Download Our New Guidance, Funding Our Future: Solutions for Youth Mental Health Philanthropy

Speakers

  • Dr. Michael Birnbaum

    Program Director, Northwell Health’s Early Treatment Program

  • Cynthia Bissett Germanotta

    President & Co-Founder, Born This Way Foundation

  • Livia C

    Advisory Board Member, Born This Way Foundation

  • Jeanne Esler

    Founder & President, Esler Family Foundation

  • Dr. Sidney Hankerson

    Director of Mental Health Equity Research & Vice Chair of Community Engagement, Mt. Sinai

  • Rick Kellar

    President, Peg’s Foundation | Mindful Philanthropy Board Member

  • Amy Kennedy

    Co-Founder, The Kennedy Forum

  • Dr. Harold Koplewicz

    Founding President & Medical Director, Child Mind Institute

  • Jessica Lyons

    Co-Founder, Aloft Integrated Wellness LLC

  • Bennett Nemser

    Chief Program Officer, Cohen Foundation

  • Alyson Niemann

    Executive Director, Mindful Philanthropy

  • Susan Shah

    Managing Director for the Racial Justice Initiative, Trinity Church Wall Street Philanthropies

  • Joan Steinberg

    Head of Global Philanthropy & President, Morgan Stanley Foundation | CEO, Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children’s Mental Health

  • Kristen Ward

    Director of Programs & Knowledge, Mindful Philanthropy

Event Program

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Registration

9:00 AM - 9:25 AM | Opening Remarks

9:25 AM - 10:20 AM| Overcoming Barriers to Funding Youth Mental Health 

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM | Break

10:40 AM - 11:15 AM | Funding Our Future: Examining Insights from Funders

11:15 AM - 11:50 AM | Taking Action: Discussion with Cynthia Bissett Germanotta

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch & Learn: Innovation in the Field of Youth Mental Health Philanthropy

1:10 PM - 1:50 PM | Funding Our Future: Solutions for Youth Mental Health Philanthropy

1:50 PM - 2:40 PM | Deep Dive: Effective Opportunities for Philanthropic Support

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM | Break

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Solutions Workshop: A Way Forward for Youth Mental Health

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM | Deep Dive: Supporting Catalytic Solutions

4:!5 PM - 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks and Funder Engagement


About the Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children's Mental Health

The Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children's Mental Health brings together key leaders in the children's mental health space and combines the resources and reach of Morgan Stanley and its Foundation with the knowledge and experience of its distinguished nonprofit partner organizations. The Alliance helps strategically address children's mental health concerns and the far-reaching challenges of stress, anxiety and depression. Through its Innovation Awards initiative, the Alliance also identifies and funds mental healthcare solutions for children and youth adults across the United States. For more information about the Alliance, visit www.morganstanley.com/mentalhealthalliance.

Non-Solicitation Policy

Mindful Philanthropy maintains a strict non-solicitation policy for all of our events. Our goal is to create a positive, welcoming, and distraction-free environment for all to participate and fully engage. We do not allow solicitation of any kind during Funding our Future, including requesting funding for nonprofit or for-profit ventures. Violation of this policy will result in dismissal from the event.

For questions about the event and your registration, please contact Cam Watts at cam@mindfulphilanthropy.org.

For more resources in our Thriving in Schools initiative, visit us here.