Art With Impact

What Art With Impact does

Art With Impact (AWI), also operating as AWI Workshops, is a nonprofit organization founded in 2010 that delivers short film-based mental health programming to college students across the United States and Canada. The organization operates with a small team of 1–10 employees from mailbox-only locations in San Francisco and Toronto and functions entirely remotely. Its core technology is the OLIVE Film Collection (also referenced as the Voices With Impact Film Collection), described as the largest and most diverse library of short films about mental health in the world. This library, seeded by the Voices With Impact short film production grant and festival launched in 2018, underpins AWI's workshop curricula and is now being deployed through successor organization Art Opening Minds.

The product portfolio centers on short film-based workshops deployed on college campuses, including the core Movies for Mental Health format alongside Wellness In Words, Black Mental Health Matters, Our Bodies Our Minds, Wisdom From Within (a student-veteran pilot), Films With Impact, Sanctuary Space, and P4MH-Q, plus Extension Training for educators. The organization has worked with 350+ colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada, with named partners including UCLA, Brown, Stanford, Harvard, NYU, University of Michigan, McGill, and several community college districts. Reported outcome data show greater than 80% of participants report an increased likelihood of seeking mental health support after attending AWI workshops.

AWI's business model is donation-based: as a nonprofit it charges no fees to institutions, students, or community participants, and it is funded entirely through charitable contributions from donors in the U.S. and Canada. Distribution is primarily through direct on-site workshops at college campuses, delivered in partnership with post-secondary institutions and other community programs. In 2026, AWI transitioned its delivery model from staff-facilitated workshops to a faculty-led, class-based approach through its successor organization Art Opening Minds, enabling the film library and curricula to be embedded directly into academic coursework.

Name

Art With Impact

Legal name

AWI Workshops

Website

https://artwithimpact.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Art With Impact is a nonprofit that delivers short film-based mental health workshops to college students across the U.S. and Canada, drawing on the world's largest library of short films about mental health to reduce stigma and connect students with support resources.

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Product category

Mental Health Education & Nonprofit Wellness Programming

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (61161)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAHAJ

Media Arts & Film/Photography Nonprofits

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Arts, Culture & Heritage Nonprofits

SECONDARYBPAGAHAC

Arts Education & Community Arts Programs

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Arts, Culture & Heritage Nonprofits

Keywords

• Mental health education
• Short film workshops
• College wellness programs
• Nonprofit mental health
• Stigma reduction programs

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: AWI operates as a nonprofit organization funded primarily through charitable donations from individuals in the U.S. and Canada. The organization accepts donations through dedicated platforms for each country.

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Core offering

Art With Impact is a nonprofit that delivers short film-based mental health workshops at colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and Canada. Programs use the OLIVE Film Collection—the world's largest and most diverse library of short films about mental health—to spark discussions, reduce stigma, and connect students with mental health resources. AWI also trains educators and facilitators to deliver its workshop curricula.

Product overview

Art With Impact (AWI) is a nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of short film-based mental health workshop programs. The core offering consists of AWI Workshops that use the OLIVE Film Collection—the largest and most diverse library of short films about mental health in the world—to spark meaningful conversations among college students. The Voices With Impact film collection, launched in 2018, forms the educational backbone. Workshop programs include Movies for Mental Health, Wellness In Words, Black Mental Health Matters, Our Bodies, Our Minds, Wisdom From Within (Student-Veteran Pilot), Films With Impact, Sanctuary Space, and P4MH-Q, each targeting different aspects of mental health awareness. The organization also provides Extension Training for educators. AWI's successor organization, Art Opening Minds, continues this mission by putting short film directly into the hands of educators throughout the U.S. and Canada.

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Products and services

• AWI Workshops Short film-based mental health workshops for college students that use powerful short films to spark meaningful conversations, reduce stigma around mental illness, and connect individuals with mental health resources. Delivered at no cost to institutions or participants.
• OLIVE Film Collection (Voices With Impact Film Collection) The largest and most diverse library of short films about mental health in the world, used as the foundation for workshop curricula at colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and Canada.
• Movies for Mental Health Core workshop format using short films to promote mental health awareness and encourage help-seeking behavior among college students.
• Wellness In Words Workshop program offering fresh perspectives on mental health through creative expression and storytelling.
• Black Mental Health Matters Workshop program focused on addressing mental health within Black communities and reducing cultural stigma.
• Our Bodies, Our Minds Workshop program addressing the intersection of physical and mental wellness.
• Wisdom From Within - Student-Veteran Pilot Specialized workshop program for student veterans focusing on mental health and wellness.
• Extension Training Training program for educators and facilitators to deliver AWI mental health workshops.

Quantifiable outcome

• >80% of participants report increased likelihood of seeking support for their mental health after attending AWI workshops

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Art Opening MindscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt Opening Minds is AWI's successor organization that continues the mission by putting the power of short film directly into the hands of educators throughout the U.S. and Canada. The organization uses AWI's Voices With Impact Film Collection to support student wellness at colleges and universities through class-based curricula. Art Opening Minds represents the evolution of AWI's delivery model to a faculty-led approach.

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Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Active Minds: Active Minds is a nonprofit that mobilizes young adults to address mental health on college campuses through student-led programming, speaker events, and chapters at universities. It is the most direct peer to Art With Impact because it serves the same student population, operates on the same nonprofit/donation model, and works with the same set of U.S. colleges and universities.
• The JED Foundation: The JED Foundation is a nonprofit focused on protecting emotional health and preventing suicide among teens and young adults, with strong college mental health programming and institutional partnerships. It is comparable to AWI because it targets the same post-secondary audience, delivers mental health curricula to colleges, and operates as a U.S. nonprofit.
• Bring Change to Mind: Bring Change to Mind is a nonprofit co-founded by Glenn Close that runs mental health awareness campaigns, high school and college programs, and stigma-reduction initiatives. It overlaps with AWI on the college-student mental health stigma-reduction mission and similar nonprofit delivery model.
• Hope for the Day: Hope for the Day is a nonprofit that uses art, music, and creative expression to engage communities in mental health education and suicide prevention. It is comparable to AWI because both leverage art-based content to reduce mental health stigma among young adults.
• The Steve Fund: The Steve Fund is a nonprofit focused on mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color, with programming specifically for college students. It is comparable to AWI's Black Mental Health Matters program because both address mental health stigma in communities of color within higher education.
• Half of Us: Half of Us is a joint mtvU/JED Foundation initiative that uses media and storytelling to reach college students about mental health. It is highly comparable to AWI because both use film and media-driven storytelling to spark mental health conversations on college campuses.
• ULifeline: ULifeline is an online resource providing mental health information and self-assessment tools for college students, originally developed by the Jed Foundation. It is comparable to AWI because it targets the same student population through the same higher education channel and shares the nonprofit mental health awareness mission.

Broad incumbents

• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness): NAMI is the largest U.S. grassroots mental health organization, providing advocacy, education, support groups, and public awareness across all age groups. It is a broad incumbent comparable to AWI because it competes for the same donor dollar and overlaps on college mental health stigma reduction, but its portfolio extends well beyond AWI's post-secondary niche.
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: AFSP funds research, educates communities, and advocates for suicide prevention policies across all age groups, with significant college-focused programming. It overlaps with AWI on youth mental health awareness and institutional partnerships, but operates at a much larger national scale.
• Mental Health America: Mental Health America is one of the oldest U.S. nonprofits dedicated to mental health, providing screening tools, education, advocacy, and policy work across all populations. It overlaps with AWI on college mental health awareness but operates at a significantly broader and older scale.

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Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/ArtWithImpact1
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• Xx.com/artwithimpact

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