will help heal our society’s deepest wounds. Today, it is clear that the stakes are higher than ever. By combining our Core Values with three Guiding Principles, we can support the organization to move into our next decade of service.

Leadership

Integrity, Authenticity, Accountability 

Aligning with a foundational compass that guides our actions and decisions. Build on qualities that inspire trust, responsibility, and personal excellence in ourselves and others. 

Values supporting this Guiding Principle:

• Integrity: Acting in alignment with our words and values, even when it is difficult. Integrity forms the foundation for trust and credibility within the community, and wholeness within the individual man.
• Authenticity: Embracing and expressing our true selves.  Authenticity fosters deeper, more meaningful relationships by allowing vulnerability and truth to emerge.
• Accountability: Taking ownership of our actions and their impact. Accountability ensures growth by encouraging self-reflection and a commitment to follow through.

Connection

Respect, Compassion, Intercultural Competence 

Nurturing relational skills and emotional fluency that link us to others and to our shared humanity. Connection is both the outcome and the method for bridging divides and creating a community rooted in belonging.

Values supporting this Guiding Principle:

• Respect: Honoring the inherent worth of every person, culture, and lived experience. Respect creates belonging, where everyone can feel seen and valued.
• Compassion: Approaching others and ourselves with empathy and care, recognizing our shared humanity. Compassion builds bridges by fostering understanding and emotional support.
• Intercultural Competence: Engaging cultural differences with awareness, honesty, humility, and skill. This value deepens our ability to connect authentically across diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Service

Generosity, Mission

Committing to act for the benefit of something greater, guided by humility and a sense of purpose. Service transforms individual actions into meaningful contributions to the world.

Values supporting this Guiding Principle:

• Generosity: Sharing our time, resources, and wisdom for the greater good. Generosity cultivates abundance and strengthens our collective impact.
• Mission: Living in alignment with a greater purpose and a vision beyond ourselves. Mission drives us to serve the world through action with intention and clarity.

The Impact We Create

The ManKind Project helps create the most essential thing a man can have for health, success, and life-satisfaction: authentic relationships.

The benchmark Harvard Grant and Glueck Studies, which began studying cohorts of men in 1940, and which continue to this day, found that the quality of men’s close personal relationships over a lifetime were the best predictor of health, success, and longevity.

We believe that giving men real tools to improve themselves and their relationships will have lasting and profound impacts for our communities and the planet. Men who participate in the NWTA frequently report the impact of the training among the most powerful and memorable experiences of their lives. We offer a unique experiential model that men refer to as life changing over and over.

Peer Reviewed Research

Between 2006 and 2010, the ManKind Project was the subject of a longitudinal study on the impact of the NWTA on participating men. Men were surveyed using a selection of standard measures for:

• Success Power and Conflict
• Social Support

Interviews for this study were conducted prior to participation and one week, six months, approx. one year, and two years afterward. The results revealed significant pro-social changes in men’s attitudes and behaviors more than a year after the training program.

Ryan Stanga, one of the researchers who worked on the study said,

Peer-reviewed findings from this research was published in “The American Journal of Community Psychology” (Volume 45, Numbers 1-2, 186-200) and the “Journal of Self-Help and Self Care” (Vol 8, No. 1).

Our purpose as an organization is to create a world where men take individual and collective responsibility for our shared future by initiating and supporting them on a path of emotional maturity, spiritual awareness and deepening community. Self-awareness, increased connection and compassion, emotional intelligence, accountability, and purpose are key to this mission.

The ManKind Project is proud of our incredible track record in over three decades of work with over 75,000 men around the globe. The positive impact of the work continues to gain the respect of professionals across a range of disciplines. The bottom line is that men who focus on their personal development are better able to be of service and make a positive impact for others.

See here for a more complete bibliography: MKP Bibliography