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Our Mission

We believe every student and their family should have free access to quality mental health education. It is foundational and directly impacts our physical health, academic achievements, relationships, and safety.

Guiding Principles

Educating Through Stories

We support stories that inspire social change and positive action. The Creative Coping Toolkit is an award-winning and film and evidence-based mental health literacy program that provides Tier 1 and Tier 2 strategies. It is designed to bring about deeper learning, engagement, and positive impact to address anxiety, bullying, social media addiction, resilience, trust and kindness.

These programs have been meticulously crafted and designed to promote life skills and empathy by providing an immersive experience that can foster positive change for the whole community.

 Measuring Impact

People love movies. Stories cut through cultural stigma and are far reaching. We know that film is even more transformative and powerful when watched within a community.

We support free access for students, educators and their families to the Creative Coping Toolkit, a year-long, film and evidence-based mental health literacy program for schools.

We are COPPA, CIPA and FERPA compliant. We measure impact and share the data. We also partner with institutions that have helped measure long-term impacts. 

A glance at some of our findings click here

Expanding Access 

We help subsidize the cost of access to these programs for schools. Since 2011, Impactful Fund, formerly Indieflix Foundation, has worked with philanthropic partners and education partners to provide film-based mental health programming to underserved, overlooked, rural, ethnically diverse communities and Title I schools, that often struggle to get mental health support.  If your school district or community would like to learn more please reach out to us at scilla@impactfulfund.org

Impact of Angst

Are more open to talking about anxiety
Are more likely to reach out to help others struggling with anxiety
Will adopt coping tools mentioned in the film
Think Angst is helpful for kids and teens

Impact of LIKE

Think LIKE would be helpful for parents and adults
Think social media is to blame for the rise in anxiety
Will use social media differently after seeing LIKE
Think LIKE should be shown in every organization or school

Impact of The Upstanders

Said The Upstanders changed the way they look at bullying behavior
Said the film provided helpful tools & tips on how to be an Upstander
Iintend to practice some of the tools & tips from the film
Think The Upstanders should be shown at every organization or school
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OVER 10,000

Schools in all 50 states and over 20 countries have participated in  Angst, LIKE, The Upstanders & RACE to Be Human, film & evidence-based mental health programs.

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OVER 2.5M

students in 10,000 plus schools have accessed the Creative Coping Toolkit (CCT) a turnkey, year-long, film and evidence-based mental health literacy program for students, educators and families.

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90% OF Students

strongly agreed that after watching LIKE and The Upstanders they feel more empathetic and no longer want to participate in gossip, drama, or bullying.

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MORE THAN 865B

media impressions around the world.

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