What would change if
preventive mental health support were
available in every classroom?
Support Children's Mental Health. Help Build Healthier Communities.
Every child deserves the opportunity to thrive, regardless of their circumstances. Your donation to Niroga Institute helps bring trauma-informed, movement-based mindfulness programs to students, educators, and communities facing barriers to mental health support. Together, we can expand access to practical tools that help young people navigate stress, strengthen emotional regulation, and build skills for lifelong well-being.
How Your Donation Supports Mental Health in Schools and Communities
Real change happens when support extends beyond a single lesson, workshop, or moment of relief.
Your donation supports movement-based mindfulness programs, like Dynamic Mindfulness, designed for practical environments, not ideal conditions. Niroga’s approach emphasizes brief, repeatable practices that kids and their caretakers can use daily in classrooms and community spaces to build strong foundations for lasting well-being.
Your contribution helps Niroga Institute expand programs that strengthen individual well-being while building the capacity of schools and communities to sustain these practices.
Prevention | Early Childhood, TK-12 Schools & Higher Ed
- Equipping students with vital life skills for learning, resilience and healthy coping
- Ensuring educator self-care to counter compassion fatigue and burnout
- Nurturing families with tools to deepen well-being and strengthen relationships
Intervention | Alternative Schools & Juvenile Halls
- Disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline with students most impacted by inequity
- Supporting incarcerated youth to provide trauma-informed tools for rehabilitation
- Guiding school staff and probation officers to enhance well-being and efficacy
Recovery | Schools & Communities
- Providing communities with mindfulness practices to augment trauma healing
- Training mental health professionals to support the needs of the whole person
- Building capacity in communities to recover, and prevent future tragedies
Donate To Our Mission: A Million Mindful Children
Every Child Reached Can Create a Ripple Effect
Imagine a classroom where students have practical tools to pause, recognize their emotions, and reconnect with learning. Now imagine those skills reaching beyond the classroom, into homes, relationships, and entire communities. Our mission to reach one million mindful children is about more than introducing a practice. It's about helping children and the adults around them develop skills they can return to throughout their lives.
Choose the Impact You Want to Make
Your Donation Helps Put Mental Health Tools Within Reach
There is no single way to create meaningful change. Whether you make a one-time gift or become a monthly donor, your contribution helps expand access to trauma-informed mindfulness programs, training, and resources. Here are some of the ways your generosity can make a difference.
Adopt a Classroom
Provides a classroom with a year-long Dynamic Mindfulness program
Support a Teacher
Supplies a teacher with DMind training, coaching, and curricular supports
Enable a Student Leader
Equips a student leader with essential skills to support self and peers
Develop the Whole Child
Teaches social emotional skills to four students struggling with self-regulation
Trusted Stewardship. Real Accountability.
Your Generosity Deserves Transparency
Niroga Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with over 20 years of experience in delivering mindfulness programs that are based on neuroscience, trauma-informed care, and equity. We are dedicated to responsible stewardship, ensuring your donation results in significant impact. Your contribution is tax-deductible as allowed by law and supports programs that prioritize sustainability, inclusion, and long-term change.
Validated by
Independent Research
750,000+
Students Reached
25,000+
Teachers Trained
Access to Well-Being Shouldn't Depend on a School's Budget
Donate To Make Mental Health Support More Equitable
Communities facing some of the greatest challenges often have the fewest resources to address them. Schools with limited budgets, educators working under sustained pressure, and young people experiencing adversity should not have fewer opportunities to develop tools for emotional well-being. This is the gap your generosity helps us bridge.
A Message From Our Founder
Solutions For Root Causes
Donate Today. Help Bridge the Gap.
Your donation supports efforts to make trauma-informed, movement-based mindfulness accessible to more people, including those who might otherwise be excluded by financial barriers. It also helps us provide educational resources, expand professional learning opportunities, and strengthen the capacity of communities to support their own well-being. Because building a more equitable future means making sure the tools that support it are within reach.
Bridging The Gap In Mental Health Access
Sponsor Access to Mindfulness for Underserved Communities
Access to preventive mental health support shouldn't depend on financial resources or circumstances. Your donation helps Niroga Institute bring trauma-informed, movement-based mindfulness programs to underserved schools and communities, equipping more people with practical tools to navigate stress, strengthen emotion regulation, and support their well-being.
Stories of Change
The People Behind The Impact Of Your Donation
Every contribution reaches beyond a program or a training session. It reaches students navigating difficult circumstances, educators supporting classrooms with limited resources, and communities working to build healthier futures. Behind every milestone are real people gaining access to tools, support, and opportunities that might otherwise remain out of reach.
Building Capacity, Not Dependency
Your Support Creates Change That Lasts Beyond a Single Program
A mindfulness practice can make a difference in the moment. But when educators, caregivers, and community leaders learn to share these tools, that impact can extend much further. That's why Niroga's approach focuses on building lasting capacity, not simply delivering one-time support. By equipping the people who work directly with children and communities, we help make emotional regulation practices part of everyday environments.
Let's Invest in Empathy, Equity, and Empowerment
Equity means meeting stress with support, not silence. Many of the communities Niroga serves face the highest levels of stress and the fewest prevention resources. Your donations help ensure that access to mindfulness is not limited by budget or circumstance.
Other Ways To Contribute To Equity
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Payable to: Niroga Institute
Mail to: 2363 Mariner Square Drive
Suite 149
Alameda, CA 94501
"Having kids realize, through mindfulness, that they have control over their bodies, over their mind, that’s really powerful.”
Michelle Matson, 3rd Grade Teacher at King-Chavez Elementary School
"I always felt like if you could create a culture where kids felt safe, they felt loved and they felt appreciated, and the staff felt the same exact way, you’d get the best from your staff and the best from your students.”
John Jimno, Principal at Park Middle School
“Instead of more stress and, like, hatred in your body, it’s more like calm and peacefulness in your mind so that you can get through the day better.”
Jayden, Student at Mission High School
Frequently Asked Questions About Your Donation
Many employers offer charitable giving programs that match employee contributions to eligible nonprofit organizations.
Check with your employer's human resources or corporate giving department to find out whether Niroga Institute qualifies for a matching gift.
Niroga Institute focuses on the practical application of trauma-informed, movement-based mindfulness in everyday environments.
Rather than relying exclusively on one-time activities, our approach emphasizes building skills and capacity so educators, students, and community professionals can continue using and sharing mindfulness practices over time.
Our work also prioritizes equity, adaptation, and access for communities facing significant barriers to preventive mental health resources.
Niroga Institute is committed to fiscal responsibility. We use donations to:
- Subsidize services to schools and organizations with high need and limited financial means
- Innovate products that deepen our impact and are inclusive of marginalized communities
- Enhance the efficacy and efficiency of our systems to help us achieve excellence
Niroga Institute spends less than 12% on operational expenses. The industry standard for nonprofits is to use less than 15%. In our experience, spending less than 10% operationally starves necessary infrastructure.
In an effort to ensure wage equity, Niroga Institute's wage ratio is less than 3:1. The highest paid employee makes less than three times the lowest paid employee.
Your donation helps Niroga Institute expand access to trauma-informed, movement-based mindfulness programs that support emotional regulation, stress awareness, and well-being.
Contributions help fund educational programs, professional training, and accessible resources for students, educators, and communities, particularly those facing financial barriers to preventive mental health support.
Thank you for your interest in learning more about our impact in the community. Feel free to Email us at development@niroga.org with any questions that you have.
We are committed to transparency and responsible stewardship of donor resources. Please see our profiles on Candid (formerly GuideStar and Foundation Center) Charity Navigator. Additionally, please find our most recent IRS Form 990 here.
Yes. Expanding equitable access is central to Niroga Institute's mission.
Donations help subsidize services for schools and organizations with high needs and limited financial resources, supporting opportunities for students and educators to learn practical mindfulness and emotional regulation skills.
Yes. Monthly giving is a way to provide consistent support for Niroga Institute's work.
Recurring donations help us plan for ongoing program delivery, expand access to preventive mental health resources, and support schools and communities over time.
Niroga Institute is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and your donation is tax-deductible to the extent permitted by U.S. law. Please retain your email donation receipt for your records. Our EIN number is: 20-2620278.
Thank you for your deep care of your community and support of Niroga's work. Please Email us at transform@niroga.org if you would like us to connect with your school, PTA, or other affiliated organization.
We evaluate our work through program reach, educator participation, and evidence gathered from participants and research activities.
Our impact reporting includes the number of students reached and educators trained, alongside findings related to participant well-being, self-care, and learning environments.
We aim to use this information to improve our programs and communicate their value to supporters.