Mending Matters

Name

Mending Matters

Legal name

Mending Matters

Website

https://mendingmatters.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Sponsorships and Donations: The organization is funded entirely through charitable donations from corporate sponsors, foundations, and individual donors. Sponsors can sponsor a school (funding a therapist for one year), sponsor a program, or sponsor an individual student for one school year. This is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mending Matters provides no-cost, on-site mental health services to middle and high school students in California, primarily in San Diego County. Services include individual therapy, group therapy, crisis intervention, case management, regulation space, and restorative programs that serve as alternatives to suspension. The organization also runs youth leadership programs and prevention workshops, with all services funded through corporate sponsorships, foundation grants, and school district allocations.

Product overview

Mending Matters is a nonprofit organization providing on-site mental health services in California middle and high schools, primarily serving the San Diego area. Their offering consists of four interconnected programs: Direct Mental Health Services (individual therapy, crisis intervention, case management, and therapy groups), Prevention Workshops (including the seven-part Pause program), Restorative Programs (alternatives to suspension such as GPS, ATS, MAPS, PATH, Real You, Stay, and Way), and Youth Leadership through the LIFE (Living is for Everyone) Advisory program. Supporting these programs are educational workbooks for students. All services come at zero cost to students and families.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• We Hear YOUth: An anonymous school-wide needs assessment program that provides students an opportunity to feel seen and heard in their community while normalizing conversations about mental health.
• LIFE (Living is for Everyone)

Products and services

• Direct Mental Health Services On-site clinical mental health services provided by Master's-level therapists at partner middle and high schools, including individual therapy, group therapy, case management, crisis intervention, interim care, and a regulation space. Designed for students ages 11-18 in San Diego-area schools, delivered at no cost to students or families.
• Prevention Workshops (Pause) Topic-specific mental health education workshops delivered in large-group classroom settings at partner schools, including the seven-part Pause program covering mental health awareness, boundaries, inclusivity, social media, self-compassion, and stress management. Aimed at middle and high school students as a universal prevention offering.
• Restorative Programs Social-emotional programs delivered at partner schools as alternatives to suspension, including GPS (interpersonal skills), ATS (Alternatives to Smoking/vaping), MAPS (Mindful Actions Peaceful Solutions for conflict), PATH (substance education), Real You (academic honesty), Stay (attendance/truancy), Way (vape/marijuana prevention), Crisis Debrief, and Virtual Engagement Programs. For middle and high school students, particularly those in disciplinary situations.
• Youth Leadership (LIFE Living is for Everyone) Student leadership program in which a diverse group of student advisors informs Mending Matters' prevention, restorative, and direct mental health programming through the We Hear YOUth needs assessment, helping to normalize mental health conversations and avoid one-size-fits-all approaches. For middle and high school students across partner campuses.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of students preferred attending a Mending Matters Restorative Program than a traditional stay-at-home suspension
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• San Diego Unified School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the largest school district partners, with Mending Matters serving 24 schools including Hoover High School, San Diego High School, Scripps Ranch High School, Bell Middle School, Mann Middle School, Roosevelt Middle School, and others across the district.
• Poway Unified School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner district with services at multiple schools including Rancho Bernardo High School, Clark Middle School, and others.
• Mountain Empire Unified School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRural school district partner serving Mountain Empire High School and Mountain Empire Junior High School, including at-risk student populations.
• Washington Unified School DistrictminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner district served through River City High School.
• La Mesa Police DepartmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal law enforcement partnership supporting community mental health initiatives.
• Raindrop Branding & AdvertisingminorOthersMarketing and branding support services.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hazel Health: Hazel Health provides school-based mental health and telehealth services to K-12 students directly on campus, mirroring Mending Matters' on-site delivery model and target customer base of school districts and students.
• Daybreak Health: Daybreak Health delivers school-based and virtual mental health services to adolescents and teens, partnering with districts to provide therapy sessions — closely aligned with Mending Matters' youth therapy offerings.
• Cartwheel Care: Cartwheel Care provides school-based mental health services and partnerships with K-12 schools to deliver therapy and crisis support, paralleling Mending Matters' district partnership model.
• Brightline: Brightline is a pediatric and adolescent behavioral health provider offering therapy and coaching through employer and health plan channels, comparable to Mending Matters in serving youth mental health needs at scale.
• Joon Care: Joon Care provides youth-focused teletherapy for teens and adolescents, addressing the same mental health access barriers (cost, stigma, transportation) that Mending Matters targets through its on-site school model.
• BeMe Health: BeMe Health is a teen mental health platform delivering coaching, therapy, and crisis support to adolescents, overlapping with Mending Matters' youth mental health mission and target age group.
• InStride Health: InStride Health provides specialized mental health treatment for anxiety, OCD, and related conditions in children and adolescents, comparable in serving youth mental health needs through structured clinical programs.
• Mantra Health: Mantra Health provides mental health services tailored to students, including K-12 and higher education populations, with a partnership-led GTM motion that mirrors Mending Matters' school-district approach.
• Uwill: Uwill partners with colleges and schools to provide students immediate access to mental health support, sharing Mending Matters' focus on removing access barriers for students through institutional partnerships.
• AllHere Education: AllHere Education provides K-12 student support and family engagement tools including mental health navigation, addressing the same student well-being outcomes that Mending Matters delivers through on-site therapy.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MendingMatters

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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