Character Mentoring Institute · Montgomery, Alabama
CMI is a 501(c)(3) institution that builds and studies what it actually takes to raise a coherent, capable human being. Cultivated Brilliance is the curriculum that puts that work into practice.
What We Believe
Most educational institutions treat character as a supplement to academic performance. We treat coherence as the condition that makes performance possible.
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For Families
Cultivated Brilliance offers a full formation education through our micro-school and a community-based summer program. Academic instruction, character formation, and family growth happen together.
Explore the Curriculum →For Funders
CMI operates as a research institution as much as an educational one. Our framework is published, our study is underway, and we welcome funders who want to support that work directly.
See Our Research →For Researchers
The Six Domains of Human Coherence is a published, empirically anchored framework with an active validation study. We welcome academic engagement and collaboration.
Read the Papers →Who We Are
CMI is not a tutoring center or a social-emotional learning provider. We are a research and educational institution that built Cultivated Brilliance from a single question: what actually produces a whole, capable young person.
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