Rise Against Suicide
Helping Youth Find Hope
Programs and results
Reports and documents
Download annual reportsWhat we aim to solve
Young people in Boulder County, Longmont, and the surrounding areas continue to die by suicide due to a lack of resources available to them. The Rise Against Suicide therapy funding program provides professional counseling services to at-risk youth struggling with suicidal ideation. The program targets young people up to the age of 19 who are uninsured or underinsured.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Mental Health Therapy
Rise Against Suicide believes that every child and youth at risk of suicide should have access to the mental health treatment they deserve.
Rise Against Suicide provides access to funded counseling services for at-risk youth struggling with suicidal ideation in the geographic areas included in Boulder County, Longmont, and surrounding areas. Youth up to the age of 19 who are at elevated risk for suicide, uninsured, or underinsured are eligible for funded counseling services through Rise Against Suicide. The organization receives referrals from private and public elementary, middle, and high schools, community social workers, psychologists and mental health professionals, hospitals, and mental health facilities. Within hours of receiving a request for help, at-risk youth can be connected with qualified, private therapists. This immediate response is unique to Rise Against Suicide.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsRise Against Suicide uses the Columbia Protocol. The Columbia Protocol supports suicide risk screening through a series of simple, plain-language questions that anyone can ask.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Mental Health Therapy
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Context Notes
Rise started using this Columbia Protocal in 2022.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our goal is to decrease the number of youth suicide's that happen within Boulder County, Longmont, and the surrounding areas. Moving forward, Rise Against Suicide aims to further expand its network of referring entities to reach a larger population of at-risk youth in need of counseling services. Additionally, efforts will be made to establish long-term funding sources and partnerships to sustain and grow the program.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
To ensure the continued success and impact of the program, it is recommended to focus on securing sustainable funding sources, streamlining the referral process, and expanding outreach efforts to identify and support more at-risk youth in the community.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Moving forward, Rise Against Suicide aims to further expand its network of referring entities to reach a larger population of at-risk youth in need of counseling services. Additionally, efforts will be made to establish long-term funding sources and partnerships to sustain and grow the program.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since the initiation of the program, Rise Against Suicide has successfully facilitated funded therapy sessions for at-risk youth in the designated geographic areas. Referrals from private and public elementary, middle, and high schools, community social workers, psychologists, and mental health facilities have been instrumental in identifying and connecting with the target demographic. The immediate response mechanism implemented by Rise Against Suicide sets it apart, enabling at-risk youth to be connected with qualified therapists within hours of the request for help.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
Financials
Revenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2023 info
20.03
Months of cash in 2023 info
9.7
Fringe rate in 2023 info
15%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
Rise Against Suicide
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Executive Director
Jenna Clinchard
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
Rise Against Suicide
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
Rise Against Suicide
Board of directorsas of 08/15/2024
Board of directors data
Amy Patera
Retired Marketing and Sales
Term: 2021 - 2025
Jonathan Schoenberg
TDA Boulder
Term: 2022 - 2025
Andi Jason
Retired
Amy Patera
Retired
Mark Bramen
Retired
Jonathan Schoenberg
TDA Boulder
Susan J Davis
SVVSD
Crystal Salvador-Zapote
Longmont Community Justice Partnership
Peter/Emilie J Burns
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Brady/Lindsay Burke
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Lori Berman
Retired
Alma Neilson
DU Student
Andy Jacobs
Qrati Labs
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.