Build prevention infrastructure, not just another program.
Founding support from foundations and family offices helps move a prevention-focused youth-safety model from early implementation toward independently evaluated, durable infrastructure, expanding sponsored access so more young people reach trusted human support earlier.
Philanthropy
Durable by design
Infrastructure that outlasts a single grant.
Mission-driven philanthropy investing early.
This path is for foundations and family offices looking to anchor a founding cohort, philanthropy focused on youth safety, mental wellbeing, and prevention infrastructure that can be studied and sustained.
Private & family foundations
Grantmakers seeking a credible, measurable prevention model rather than another one-off program.
Family offices
Principals and advisors interested in helping inform early priorities for sponsored access.
Donor-advised funds
DAF holders looking to direct multi-year support toward prevention that reaches young people earlier.
The founding stage is where infrastructure is built.
Most support arrives only after a situation has escalated. Founding philanthropy helps close the gap earlier, funding trusted human connection at the help-seeking moment and the operational backbone that makes it dependable for more young people.
Built on real infrastructure. The Initiative is not starting from a blank page. It applies operational peer-support infrastructure from Chaperone Health, the operational delivery partner, to a prevention-focused youth model, with research and evaluation in partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago.
Founding support does three things at once.
Expand sponsored access
Extend sponsored access to defined youth populations, communities, schools, and care pathways so more young people reach a trained Peer Chaperone.
Advance independent evaluation
Support rigorous, independent evaluation in partnership with UIC, building the evidence base for early, human-led prevention.
Build prevention infrastructure
Fund the training, safeguarding practices, supervision, and operational backbone that help trusted human support reach youth reliably.
Sponsored, scoped, and accountable.
Funding supports access for defined youth populations, not unbounded public enrollment. Scope is set with each partner up front.
Define the cohort
The Initiative works with each partner to scope the population, communities, or pathways founding support is intended to reach first.
Deliver trusted support
Chaperone Health delivers supervised Peer Chaperone access within safety practices and quality review.
Learn and improve
Independent evaluation helps identify what works, for whom, and where the model can improve over time.
Measured, not just well-intentioned.
The Initiative pairs operational delivery from Chaperone Health with research and evaluation in partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago. Founding support helps ensure the model is studied rigorously and reported honestly as it grows.
Anchor the founding cohort.
Tell us about your foundation or family office and the populations you care about. We’ll follow up to explore how founding support can expand sponsored access and strengthen evaluation.
The Chaperone Initiative is not therapy, clinical treatment, diagnosis, crisis counseling, or emergency response. If you or a young person needs immediate help, call or text 988, or chat through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. We never gate anyone in crisis behind a form.