BARCC is the only comprehensive rape crisis center in the Greater Boston area and the oldest and largest center in New England.

Founded in 1973, the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) is the only comprehensive rape crisis center in the Greater Boston area and the oldest and largest center of its kind in New England. Our mission is to end sexual violence through healing and social change.

BARCC provides free, confidential support and services to survivors of sexual violence ages 12 and up and their families and friends. We work with survivors of all genders, and our goal is to empower survivors to heal and seek justice in ways that are meaningful to them. We meet the needs of survivors in crisis and long after, and we also assist them as they navigate the health-care, criminal legal, social service, and school systems.

We take the knowledge we learn from survivors and from current research out into the community. We work with a wide range of schools, campuses, community groups, and organizations. These include middle and high schools, colleges, police, health-care providers, businesses, and more. We advocate for change and work with them to help them understand their role in making their environment safe and preventing sexual violence. We do this by offering training, on topics such as how to respond to survivor's disclosures. We provide concrete tools and technical assistance to help create policies and practices that prevent sexual violence in the first place. Our response and prevention programs are based on research and more than 45 years of direct service experience. We are frequently asked to provide expert testimony about potential policy and legislative solutions to preventing and responding to sexual violence. We also provide expert commentary in the media on these issues.

We are powered by roughly 50 staff and over 200 volunteers. 

Each year, BARCC assists thousands of sexual violence survivors—regardless of sex, gender identity, race, physical/developmental disabilities, income, ethnicity, class, religion, sexual orientation, and former/current engagement with sex work—and their families, friends and communities. We provide services in English and Spanish, as well as other languages upon request.

Boston Area Rape Crisis Center

Helping people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) live full and meaningful lives.

Our aim is to increase access to effective treatment through research and training, foster a hopeful and supportive community for those affected by OCD and the professionals who treat them, and fight stigma surrounding mental health issues.

International OCD Foundation

Gaza Mental Health Foundation Inc is a nonprofit organization focused on international issues. It is based in Cambridge, MA. It received its nonprofit status in 2001.

The Gaza Mental Health Foundation is an all-volunteer 501c3 organization that was founded in the United States in 2001.  We raise funds for the mental health work being carried out in the Gaza Strip by independent, non-sectarian organizations such as the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP).  Our support has expanded the mental health services available to individuals, especially children, furthered the reach of crisis intervention programs and advanced the training of mental health professionals and public awareness efforts to combat the stigma of mental illness in Palestinian society. 

Gaza Mental Health Foundation Inc

We harness the power of optimism to create healing, life-changing relationships for kids in need.

The Life is Good Kids Foundation

We help families recognize and cope with depression and bipolar disorder to get people well and prevent suicides.

Families for Depression Awareness is a 501(c)(3) national nonprofit organization that helps families recognize and cope with depressive disorders.   The organiz...ation provides education, outreach, and advocacy to support families, especially family caregivers. Families for Depression Awareness is made up of families who have lost a family member to suicide or have watched a loved one suffer with depression, with little knowledge about how to help. Visa mer

Families for Depression Awareness

We provide in-depth, highly relational mindfulness education for youth and the parents and professionals who support them.

Young people deserve our best attention and the greatest support we can offer, especially when it comes to teaching them the tools and resources they need to nurture their minds, spirit, and bodies.

We stand on the foundation of a 35-year lineage of teen mindfulness which began with retreats offered in Barre, Massachusetts in 1989. Since our humble beginnings, we have grown to be the national leader in immersive mindfulness education with our beloved teen retreats having been offered to 4,000+ alumni.

With a belief that justice and equity are at the center of youth wellbeing, our offerings also include specific programs for affinity groups such as BIPOC and LGBTQIA+. Programs aimed at more systemic impact include our internationally accredited Teacher Training program and custom programming in partnership with schools and youth-serving organizations across the country. Our programs seek to complement and amplify the impacts of in-school programs and to expand the value and capacity that youth-serving professionals have for sharing in-depth mindfulness experiences with youth.

At their core, the diverse community of Inward Bound teens and adult leaders seek to create healthier inner and outer worlds. They come from the edges of toxic dominant cultures with the belief that another way of living is not only possible, but a fundamental right. Our extensive network of 120+ staff, teachers, health coordinators, and mentors are experts in the fields of youth development, mental health, and education, and have lived experiences that deeply reflect the teens they serve. They exemplify authenticity, compassion, and respect, upholding a strong code of ethics. In fact, some of our leaders today were participants in the first teen retreats offered in 1989.

Perhaps our most distinctive capacity for success is our Collaborative Leadership (CL) System which emphasizes shared decision-making and robust feedback, and creates more pathways for community members, especially youth, parents, and partners, to have increased input and investment. This organizational structure, which has no Executive Director, is the result of our equity commitments and examinations of how power is distributed within our organization. It was researched and developed for three years with the consult of international leaders in the field before being fully launched in January 2020. At the core of the CL System are the full-time staff and five standing committees that include a 9-member Youth Advisory Committee and 6-member Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee. Need-based stipends are available to support committee member participation.

Inward Bound Mindfulness

Benefiting child and adult victims of violence and trauma for over 50 years.

The mission of FCR is to provide a welcoming, inclusive, and safe environment for all survivors of trauma, including those impacted by domestic and sexual violence, substance abuse, bereavement, and other causes. With the understanding that the aim of equality and justice is ongoing, we are committed to modeling diversity, inclusivity, and equity within our organization to reflect the communities in which we serve.

FCR services are offered consistent with our values of choice, acceptance, hope and dignity with the goal of helping children and adults along their path to safety, health, and well-being. We are committed to advancing policies and practices that promote diversity, inclusion, and retention of staff and services to clients of all racial, ethnic, gender identity, and socio-economic backgrounds and beliefs. Our goal is to ensure that a wide range of perspectives, experiences, skills, innovation, and decision-making abilities have a seat around the table and that all voices are heard. We know that the quest towards equity and social justice is long, and there may be challenges along the way, but we are dedicated to making that journey in the spirit of continuous learning, listening, and improvement.

Our vision is to inspire healthier communities free from family and community violence. Through our work in support of vulnerable populations, one day all children and adults will be able to thrive in a safe, just, and equitable world.

FCR, Inc. offers a wide array of multilingual services for child, adult and families who have experienced violence and trauma, serving over 2300 clients annually.  

Programs and Services include:
- Domestic Violence - Victim  Advocacy and Support Services
- 24-Hour Crisis Line
- Emergency Safe Home Services, and Rapid Re-housing Services
- Mental Health Services
- Women’s Support Groups, Parenting Support Groups
- Child Witness to Violence Counseling
- Supervised Visitation Centers
- Family Violence Offender Programs, Nurturing Fathers Support Groups
- Outreach and Education Programs
- Teen Healthy Relationship Programs
- Intern & Volunteer Opportunities


Family and Community Resources, Inc.

Horse SenseAbility helps youth at risk or with special needs develop life skills by learning about, caring for & being with horses

Every child deserves the chance to experience the joy of horses regardless of their economic circumstances or special needs. Every horse deserves to live in a comfortable, clean and caring environment. Your support makes both of these possible.

Horse SenseAbility gives children who are at-risk, have experienced trauma, have autism, struggle with anxiety and depression or have physical disabilities the opportunity to learn from, care for and be with horses. In return, the horses give the children total acceptance, respect, confidence and a feeling of competence.

Your support of Horse SenseAbility makes all of this possible by providing high-quality care for our awesome equines and scholarships for over 50% of our participants. Make a one-time gift or join our Blue Ribbon Club by becoming a monthly donor.

Horse SenseAbility is based in Sherborn, MA and is a program of Wildstar Equine-Assisted Activities and Therapy, Inc.

Horse SenseAbility

At the Attachment & Trauma Network, it is our mission to:  Promote healing of children impacted by trauma through supporting their families, schools and communities.

At the Attachment & Trauma Network, it is our mission to:  Promote healing of children impacted by trauma through supporting their families, schools and communities. www.attachtrauma.org

Attachment & Trauma Network (ATN)

We work to reduce stigma, shame and isolation by fostering courage, empathy, and understanding with stories that break silence.

The mission of Safe Space Radio is to inspire courageous conversations, break down the barriers that divide us, and create compassionate communities.
Founded in 2008, Safe Space Radio has broadcast more than 300 episodes and received numerous awards. The first season of our four-part miniseries, Can We Talk?, broadcast in May 2019 for Mental Health Awareness Month. Two long-form specials, Out-Takes, on suicide prevention among LGBTQ teens, and Still Here, on caregiving and dementia, both broadcast nationally in 2016. Our podcast is used in training programs for healthcare professionals, therapists, and teachers as they learn to address the needs of underserved populations.

Safe Space Radio

The Jordan Porco Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Wethersfield, CT.

The mission of the Jordan Porco Foundation is to prevent suicide, promote mental health, and create a message of hope for young adults.

To accomplish this, we

Help challenge stigma by talking openly about mental health issues

Offer engaging and uplifting programming, emphasizing peer-to-peer messaging

Promote help seeking behavior, self-care, and coping skills

Educate about the risk factors and warning signs of suicide and other related mental health concerns

We do this in the name and spirit of Jordan Matthew Porco, who died by suicide in 2011. We’re in it for life.™