Partner with Us to Foster Teen Wellness and Grow Resilience
Teen wellness is a national crisis. Inner Strength is a proven solution that’s CASEL-recommended, research-validated, and expanding nationally.
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Proven resources when and where it matters most
Teen stress, burnout, and disengagement are at historic levels while schools and teachers are stretched thin.
Inner Strength is the proven upstream solution, imparting wellness skills to students so they learn how to regulate, care for themselves, establish positive relationships, and focus and succeed academically.
Corporate and foundation partners who invest in Inner Strength aren’t funding a pilot or an experiment: they’re scaling a model that’s already helped 35,000 students.
Supporting Inner Strength Education is both a community investment and a forward-looking one. You’ll be building the skills, self-awareness, and resilience that shape strong future employees and a healthier society.
Your Support Enables
Ongoing Program Expansion
Enabling program delivery, instructor training, curriculum development and impact evaluation.
General Operating Funding
Supporting sound business practices with investment in long-term sustainability, capacity building, and expansion planning.
Train-the-Trainer Scholarships
Providing teacher training for under-resourced schools and youth mentors to build their long-term student wellness implementation skills.
Interested in exploring a positive impact partnership that fits your goals?
Built in Philadelphia. Ready for Every School.
11
YEARS
36,000
STUDENTS
5,400
TEACHERS
39
SCHOOLS
Confidence in Every Investment
Grounded in peer-reviewed research and recognized by schools, government institutions, and academic leaders
Publications
- The Conscious Classroom #1 Amazon educational bestseller, IPPY Award winner
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive and Emotional Wellness Supports for Adolescents (2025) School Psychology International
- Cultivating Adolescents’ Self-Compassion Through Mindfulness (2025) Contemporary School Psychology
- Cultivating Calm, Curiosity, and Care Among Adolescents (2023) Supporting Children and Youth Through Spiritual Education
- Mechanisms of Change Underlying Mindfulness-Based Practice Among Adolescents (2022) Mindfulness
- Benefits of Mindfulness for Promoting Resilience Among At-Risk Adolescents (2021) ECNU Review of Education
- Teaching Inner Strength (2020) Emergence Education
Expert Speaking & Recognition
- Philadelphia City Council Citation: honored for a decade of transformative work
- Philadelphia Social Innovation Award: for youth anti-violence work
- Global C20 Technology & Education Panel
- The Future of Education Panel, NYC, with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Robert Thurman
- Chautauqua Institution
- Society for the Study of Human Development Annual Conference
- Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference
- Spirituality in Education Conference, Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC
Recognized by Leading Education Researchers, Journalists, and Institutions










Frequently Asked Questions
Inner Strength Education uses validated assessment instruments (developed in partnership with Syracuse University) to measure student outcomes in self-regulation, self-compassion, and 5 additional metrics that indicate student flourishing and are correlated with academic success.
Inner Strength program delivery is highly cost-effective. For less than $100 per student for a 3-month training program, teens can develop the life-long skills they need to succeed. Partnership structures vary based on scope and depth of engagement. We’re happy to provide detailed cost modeling during our consultation. Our expansion model funds instruction and program setup, and the train-the-trainer model is designed for scale: one trained educator or youth mentor reaches multiple groups of students for years to come, creating strong leverage on your investment in the future of teen wellbeing.
Recognition varies by partnership level and your preferences. Options include: naming opportunities for sponsored programs, logo placement on our website and program materials, inclusion in annual reports and impact communications, site visits to funded schools, and co-branded content. We work with your communications team to align with brand guidelines.
Yes, Inner Strength is fully secular and has been implemented across diverse school communities in Philadelphia. The curriculum focuses on evidence-based practices from contemplative modalities, neuroscience, social-emotional learning, and trauma remediation methodologies. We’ve worked with students and educators across the full spectrum of backgrounds and belief systems.
We work with partners across a range of investment levels—through one-time program expansion partnerships or recurring and multi-year partnerships structured to align with corporate giving priorities. We’re happy to discuss what’s possible at different levels.
Let's Explore What's Possible
Every partnership starts with understanding your goals. Share what your organization is hoping to accomplish, and we’ll follow up to explore how Inner Strength can help you achieve measurable impact in teen mental health.
