Multiply Your Impact for Youth Mental Health
Every young person deserves the opportunity to be healthy, resilient, and connected.
Across Washoe County, nonprofits, schools, healthcare providers, public agencies, and community partners are working together to strengthen support for youth and families—from prevention and early intervention to crisis response.
Contact Lauren Sgandurra, CAP®, Director of Donor Services
Call 775-333-5499 Ext. 240YOUR GIFT GOES FURTHER
Thanks to the generosity of local philanthropic partners, $300,000 has been pledged to a shared matching pool for youth mental health.
Eligible gifts to nonprofit organizations that are actively partnering with the Washoe County Youth Mental Health Collective will be matched dollar-for-dollar while matching funds remain available.
Community Foundation of Northern Nevada fundholders can give through their donor-advised fund by clicking the Portal Login link or by contacting their philanthropic advisor to recommend a grant. Community members may donate by credit card via the Youth Mental Health Fund link.
A COMMUNITY-WIDE APPROACH
Supporting the Continuum of Care: Building protective factors and reducing risk.
Your gift today multiplies your impact and helps strengthen critical work across the youth mental health continuum.
No single organization can meet every youth's mental health needs. The Washoe County Youth Mental Health Collective brings organizations and community partners together to strengthen support across the continuum.
Prevention
Building protective factors and reducing risk.
Early Intervention
Identifying and supporting youth at the first signs of struggle.
Crisis Support
Providing immediate support when youth and families experience a mental health crisis.
System Leadership & Coordination
Strengthening collaboration, data, policy, research, and continuous improvement.
FEATURED NONPROFIT PARTNERS
Many Organizations. One Shared Goal.
The Collective includes many organizations working to strengthen youth mental health across Washoe County. This Giving Guide highlights four nonprofit partners whose work illustrates how support happens across the continuum of care.
Prevention
Project STAY
Early Intervention
Signs of Suicide Navigators
Early Intervention
Family Resource Centers
Crisis Response
CHOOSE YOUR IMPACT
Many Ways to Give. One Shared Goal.
Support a featured nonprofit.
Direct your gift to one or more organizations highlighted in the Giving Guide.
Support another Collective partner.
Choose another eligible nonprofit actively participating in the Youth Mental Health Collective.
Give where it's needed most.
Entrust CFNN to direct your gift to priority needs among eligible Collective partners.
COLLABORATION
Philanthropy as a Catalyst
The Youth Mental Health Collective began with funding from the Women’s Giving Circle at the Community Foundation of Northern Nevada, to support the work by bringing partners together around a shared vision for youth mental health.
That early investment demonstrates the power of philanthropy to do more than fund individual programs—it can bring partners together, strengthen systems, and spark lasting community change.
HELP GROW IMPACT
Give. Unlock the Match. Share.
Make a matched gift or share the Giving Guide with your network to help grow support for youth mental health across Washoe County.