Innovation Award Winners

Our winning nonprofits offer inventive, scalable mental healthcare solutions for children across the U.S.

2026 Winners

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The Defensive Line
2026 Next Gen Winner
The Defensive Line
Suicide Prevention Workshops
Lay Mental Health Advocates
2026 Next Gen Winner
Lay Mental Health Advocates
Mental Health Navigation
Letters to Strangers
2026 Next Gen Winner
Letters to Strangers
Chapters and Educator Fellowship
NoSo Connection Collective
2026 Winner
NoSo Connection Collective
School and Community Engagement
Only7Seconds
2026 Winner
Only7Seconds
Club7
Project:Camp
2026 Winner
Project:Camp
Pop-Up Camps
Project Sanctuary
2026 Winner
Project Sanctuary
Pursuing Wellness

2025 Winners

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Bring Change to Mind
2025 Winner
Bring Change to Mind
High School Program
Doc Wayne
2025 Winner
Doc Wayne
The Champions Network
Koko
2025 Winner
Koko
Mental Health First Aid
Trek Medics International
2025 Winner
Trek Medics International
Beacon Crisis Dispatch
We Rise International
2025 Winner
We Rise International
Mental Health SEEDs

2024 Winners

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Amal Alliance
2024 Winner
Amal Alliance
Colors of Kindness for Vulnerable Kids
Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
2024 Winner
Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
First-Gen Teen Center
Give Us The Floor
2024 Winner
Give Us The Floor
LGBTQ+ Supportive Group Chats
Our Minds Matter
2024 Winner
Our Minds Matter
Community-based Peer Clubs
Upstream Education
2024 Winner
Upstream Education
Bite-sized Tools for Student Well-being

2023 Winners

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Closegap
2023 Winner
Closegap
K-12 Mental Health Check-In
The Confess Project
2023 Winner
The Confess Project
Black Youth Mental Health in the Shop
The Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
2023 Winner
The Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
Adolescent Clinical Suicide Prevention Training for Nurses
Strategies for Youth
2023 Winner
Strategies for Youth
Trauma Jeopardy Games: Know Your Triggers and From Stress to Success--LGBTQ+ Youth
Up2Us Sports
2023 Winner
Up2Us Sports
Sports-Based Youth Development Coach

Inaugural Winners

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Black Girls Smile
Inaugural Winner
Black Girls Smile
Suicide Prevention Program
citiesRISE
Inaugural Winner
citiesRISE
Mental Health Gathering Spaces
The Rural Behavioral Health Institute
Inaugural Winner
The Rural Behavioral Health Institute
Digital Screening Linked to Same Day Mental Health Care
Smart from the Start
Inaugural Winner
Smart from the Start
Address the Stress Program
Teen Line, a program of Didi Hirsch
Inaugural Winner
Teen Line, a program of Didi Hirsch
Latinx Youth Career Development Program