Our Impact

Our Impact

Since launching in 2020, the Rare Impact Fund has made incredible strides to expand access to mental health resources and education for young people, raising $4M in contributions and distributing $1.7M in grant support to organizations worldwide.

According to data from CANDID developed by the Center for High Impact Philanthropy, mental health accounted for 1.3% of overall foundation investments from 2015 to 2018, and, even more strikingly, only 5% of foundation spending on healthcare.

The Rare Impact Fund is committed to shifting philanthropic trends by investing in partnerships focused on expanding access to mental health services and resources in educational settings. Through sourced partnerships and holistic engagement, we continue to bet on organizations that work toward destigmatizing mental health.

Since launching in 2020, the Rare Impact Fund has made incredible strides to expand access to mental health resources and education for young people, raising $4M in contributions and distributing $1.7M in grant support to organizations worldwide.

What Selena Gomez has done in founding the Rare Impact Fund is so incredibly powerful, important and timely. We are looking forward to sharing the impact we’ve made in partnership with the Rare Impact Fund and will do whatever we can to support these efforts and the fund’s goal of raising $100M to support youth mental health around the world.”

Meena SrinivasanExecutive Director, Transformative Educational Leadership

Our Community

40%

Gen-Z, followed by 30% of millennials

88%

Identify as women

4M+

Total Reach

Our global portfolio is comprised of

17 grantees in

Our first round of funding to our 13 partners directly impacted over 150K people seeking mental health support and services.

150K

Young people served

10K

Educators and Administrators directly impacted

200

Educational Systems Impacted

5

Systems change Partners

Our Commitment

We will provide resources and mobilize a community of experts, allies and supporters to amplify our mission and vision, build a network of mental health leaders and ambassadors, grow the field, and reach more young people worldwide.

The Rare Impact Fund equips our community with the tools and resources to amplify our efforts to raise funds to destigmatize mental health.

The Rare Impact Fund equips our community with the tools and resources to amplify our efforts to raise funds to destigmatize mental health.

Our Change.org petition collected close to 70,000 signatures and our GoFundMe campaign reached 900 people and generated $500,000 in contributions with a $200,00 match from Rare Beauty.

In May 2021, we launched our first educational campaign, Mental Health 101, introducing a Change.org petition to advocate for more mental health education in schools and a GoFundMe campaign to support organizations expanding access to mental health services and education for young people.