As members of The Goodness Web, your family joins a diverse community of results-oriented donors and partners who pool their resources and expertise to accelerate the most promising mental health initiatives to improve lives.
Only together can we do good, better.
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CEO Corner with Dr. Celine Coggins
Announcing a New Grant to the Institute for Youth Mental Health
Dear friends and supporters of The Goodness Web,
We are excited to announce our newest grant to ensure community-based organizations across the country are equipped to offer mental health supports to young people.
The Institute for Youth Mental Health is a breakthrough partnership between The Jed Foundation (JED) and America’s Promise Alliance and brings together these two leading national organizations to advance youth mental health.
Events and Learning Opportunities
As The Goodness Web grows, we are expanding the ways we can learn together and connect. Please mark your calendars for the following:
Boston Salon, September 24.
Boston-area donors: please consider joining us for refreshments and light bites at Row 34 in the Seaport on September 24. Please let us know if you have suggestions for families who should join us and consider becoming part of the Web!
DMV Salon, October 8. Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia-area donors: please consider joining us for a cocktail reception at the Annapolis Yacht Club on October 8. Please let us know if you have suggestions for families who should join us and consider becoming part of the Web!
Youth Advisory Council, Application Now Live. We are excited to announce that The Goodness Web is building a Youth Advisory Council to ensure that young people are a part of all dimensions of our work.
- The council will meet 6 times between fall 2025 and spring 2026 to help us shape our agenda for youth engagement and help us test and gain feedback on possible paths.
- The council will be an opportunity for you to make a meaningful contribution to our organizational strategy, evolution, and impact.
- The council will provide an opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of young people on how to make transformative improvements in mental health support, prevention, and policy.
We invite individuals between the ages of 18 and 23 to apply before September 30. Please click here to access the application, and please share widely with the passionate young people/parents of young people in your life!
One Mind Music Festival, September 13. The Goodness Web grantee partner One Mind is hosting their 31st annual music festival/vineyard tour/learning event. If you are interested in attending, please let Celine (celine.coggins@thegoodnessweb.org) know so we can arrange a meetup of TGW families!
Grantee Spotlight
TGW is proud to support these organizations, among others, with major grants.
Inseparable helped pass an impressive 32 new pieces of bipartisan mental health legislation so far in 2025, from robust new patient protections in CO and WA; to youth mental health wins in VA, IL, MT, CO, GA and MD; crisis response wins in IL; and three new states added to interstate workforce licensure compacts (DE, GA, and OK). These wins this year bring Inseparable’s total over the last 4 years to 84 new wins for mental health. We are proud to support the Inseparable team in their imperative, impactful work.
The Jed Foundation (JED) released an important statement on the risks AI chatbots pose to teens and children, detailed in a new report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate. JED makes a call to action to developers, platforms, and governments, stating that "AI should never replace human connection, clinical support, or trusted resources."
