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CHANGING T H E C U LT U R E around mental health 2020 IMPACT REPORT
1 in 2 of us
will experience a
mental health condition
67% in our lifetime.
of people 18-24
experiencing HA L F of all mental health issues begin by age 14.
anxiety or T HR E E Q UA R T E R S begin by age 24.
depression
DON’T SEEK
TREATMENT
THIS IS WHY
we have to change the conversation.
SUICIDE is the
SECOND LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH
for young adults. HALF of students report
being DEPRESSED OR ANXIOUS amid
the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
4 in 5 adults report the coronavirus pandemic as a
SIGNIF IC A N T S O UR C E O F S T R E S S , while 3 in 5 report being
OVER WHE L ME D by the number of issues America faces.Dear Friends, It has been a full year since COVID-19 disrupted life as we knew it and many of us are still experiencing hardships, losses, and an increased toll on our mental health. During this time, our young adult constituency has also been adversely impacted by racial unrest and political divisiveness. Through all of this, Active Minds stayed strong and focused, evolving to provide the tools needed to enhance young adult wellness, no matter what the year brought them. We innovated and reimagined. And we led. We created virtual spaces where members of our community could gather safely to learn how to support their own needs and those of their friends, family and colleagues. Our network of advocates in high schools, on college campuses, and in work spaces ensured that even in our online and virtual settings the message that it’s okay to not be okay was heard loud and clear. ACTIVE MINDS WILL CONTINUE to keep the country’s attention on the very important mental health culture changes underway. The conversation about mental health and its new place at the center of the national dialogue is critical... but will only stay at the top of the list of priorities if we keep it there. I hope you will read through this impact report to find out how Active Minds continues to change lives. It is because of friends, volunteers, donors and mental health advocates like you that we can continue to drive our movement forward for those who need it most. Thank you. Sincerely, Alison K. Malmon Steven A. Lerman Founder and Executive Director Chair, Board of Directors 1
Innovative & Forward-thinking
2020 was not ‘business as usual’ for Active Minds.
Our work this year proved that lasting, widespread change
means the ability to innovate and meet people where they are —
with language and tools that speak specifically to them.
Mental Health for Gamers
Active Minds and Riot Games brought resources
to the gaming community, including tips & tricks for
maintaining balance, overcoming tilt (frustration/
anger), and helping a gamer who may be struggling.
Training for Influencers
In partnership with Kindred, Active Minds trained
more than 100 social media and entertainment
influencers on how to incorporate helpful mental
health content into their platforms.
Resources for Faculty
Data shows students turn to faculty as a trusted
resource for mental health support. Along with the
Association of College and University Educators
(ACUE), Active Minds released a new resource
guide providing practical approaches for faculty
to set supportive classroom environments.
2Actor Zac Levi
keynotes the Active Minds
National Conference, which
hosted a record-breaking
600 AT T E N D E E S
in February 2020.
3Centering Young Adult Voices
Active Minds led and guided our partners in prioritizing
the needs and perspectives of young adults when setting
mental health policies and practices that affect this demographic,
including focused efforts targeting marginalized communities.
Your Voice is Your Power
To help establish campus cultures that reflect and
promote BIPOC student mental health — a demographic
statistically less likely to receive mental health support
than their white peers — Your Voice is Your Power
launched in the fall with partnership from just.
Transforming First-Year Experiences
We worked with the National Resource Center to
create recommendations for institutions to kick off
conversations about mental health right away during
First-Year Experience programs, setting a sense of
support and understanding from day-one on campus.
High School-Focused PSA: It’s Okay
High schoolers told us early in the pandemic that they
didn’t feel the mental health messages circulating at
the time represented their experience. We met that with
“It’s Okay to Not Be Okay,” viewed 80,000+ times, thanks
4 to donors Glenn Greenberg and Linda Vester.EXCERPT FROM AUG 10, 2020, BY ANDREA PETERSEN
Coronavirus Turmoil
Raises Depression Risks
in Young Adults
Social isolation and vanished
opportunities caused by Covid-19
bring a mental-health toll for those
on the cusp of careers and adulthood Tre Moss, a member
For Da’Trevion Moss, a 23-year-old college student
at the University of Dubuque in Iowa, the Covid-19
of the Active Minds
pandemic has dealt a series of personal blows. His Student Advisory Committee,
summer internship at a local hospital was canceled. Many caught the attention of an administrator at his
of his plans for starting an on-campus
university by sharing his story and the perspective of
chapter of Active Minds, a young adult mental
health-advocacy organization, had to be shelved. so many young adults with the Wall Street Journal.
And now he’s anxious about going back to Through a follow-up, Tre leveraged this national
in-person classes as the virus continues to spread. coverage to secure major policy changes on campus
“I felt like my career, all the things I was looking as part of our Your Voice Is Your Power campaign,
forward to and planning, were all ruined,” says including getting crisis support lines added to the
Mr. Moss, who is starting his senior year and goes campus-wide course portal and syllabi of all faculty.
by Tre. “I was hurt and devastated by that.”
The social isolation has made everything harder, For this and so many other efforts in 2020,
he says. “I really thrive off face-to-face interactions.
Not having that for the past four or five months T R E WA S AWA R D E D A C T IVE M I N D S ’
has been really, really difficult.” F IR S T-E VE R S UE C IMB R IC Z S P IR IT AWA R D . 5Introducing: Active Minds @Work
Now with eighteen years of the Active Minds generation
in the workforce, and especially in a year that brought
a pandemic and all its related pressure, strain, and fatigue
to offices nationwide, 2020 showed that the workplace was
ready for a new mental health culture.
Active Minds @Work, our newest program offering
that launched in 2019, supported companies like
Niantic, Meltwater, and City Year who saw the
value of creating a mental health culture of colleague-
to-colleague, and even manager-to-employee, in
addition to instituting company policies and benefits
that serve their employees. Thanks to support from
the Bruce C. Abrams Foundation, this program
continues to grow and iterate as more employees
return to the workplace in 2021.
With hospitality workplaces hit especially hard
by safety protocols of the COVID-19 pandemic,
Active Minds also partnered in 2020 with Optum
to create a guide specifically for restaurants,
coffee shops, bars, and hotels — all major employers
of young adults — to address the mental wellbeing
of their front-line employees.
6Justin and Hailey Bieber generously donated $100,000 to Active Minds in 2020 in honor of the launch of their Facebook Watch show. Then, Justin Bieber and Benny Blanco promoted Active Minds’ mental health resources in connection with the release of their new song, "Lonely." Filled with a powerful message of the pain experienced in not feeling genuine connection, “L ONELY ” BY J UST IN B IEB ER AN D BENN Y BLANC O R ESULTED IN 3 0 ,000 V I SITS WIT HIN ONE WEE K T O A RESO UR C E PAGE AT A CTI V EMI N DS.OR G/L ONELY • 1 in 4 visitors to Active Minds’ Lonely resource page checked out our Signs & Symptoms of Mental Illness • 1 in 8 chose to learn coping and distraction techniques • The Active Minds Get Help Now Crisis Resources webpage saw a 50% increase in visits during the time of the songs’ launch
A P I V O T A L M O M E N T I N H I S T O R Y:
Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic
MARCH M AY
Students are sent home for remote learning Our campaign HERE FOR YOU launches
with hardly a chance to pack their belongings. to spread connection and community in
The Active Minds Send Silence Packing® Spring a physically-distanced world.
tour is cancelled, staff and exhibit brought home. Active Minds produces 35 free webinars and
widely-disseminated blog posts in less than
In-person Active Minds Speaker presentations,
two months on topics like Communicating
Chapter programs and meetings are cancelled.
in Quarantine and Anxiety in the time of
Active Minds launches its COVID-19 COVID-19 with viewership as high as 2,000
website resource hub. during and after individual sessions.
2020
Active Minds releases survey results from In response to our student survey
students across the country — 20% of college findings, Active Minds launches a new
students reported their mental health outbound texting service to push unique
significantly worsening under COVID-19. mental health content to young adults,
in a method they want to receive.
In response to struggles with isolation, and
thanks to funding from just., Active Minds Work begins on a digital complement
opened our Student Slack Network normally for our now-sidelined Send Silence
limited to leaders of chapters to foster Packing® exhibit:
community and connection. Behind the Backpacks.
APRIL JUNEDECEMBER
Active Minds announces our first-ever
completely digital National Conference
Active Minds Ambassadors for February 2021, in place of our
and volunteers nationwide longstanding annual gathering bringing
post the HERE FOR YOU symbol together 1,200 registrants and featuring
in windows and online during 44 speakers and 15 hours of content
Mental Health Awareness across three days — all accessible
month in May. right from home.
Active Minds releases findings from Active MInds launches our first-ever
a second nationwide survey, sharing Spirit Week, a virtual call-to-action highlighting
how students and professionals are the five pillars of our work: awareness,
coping and their thoughts on returning education, advocacy, community, and connection.
to school or work. Campuses and workplaces nationwide
Media coverage of our survey data joined to share mental health tips, tools,
includes US News and World Report, and resources in their communities
The Chronicle of Higher Education, and participate in large-scale fundraising
Forbes, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. efforts to support Active Minds.
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 9B E C AU SE WE MEET PE O PLE
WH E R E THEY ARE,
EV E N T H R OU G H A PANDE MIC,
L A S T Y E A R WE S AW —
15,137
VOLUNTEER LEADERS
1,798,646
CHANGING THEIR
PEO PLE REA CHED BY
LOCAL CULTURE AROUND A CTI VE M I N D S PRO G RAMS
MENTAL HEALTH
176 CAMPUSES
ACHIEVING POLICY CHANGES
TO BENEFIT YOUNG ADULT
MENTAL HEALTH —
INCLUDING 89 ENACTING
CHANGES TO BENEFIT STUDENTS
WHO ARE BLACK, INDIGENOUS,
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
USING OUR “YOUR VOICE
10 IS YOUR POWER” CAMPAIGN100th 3,250
HIGH SCHOOL-BASED ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS HOSTED
CHAPTER REGISTERED, LIVE AND VIRTUALLY BY THE
BRINGING THE TOTAL ACTIVE MINDS COMMUNITY
NUMBER OF ACTIVE MINDS
CHAPTERS TO 613, 101
PRESENT IN ALL 50 STATES TALKS DELIVERED
VIRTUALLY BY
800+ PROFESSIONALS ACTIVE MINDS
COACHED THROUGH SPEAKERS
ACTIVE MINDS @WORK DURING COVID-19
IN ITS INAUGURAL YEAR
841
C O MM U NITIES
WITH S IGNIF ICANT
AC TIV E MINDS PRESEN CE
NATIO N WIDE I've met and helped..
countless incredibly strong and..
234 PIECES resilient peers who also struggle with..
OF MEDIA COVERAGE major mental health diagnoses...
MENTIONING ACTIVE MINDS — STEPHEN CHEN, Savannah College of Art & Design..BOARD OF DIREC TORS
CHAIR DIRECTORS
Steven A. Lerman T.J. Annerino Paul Di Vito Ilene Rosenstein, PhD
Senior Member, Lerman Senter President, Active Minds Marketing Consultant, Washington, DC Associate Vice Provost,
Student Advisory Committee Campus Wellness and Education,
TREASURER Michael Glickman University of Southern California
Rick Mosenkis Anthony M. President, Computer Network Architects
President and CEO, WorkZone Bongiorno, Esq. David Roter
Julie Kantor VP, Global Agency Partnerships, Snap Inc.
SECRETARY President & CEO, Twomentor, LLC
Ken Brody
Jen Hartstein, PsyD Founder, Sutton Square Partners
Ami Nash Shah
Gail Kamer Lieberfarb CEO, Steward
Hartstein Psychological
Former Board Chairperson and Executive
Paula Craw
DEVELOPMENT VP, Student Success and Outreach,
Director, National Mental Health David Wisniewski
COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR Awareness Campaign Senior VP, Investments, Gayhardt
ECMC
Wisniewski Financial Consulting Group
Bradley Blanken, Alison K. Malmon
VP, Strategic Alliances, Bandwidth.com Founder and Executive Director, IN MEMORIAM
Active Minds Sue Cimbricz
N AT I O N A L A D V I S O R Y C O M M I T T E E
Bernard S. Arons, MD Stephen P. Hinshaw, PhD Alan Leshner, PhD Sally Pingree
Arons Psychiatric Consulting Professor and Chair, Department CEO, American Association for the Trustee, Charles Engelhard Foundation
of Psychology, University of California, Advancement of Science
Bob Boorstin Berkeley Micky M. Sharma, PsyD
Marketing Consultant, Washington, DC Stephanie President, Association of University and
Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD Pinder-Amaker, PhD College Counseling Center Directors;
Patrick W. Corrigan, PsyD Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Counseling and Consultation Service, Ohio
Director, College Mental Health Program,
Professor of Psychology, Illinois Institute University School of Medicine State University
McLean Hospital; Instructor, Department
of Technology and Principal Investigator
of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
of the Chicago Consortium for Stigma Richard Kadison, MD Jeremy Shure
Research Former Chief, Mental Health Service, Daniel S. Pine, MD Global Head of Early Stage Practice,
Harvard University Health Services Chief of Child and Adolescent Research, Grasshopper Bank
Daniel Eisenberg, PhD
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program,
Assistant Professor, University Patrick J. Kennedy IN MEMORIAM
National Institute of Mental Health
of Michigan School of Public Health; Former Congressman, First District Gregory Eells, PhD
Principal Investigator, Healthy of Rhode Island; Founder, One Mind
12 Minds Study for Brain ResearchST U DE N T A DVISO RY
COMMITTEE
Hello, New Partners
A S O F J U N E 3 0 , 2 02 0 Active Minds welcomes the newest
T.J. Annerino Kali Hill partners in our mental health
Auburn University Morningside College
Raisa Alam Kelly Maguire
culture-changing community.
Columbia University Florida Gulf Coast University
The Flourish Arbonne Foundation is helping
David Atash Da’Trevion (Tre) Moss
University of Southern University of Dubuque Active Minds to expand our work in high schools and
California communities nationwide. Arbonne’s Independent
Kelsey Pacetti
Lydia Borsi University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Consultants also joined our first ever Spirit Week
University of Rochester and brought Active Minds to local communities
Kamakashi Sharma
Gregory Carnesi University of Pittsburgh
across the United States.
Arizona State University
Sophia Shieh Kendra Scott and Active Minds launched a national
Kaitlin Chau Boston College partnership in January 2021, with a focused goal to
San Diego State University
Cayla Verteese build connection in a distanced world through Active
Delia Drake Northwest Missouri State University Minds’ V-A-R conversation guide, and by advocating
Ramapo College of New Jersey for improved policies that support a better mental
Audrey Vint
Macy Faust Kirkwood Community College health culture.
The University North Texas
Cameron Zohoury In 2021, Active Minds and the Well Being Trust
Liz Frissell Santa Monica
are working together with Young Invincibles
Occidental College College
to create advocacy training and resources for young
Dominick Gray advocates nationwide.
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Anushka Gupta
John L. Miller Great Neck
North High School
It's about fostering..
Benjamin Heim a resilient student community...
Lenox Memorial
High School — MACY FAUST, SAC Member, University of North Texas, Denton.. 13Corporate and Foundation Supporters
Annual gifts from corporations and foundations allow
Active Minds to make a positive difference every day for those
who rely on our work. Thank you to these generous donors.
$100,000+ $25,000 – $49,999 $5,000 – $9,999
California Mental Health Services Authority Bruce C. Abrams Family Foundation Alpha Sigma Phi Foundation
Citrone 33 Foundation Dalio Family Foundation California Community Foundation
ECMC Foundation Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Cozen O'Connor
Facebook, on behalf of Hailey & Justin Bieber Rabaut Family Foundation Cure of Ars Church Leahwood
J. Willard and Alice Marriott Foundation Thomas Scattergood Behavioral The Danny Cramer Foundation
just. Health Foundation David and Zita Bram Family Fund
Peg’s Foundation Sylvan C. Herman Foundation EagleBank
UnitedHealth Group Elvis Duran Group and David Katz
$50,000 – $99,999
Well Being Trust Excelicon
Schmidt’s Naturals
Hoehl Family Foundation
Leonard and Helen R. Stulman $10,000 – $24,999
Irwin & Judy Zazulia Family Foundation
Charitable Foundation Galena-Yorktown Foundation
Israel & Mollie Myers Foundation
Riot Games, Inc. Harris Family Foundation
Kognito
RSM US Wealth Management, LLC James Kirk Bernard Foundation
Living to Love Another Day
Sean Keefer Fund KBR Foundation
Long Roofing
KyleCares, Inc
Milken Family Foundation
Blueboy Foundation
Noah Langholz Remembrance Fund
Tiny Jewel Box
Porchlight
Viacom
Ruderman Family Foundation
Sanvello Health
With Active Minds, I was able to find.. The Steve Fund
my voice as a mental health advocate... Synergy Enterprises, Inc.
WWW Foundation
I felt like I truly belonged, and as someone..
who hadn’t felt such a feeling in years, that was powerful...
— GREGORY CARNESI, Arizona State University..
Note: gifts made July 1, 2019 — June 30, 2020$1,000 – $4,999 Point72, LP
Alpha-Stim Robert M. Nutting
Amp Social Media, Inc. Family Foundation
Anxiety Sisters Temple Sinai
Arlington Family Offices The Vintage Twin
Aronson Foundation Wellworks For You
The Bee Strong Foundation
$250 – $999
Belle Amies
A Hug From Above
Big Moods
Bridge Box
Chowdy Foundation
Capital Artist Collective, LLC
Color Street Foundation
Carnegie Endowment
The Corey Scali Group, Merrill Lynch
For International Peace
Coulter Family Foundation
Eric J. Drobinski Memorial Foundation
Cyber SOC
Google
Daybreaker LLC
Kendra Scott, Friendswood Baybrook
Dana Rice Group
Kendra Scott, South Congress, Austin
The Elno Family Foundation
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Family Support Foundation for Mental Illness
Lee Memorial Health System Foundation, Inc
The Fleetwing Charitable Foundation Trust
The Madison Holleran Foundation
Friedson Group
Marathon Petroleum
The Glowmedia Project
Martin Charitable Fund
Gold Family Foundation
National Institute of Mental Health
Guild Partners LLC
The Ochsman Foundation Inc.
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Verizon Foundation
The Jed Foundation
Wizard World
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Kennedy Forum
Laura Ingraham Charitable Fund
Louis and Helen Fanaroff Foundation
Major Decision, LLC
Big Moods,
Mental Health Commission of Canada longtime friend and partner of
Mulhern MRE, Inc. Active Minds, distributed more than
My Friend Abby, Inc.
Neiman Marcus 60,000 stickers pro-bono, S E N D I N G
The Nicholas J. Wright Memorial Foundation O UR IMP O R TA N T M E N TA L
North Coast Athletic Conference
The O’Neil Family Charitable Fund HE A LT H ME S S A G E S
Pasadena Community Foundation N AT IO NW I D E . 15Individual Donors
We are sincerely grateful for our donors' commitment to
providing young adults with help and hope through Active Minds.
$50,000+ Ami Nash Shah & Caitlin Boles Mitsuko & David Felton Jenna & Jared Laura Kind McKenna &
Elizabeth DeLucia Arjun Shah Melissa Bondy Dawn Farley Hendricks Marc McKenna
Linda Vester & Glenn Carole & Gary Philipps Anthony Bongiorno Mark M. Farley Lillie Hodges Sean McMenomey
Greenberg Diane & Bud Francesca & Rob John Fay Carol Inman MaryJo Meier &
$25,000 – $49,999 Schwarzbach Brenan Andrew Feshbach Mark Jacobs Ira Sherman
Candy & Greg Fazakerley Leslie & Howard Stein Janice & Peter Brock Carol & Marc Fink Christie & John Krista Miller
Selme & Shaun Finnie Daniella Taveau Steven Buehler James Fitch Johnson Joanne & Stanley
Gail Kamer Lieberfarb Jan & Frank Warren Antoinette & Kurt Fluegge Matthew Kahn Milobsky
& Warren Lieberfarb Dwight Bush Amanda & James Franck Juliana Kerrest Karen & Scott Nudelman
$1,000 – $4,999
Charla & Steve Lerman Blair Caccam Bethany & Bill Frick Sandra & Jacques David Ogden
Pennie & Gary Abramson
Sharon & Rick Mosenkis Sal Cesario Leslie & John Friedson Kerrest Nancy & Scott Ogden
Raisa Alam
Penelope & Tom Lucille Friedson Erin & Antony Kim Jan Pendleton &
$10,000 – $24,999 Danielle Antalffy
Chiusano Mark Futrovsky William C Klintworth Steve Kahn
Peter Diebler* Whitney Arnautou
Jeffrey Chod Dianne S. Gagos Virgnia Kogan Feldman Mark Perkins
Paul Di Vito & John Silvia Susan & Arthur Aronoff
Sue Cimbricz* Anita & Tushar Garg & Andrew Wohl Mary Beth & Robert
Nancy & Miles Rubin Sara Atwater &
Susan & Jim Cole Stephen Gendler William Lammers Persons
Suzanne & Stuart Steele Jason Vodzak
Paula Craw Marlyn & Michael Carol Lee Carey & Josh Pickus
Richard Steinwurtzel Emily Avis & Evan
Roderick Cruikshank Glickman Marla & Alan Levine Jodi & Seth Price
Redwood
$5,000 – $9,999 Kim & John Cutler Victoria & Gentry Kira Lindenboom Nancy & Ricardo
Rachel & Paxton Baker
Marcy & Neil Cohen Charles Daulton Grantham Marie & Barry Lipman Rosenberg
Linda & James Beers
Michael Wood DeLucia Cynthia DiBiasi Sherry Haber & Mark London Zachary Rosenblatt
Luke & Hans Beischel
Jolyn Farber Jean & Steven Michael Mandel Denise & Coe Magruder Richard Rubin
Melinda Bieber &
Jonathan Farber Eichberg Pamela & Michael Alison Malmon & Paula Scali
Norman Pozez
Mark L. Farley Deborah & Steven Halperin Greg Mahowald Chris Schroeder
Carol & David
Donald Herman Epstein Jennifer Hartstein & Sherry & Norm Lindsay Schuster
Bindeman
Janaki & Andrew Kates Debra & Richard Mat Field Malmon John Shea
Jeanette Binstock
Tatjana Keuper & Epstein Laura & Michael Helen Marx Cheryl Sherman &
Melissa & Bradley
Thierry Chassaing The Fahey Family Hartstein Gabrielle & Don McCree Ronald Rosenberg
Blanken
16
Note: donations made July 1, 2019 — June 30, 2020Sandra Sherman & Troy Brewer
Ron Edlavitch M. F. Cavanaugh
I realized the importance of educating and..
Lisa Rubin Siegel & Leslie Chahin advocating for mental health in my community...
Andrew Siegel Amanda Cline
— ANUSHKA GUPTA, John L. Miller Great Neck North High School..
Joel Silverman Elizabeth &
Stephanie & Steven Donald Cobin
Silverman Edward Cohen
Susan Small Savitsky & Myra & Rick Cohen Courtney Glasser Genevieve Jorissen Alice Park &
Gerald Savitsky Liz Coleman Laurel & Oren Ryan Joy Jeremy George
Gene Sohn Anne Colimon Goldberg Keke & Richard Kahn Thomas Papadopoulos
Dorothy Sonnemaker Margo & Mark Collins Barbara Gordon & Laurie Kaplan Scott Paul
Ione & Don Spear Laurie & Steve Coran Stephen Cannon Elaine & Steven Keller Sarah Pekkanen
Lori & Jeffrey Stuart Thomas Cusick Max Gouttebroze Julia & Matthew Benjamin Pelton
Farid Suleman Barbara Cuttriss Stacey & Mark Grayer Kepniss Megan Quann Cheryl Thomas
Emad Taliep K’Lyn & Rick Doherty Ann & Nat Greenfield Sharon & Leigh Kessler Krysta Ramsey Isaac Thomas
Letty & Michael Dale Eckhaus Jeremy Greenberg Marina Kirik Jane & Larry Reed Susan Thomas
Tanchum Cathy Elias Lauren Greenberg Arlene & Robert Kogod Lisa Reiner David Tolmie
Michael Trenk Joan & Barry Ellen Jaimee Hall Clark Kosty Steven Remsen Meredith & Glenn
Marianne Tropp & Lance Emigh Bonnie & Alan Alison Landberg Carol Robinson Tonnesen
Chris Loughner Linda Feldmann & Hammerschlag Peter Lantz Adam Rosenberg Michael Towers
Utay Family Ramon deCastro Brian Harrington Diana Lavery Jay Rosenberg Kristen Tuor
Amanda & Philip Wait Amy Fox & Joanne Hayman Bruce Lawson Ilene Rosenstein Jose Vinas
David Wisniewski Chris Hudgins Amy Healey Carin & Jason Levine Zachary Rubin Carmen Vincent
Ellen Woods Julie Franck Ilana & Michael Heintz Sara & Richard London Stephen Rushton Michelle Walker
Matthew Franck Sue Hendrickson John Loughner Andrea & Allen Jill & Michael
$500 to $999
Richard Franck Shellie Herman Stephanie & Michael Salzberg Weinstein
Jamie & James Abelson
Kathleen Frankle & Gail Himelfarb Loughner Christina & Ben Scher Michele Weinstein
Kristin Andersen
John Stodola Stuart Holzer Dylan Malone Sean Schuett Terry & Philip
Christine Antonsen
Sarah Goldin Friedman Lori & Robert Barbara & Rick Marsh Ignacio Scuseria Weinberg
Micki & Phil Armour
Tom Froslan Honigman Ray Marshall Natalie & Ethan Selzer Dana & Adam Wilkins
Bernard Arons
Marjorie S. Gapp & Laura & Bill Horne Teresa Martin Vivi & Alan Sheff Josh Williams
Mikki & Jeff Ashin
Gregory Tobias Carol & Philip Conor Mcweeney Aditi Shrikhande & Naomi Williams
Benjamin Asma
Mary Garcia Horowitz Jennifer & Jon Meer Sean Wissman Rebecca & Ryan
Dawn Becker
Barbara Garrett Judy & Peter Jablow Carolyn & Mike Murray Gayle Slattery & Willumson
Jill Beeman
Jacob Gatrell Patricia Jacobs Bruce Ochsman Robert Wexler Shannon & Matthew
Allen Blumberg
Stephanie & David Ernest Jarvis Paul & Bronson John Slominski Winters
Karen & Ric Boggs
Gilson Elena & Don Johnson Oosterhuis Morgan Tepper Nicholas Zazulia
Shari Boitano
17Individual Donors CO N T I N U E D
$250 – $499 Mark Childs Lawrence Green Zack Lerman Darby Pearson Tori Schladen
Nicholas Anderson Erin Chlopak & Emily Greenberg Keegan Leuer Richard Perkins Stephanie &
Susan Anderson Matthew Zaft Murray Greenberg Naomi & David Laura Phillips Cevan Schmitt
Marybeth Ayella Jackie Cohen Beth-Anne Guthrie Lobosco Desiree Piccini Les Schneider
Rita & Mark Baglini Jackson Coleman Barry Hartzberg Jodi & Jeff Long Cheryl & Ralph Pinkus Kathryn Schussler
Cyrus Behroozi Sean Collins Isaac Helsen George Longwell Amy Polo Abby & Brad Sherman
Marie Pogozelski & Jeanette Conrad-Ellis Leah Hirsch Heather MacQueen Susan Pondfield & Mickale Siebers
Richard Belle Joanne & Frank Crantz Laura & Jason Hollis Judy & Brian Madden William Mentlik Dolores Siegel
Bradley Berger Tim Crites Leah Holzer & Tracy & Bill Mann Tina Quinn Nina Simon & Robert
William Blakley Elena & Michael Ethan Mitchell Vivien & Lester Marion Nancy & Steve Raskin Rosenthal
Margaret & Cunningham Vickie Howell Anne Martin Danielle Rickman Aaron Smith
James Blaszak Irma Damhuis Andrew Hurd Geoffrey Martin Sindy & Don Rogers Kim Sparrius
Sonny Bloom Elizabeth & Marcus Paulette Hurwitz John Martin Andre Rolaf Kate & Josh Strax
Barry & Janice DeYoung Kayla Jones Karen & Jon Marotta Danny Rosenberg Jari Tuomala
Blumberg Jeff Domres Freda Kahen-Kashi Kimberly Mayfield Pamela & Glenn Deborah Tye
Anne Brin-Billian & Sarah Duwelius Suzanne & Tricia McNamara Rosenthal Kimberlee
Mark Billian Mark Esnoz Douglas Kahn Cindy & Steven Michael Ross Vandervoorn
Barbara Brown Mort Faller Sandy & Eliot Kalter Michael Tricia & Craig Russ Laura Walker
Amy Bucher Linda Fanning Yale Kaplan Shivaun Miele Debra & Jonathan Marjorie & Michael
Sally Buckman & Golnaz Feiz Donna & Billy Karpa Cathryn & Stuart Miller Rutenberg Waxman
Robert Shaw Cheryl Ferruccio Anthony King Larry Miller Anne Ryan Tess Webster-Henry
Cassandra Buescher Emily Fleisher & Mary & Justin Klein Ray Miller DiDi & Michael Sacks Barbara Werther &
Maria Isabel Cadenas Brian Hamman Daniel Krauthammer Ronnie Miller Ruth Samuel Michael Anthony
& Jose Suarez-Marill Lisa Fog Tim Kuntz Renee Monday Perry Sandler Sue & Kirk Wilkinson
Jonathan Camps Susan Foley Brad Lackey Tiffany Moore Brooke Sank Stephanie Wilson
Cindy & Mitch Caplan Michelle & Grant Kyle Lahman Michael Neifach Beth Sapiro Paula & Alan Wiseman
Boris Cardenas Forman Elizabeth Langevin Lloyd Noel Jennifer Sardina Tracy Wrenn
Keith Carr Zack Freeling Corinna Lathan & Eric Oestreicher Sandie Satler Winnie Wu
Lisa Carter Jordan Fried Dave Kubalak Martin Oliveira Harriet & Mel Savitz Dr. Ruth Zaplin
Guadalupe Castro Alfred Galiani Nancy Jolson Leber & Isaac Ortega Peter Savramis Laurie Zelon &
Shelley Chambers Ediza Garcia Richard Leber Jill & Jeffrey Steve Scanion David George
Matthieu Chan-Tsin Peter Goldberg Lauren Decot Lee Pargament Rachel Schechter & Gail Zimmerman
Jillian Cheng & Sara & Ron Gorfinkel Emily Lerman & James Parker Andy Cohn
* In memoriam
18 Leon Liu Lesley Gorski Eric Taylor Rick Payes Jennifer ScherACTI V E MI NDS IS HONOR ED TO HE L P FA MIL IE S R E ME MB E R A N D S HA R E T HEI R LOVED ONES’ STOR IES AN D L E G A C IE S T HR O UG H O UR W O R K. T HE K EEFER FAMILY IS ONE EXA MP L E O F T HE MA N Y WAYS WE SUPPO R TED SUR VIVING FAMIL IE S IN 2 0 2 0 AND O V ER THE PAST 20 YEAR S. Remembering a Loved Son After losing Sean to suicide, the Keefer family — dad Chris, mom Christine, and sisters Madison and Lindsey — wanted to remember Sean, and help ensure others didn’t have to go through the type of pain that they experienced. They started giving to Active Minds, and invited their community to join them. They believed that the Active Minds model for creating an empathetic culture through supportive messaging and actionable resources for young adults offered a different way to understand mental health struggles and, most importantly, to see a path forward. They shared Sean’s story to help others who are struggling. Sean is featured in our latest innovation in suicide prevention education, Send Silence Packing®: Behind the Backpacks. This digital experience is a complement to our iconic Send Silence Packing exhibit as well as a stand-alone tool that can be accessed anywhere anytime. Visitors to this online gallery learn about suicide’s impact, how their everyday actions can help to create a new and better culture around mental health with reduced suicide rates, and can share their own message of hope by answering the simple question: what would you say to someone who’s struggling? This immersive experience is supported by generous funding from the RSM US Foundation.
Financials
We’re proud to have navigated the WHERE DOLLARS COME FROM
challenges realized last year, during
Contributions & Gifts $812,530
which the COVID-19 pandemic Program Revenue $454,622
slowed revenue generation for Corporations $404,843
many nonprofits nationwide. $2,722,120 Government Contracts $376,602
TOTAL IN Special Events $341,699
Despite the strain, Active Minds was Foundation Grants $319,050
able to conclude the year financially Other $12,774
secure and to use these resources to
continue reaching millions with D O L L A R S AT W O R K
our vital mental health programs PR OG R A M SERVIC ES
and our key message that ‘it’s okay Education $897,900
Student Mobilization $637,813
to not be okay.’
Advocacy $104,500
$2,532,314
TOTAL OUT Training $324,750
SU PPORTIN G SERVIC ES
Fundraising $290,510
In 2020 Charity Navigator Management & General $276,841
acknowledged Active Minds
for the first time, rating us a Change in Net Assets $189,672
Four-Star Charity — their highest
rating — and affirming for our current
and widening audience that Active Minds
values transparency, accountability,
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and fiscal responsibility.
July 1, 2019 — June 30, 2020HONORING 20 YEARS
My Brother Brian
My brother Brian was wickedly smart, had an amazing, dry wit,
an unexpectedly low bass singing voice, a terrible layup, and was
a great friend. He made you laugh, challenged what you knew or
thought you knew, and just made you feel good. He was my other half.
Brian died by suicide in March, 2000. I was suddenly alone. The chaos in
my life and in my head after Brian’s death was uncomfortable and painful.
But it was in the chaos that I learned the most important lesson — it's
okay to not be okay. And it was in this discomfort that Active Minds
was born to honor Brian’s struggle and create better paths
for others who struggle.
Brian’s death made it inexplicably clear that
mental health must be spoken about and treated
the same way we treat all other health issues —
openly and honestly.
And when our world falls apart, we need to know
that piece by piece we can rebuild it — together.
That is how I’ve gotten through these
past 20 years. The people I’ve met and that
have joined me in the Active Minds community,
the stories I’ve heard from so many of you,
and the times I am still able to remember,
have kept Brian with me.
— ALISON
FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR2001 S St. NW, Suite 630 Washington, DC 20009 activeminds.org 202.332.9595 info@activeminds.org ActiveMindsInc @Active_Minds @Active_Minds ActiveMindsInc
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