IAM Strong Foundation Now Accepting Grant Applications

The IAM Strong Foundation is pleased to announce its 2019 Fall Grant Cycle.

Grant applicants must be non-profit organizations or affiliated individuals who share a vision that aligns with the mission of the IAM Strong Foundation, which is to erase the stigma of mental health struggles in adolescents. The IAM Strong Foundation welcomes grant applications from all communities.

A very successful IAM Strong Foundation 5K event in May, attended by hundreds of Westwood residents as well as residents of communities throughout Massachusetts, supported the ongoing grant program and helped to continue to build community and awareness.

This past spring, IAM Strong Foundation grants were awarded to: Minding Your Mind, to support the In School and Community Wide Mental Health Education Program; Westwood Public Schools, for Emotional Intelligence Training for Teachers at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence RULER Institute; Doc Wayne Youth Services, for program support for their Chalk Talk sports based therapy programs; The Learning Center for the Deaf, for Trauma Sensitive Yoga Programming, and the Wellesley Centers for Women, for their Promoting Adolescent Well Being Through Social Media initiative. The organizations that received grants came from a number of Massachusetts communities including Westwood, Wellesley, Framingham, and Boston, as well as one out of state organization from Pennsylvania.

The Fall grant cycle opened on August 1st and will close on October 1st. Grant applications for up to $2000 will be considered, and grant recipients will be notified on or before November 1st. Grant applications and details about the grant process are available at www.iamstrongfoundation.org. Email grants@iamstrongfoundation.org with any questions or requests for further information.