Children’s Mental Health Innovation Awards | Morgan Stanley

Children’s Mental Health Innovation Awards | Morgan Stanley Investor Relations Media Relations Client Login Client Login Morgan Stanley Online Morgan Stanley at Work Research Portal Matrix

Morgan Stanley Online

Morgan Stanley at Work

Research Portal

Matrix

Our Insights Our Insights Personal Finance Market Trends Technology & Disruption Sustainability Diversity & Inclusion STAY UP TO DATE Sign Up For Our Newsletter Listen To Our Podcasts

At Morgan Stanley, we lead with exceptional ideas. Across all our businesses, we offer keen insight on today's most critical issues.

Personal Finance

Learn from our industry leaders about how to manage your wealth and help meet your personal financial goals.

At Morgan Stanley, we lead with exceptional ideas. Across all our businesses, we offer keen insight on today's most critical issues.

Market Trends

From volatility and geopolitics to economic trends and investment outlooks, stay informed on the key developments shaping today's markets.

At Morgan Stanley, we lead with exceptional ideas. Across all our businesses, we offer keen insight on today's most critical issues.

Technology & Disruption

Whether it’s hardware, software or age-old businesses, everything today is ripe for disruption. Stay abreast of the latest trends and developments.

At Morgan Stanley, we lead with exceptional ideas. Across all our businesses, we offer keen insight on today's most critical issues.

Sustainability

Our insightful research, advisory and investing capabilities give us unique and broad perspective on sustainability topics.

At Morgan Stanley, we lead with exceptional ideas. Across all our businesses, we offer keen insight on today's most critical issues.

Diversity & Inclusion

Multicultural and women entrepreneurs are the cutting-edge leaders of businesses that power markets. Hear their stories and learn about how they are redefining the terms of success.

Featured 2026 Outlooks Insights Hard Lessons Insights Thoughts on the Market Insights What We Do What We Do Wealth Management Investment Banking & Capital Markets Sales & Trading Research Investment Management Morgan Stanley at Work Sustainable Investing Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures

Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.

Wealth Management

We help people, businesses and institutions build, preserve and manage wealth so they can pursue their financial goals.

Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.

Investment Banking & Capital Markets

We have global expertise in market analysis and in advisory and capital-raising services for corporations, institutions and governments.

Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.

Sales & Trading

Global institutions, leading hedge funds and industry innovators turn to Morgan Stanley for sales, trading and market-making services.

Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.

Research

We offer timely, integrated analysis of companies, sectors, markets and economies, helping clients with their most critical decisions.

Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.

Investment Management

We deliver active investment strategies across public and private markets and custom solutions to institutional and individual investors.

Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.

Morgan Stanley at Work

We provide comprehensive workplace financial solutions for organizations and their employees, combining personalized advice with modern technology.

Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.

Sustainable Investing

We offer scalable investment products, foster innovative solutions and provide actionable insights across sustainability issues.

Morgan Stanley helps people, institutions and governments raise, manage and distribute the capital they need to achieve their goals.

Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures

From our startup lab to our cutting-edge research, we broaden access to capital for entrepreneurs and spotlight their success.

Featured Get Matched with a Financial Advisor Wealth Management Explore What We Offer E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley Watch Our Client Success Stories The Morgan Stanley Blueprint About Us About Us Core Values Leadership History Locations Diversity Sustainability Giving Back Technology Sponsorships

Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.

Core Values

Everything we do at Morgan Stanley is guided by our five core values: Do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and give back.

Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.

Leadership

Morgan Stanley leadership is dedicated to conducting first-class business in a first-class way. Our board of directors and senior executives hold the belief that capital can and should benefit all of society.

Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.

History

From our origins as a small Wall Street partnership to becoming a global firm of more than 80,000 employees today, Morgan Stanley has been committed to clients and communities for 90 years.

Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.

Locations

The global presence that Morgan Stanley maintains is key to our clients' success, giving us keen insight across regions and markets, and allowing us to make a difference around the world.

Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.

Diversity

Morgan Stanley is differentiated by the caliber of our diverse team. Our culture of access and inclusion has built our legacy and shapes our future, helping to strengthen our business and bring value to clients.

Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.

Sustainability

Our firm's commitment to sustainability informs our operations, governance, risk management, diversity efforts, philanthropy and research.

Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.

Giving Back

At Morgan Stanley, giving back is a core value—a central part of our culture globally. We live that commitment through long-lasting partnerships, community-based delivery and engaging our best asset—Morgan Stanley employees.

Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.

Technology

As a global financial services firm, Morgan Stanley is committed to technological innovation. We rely on our technologists around the world to create leading-edge, secure platforms for all our businesses.

Since our founding in 1935, Morgan Stanley has consistently delivered first-class business in a first-class way. Underpinning all that we do are five core values.

Sponsorships

At Morgan Stanley, we believe creating a more equitable society begins with investing in access, knowledge and resources to foster potential for all. We are committed to supporting the next generation of leaders and ensuring that they reflect the diversity of the world they inherit.

Careers Careers Students & Graduates Opportunities Experienced Professionals Opportunities Technology Professionals Experienced Financial Advisors

We believe our greatest asset is our people. We value our commitment to diverse perspectives and a culture of inclusion across the firm. Discover who we are and the right opportunity for you.

Students & Graduates

A career at Morgan Stanley means belonging to an ideas-driven culture that embraces new perspectives to solve complex problems. See how you can make meaningful contributions as a student or recent graduate at Morgan Stanley.

We believe our greatest asset is our people. We value our commitment to diverse perspectives and a culture of inclusion across the firm. Discover who we are and the right opportunity for you.

Experienced Professionals

At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find trusted colleagues, committed mentors and a culture that values diverse perspectives, individual intellect and cross-collaboration. See how you can continue your career journey at Morgan Stanley.

We believe our greatest asset is our people. We value our commitment to diverse perspectives and a culture of inclusion across the firm. Discover who we are and the right opportunity for you.

Experienced Financial Advisors

At Morgan Stanley, our premier brand, robust resources and market leadership can offer you a new opportunity to grow your practice and continue to fulfill on your commitment to deliver tailored wealth management advice that helps your clients reach their financial goals.

Featured Explore Our Culture Careers Yes, You Can Be a Tech Innovator at Morgan Stanley Technology CLEAR Giving Back Alliance for Children’s Mental Health Children’s Mental Health Innovation Awards Our program aims to seed fund transformative mental healthcare solutions for children across the U.S. It helps address the lack of investment in youth mental health, connect innovative ideas with capital, and build capacity for nonprofits.  Share This The Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children’s Mental Health was created to address a serious and growing problem for the next generation. With the Innovation Awards, we hope to further this goal by identifying and advancing new, impactful ways to help address mental illness in children and young adults. Ted Pick Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley and Chair, Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children’s Mental Health Advisory Board Announcing 2025 Winners Learn more about the game-changing work being done to support children's mental health.

View Past Winners here 2025 Winner Bring Change to Mind Close Player Modal 00:01 - 00:03

TITLES: Morgan Stanley

Alliance for Children’s Mental Health

BRING CHANGE TO MIND

00:04 - 00:12

GIORGIO SILVESTRE

I think a lot of teens tend to suffer in silence. For me, personally, comparing myself to others has definitely made me fall victim to low self-esteem and impacting my mental health.

TITLE: New York, New York

00:14 - 00:20

It is so important to end the stigma, to really show people that there is support if you need it.

 

L3 TITLE: Giorgio Silvestre

TEEN ADVOCACY BOARD MEMBER

BRING CHANGE TO MIND

00:21 - 00:35

ABIGAEL

Bring Change to Mind is a community where all teens come together. With the help of mentors, we are able to open a safe space for teens to be able to just talk about mental health and so they don't feel alone and they don't get judged for it.

 

L3 TITLE: Abigael Wangui

TEEN ADVOCACY BOARD MEMBER

BRING CHANGE TO MIND

00:36 - 00:43

PAMELA HARRINGTON

Bring Change to Mind was founded with the goal and mission to end the stigma and discrimination around mental illness.

 

L3 TITLE: Pamela Harrington

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BRING CHANGE TO MIND

00:44 - 00:52

Along with our scientists, we established an evidence-based high school program establishing peer-led clubs on campuses across the country.

00:54 - 01:01

ASHLEY SAULA

So we meet every single Tuesday. Essentially what we do is we have lesson plans with staff, bring up an issue within mental health.

 

L3 TITLE: Ashley Saula

HIGH SCHOOL CLUB LEADER

BRING CHANGE TO MIND

01:02 - 01:10

And we basically give the members a sense of ways that they can combat this issue and we put these skills to practice.

01:11 - 01:22

PAMELA

With our partners at CUNY, we have been working on a program that would adapt our model addressing the particular cultural stigma that the students often encounter at home.

 

TITLE: CUNY

School of Medicine Research Team

01:24 - 01:37

Each school that we work with in every community faces different sorts of stigma, so it's really, really important to build these communities of care and empathy and more empathetic young leaders that are going to change this next generation.

01:39 - 01:45

We have worked with over 100,000 students and over the last ten years we are now in 42 states across the country.

01:47 - 01:53

Our hope for Bring Change Mind is that any high school in the United States that wants a Bring Change to Mind club will have access to one.

2025 Winner Doc Wayne Close Player Modal 00:00 - 00:03

TITLES: Morgan Stanley

Alliance for Children’s Mental Health

DOC WAYNE

00:02 - 00:05

DAVID COHEN

We're all impacted by our own mental health challenges.

 

TITLE: Boston, Massachusetts

00:06 - 00:16

We have thousands of children that we work with, and everyone has their own story. But getting them to show up to talk about themselves and talk about challenges is so difficult.

00:17 - 00:23

We found a way through sport to break those barriers and to open up conversations.

 

L3 TITLE: David S. Cohen

CEO

DOC WAYNE

00:25 - 00:45

Doc Wayne is a provider of mental health services as well as a sport for social change organization. We provide group therapy, individual therapy through our clinic, which is here based in the Boston area. And then we have our Champions Network, which is a global training program for adults that work with kids in over 30 countries around the world.

00:47 - 01:00

It's really coaches looking to be stronger, trusted adults that have experienced some challenges and want to be there for their players. So they're looking for some guidance so that they can be the best coach they possibly can.

01:01 - 01:10

REBEKAH ROULIER

A coach can change lives, and coaches really need the skillset to be able to help those young people with challenges around their mental health.

 

L3 TITLE: Rebekah Roulier, LMHC

MANAGING DIRECTOR

DOC WAYNE

01:11 - 01:22

What can happen when this is done well through options like the Champions Network, is that kids can learn self-regulation, they can learn communication, teamwork, resilience, confidence.

01:24 - 01:41

Our hope and dream for the Champions Network is to be able to offer young people the opportunity to experience sport-based therapy, to combine evidence-based therapy with joy, happiness and the opportunity to move your body.

01:42 - 01:56

DAVID

Since our inception, we've reached over a million kids. Our goal is to meet kids where they’re at, impacting their lives through a ball and through play. Being a champion of change for our community and beyond.

2025 Winner Koko Close Player Modal 00:00 - 00:03

TITLES:

Morgan Stanley

Alliance for Children’s Mental Health

KOKO

00:04 - 00:13

ROB MORRIS

Young people today are facing record levels of loneliness, hopelessness and anxiety. Many feel like there's nowhere safe they can turn.

 

L3 TITLE: Rob Morris, Ph.D.

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

KOKO

00:15 - 00:26

I've had my own history with mental health struggles and I really wanted to build something that worked for myself. And it's really something I wish I had when I was a young person.

 

TITLE: Carmel Valley, California

00:26 - 00:36

Koko's philosophy is to reach young people where they are and bring free digital mental health interventions into the spaces where young people spend their time.

00:37 - 00:49

We want to help find people at risk who are searching for dangerous content, and then we want to compassionately and safely redirect them to services that work.

00:50 - 01:11

We use AI to help identify individuals who might need helplines or self-help courses or peer support. And now we've started to build a course that they can use to learn how to best support their friends in need. We want to have a safe space where young people can access our service immediately.

01:13 - 01:26

( DIalogue )

-This is our Mental Health First Aid Program and it’s something any young person can use anywhere they are online. So when you join a server, Koko will message you and it will reach out if you need help.

01:27 - 01:40

Koko has reached over 4 million people and we are really passionate about empowering young people to help each other. If one person goes on to help two more people, who then go on to help two more, the impact is exponential.

2025 Winner Trek Medics International Close Player Modal 00:00 - 00:03

TITLES: Morgan Stanley

Alliance for Children’s Mental Health

TREK MEDICS

00:04 - 00:10

JASON FRIESEN

Youth and children have a lot more challenges growing up than they used to. Higher rate of suicide, higher rates of depression.

TITLE: San Diego, California

00:11 - 00:19

When you're dealing with acute situations where de    escalation and counseling is needed rapidly, the longer they don't get care, the worse problems can get.

00:20 - 00:27

That's really a big part of what we're involved in these days, is making sure that youth have access to mental health services when and where they need them.

L3 TITLE: Jason Friesen

FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

TREK MEDICS

00:28 - 00:38

I'm a former San Diego County paramedic and also volunteered with the Tijuana Red Cross. I was working in areas where they didn't have a lot of resources but they had the same needs that we do.

00:39 - 00:45

Here in the United States, we're working to help increase access to mental health crisis care for youth and children.

00:46 - 00:52

Trek Medics is a nonprofit technology organization that builds software for local community response networks.

00:52 - 01:05

We developed the Beacon Crisis Dispatch platform. It’s a simple technology that allows local communities and response agencies to coordinate and track teams so that they can get where they're needed, when they're needed.

01:07 - 01:13

(Dialogue)

-Okay. Perfect.

-There you go. Alert.

-Has it been created over here?

-No, it’s just gonna be here. If you click right there…

01:14 - 01:27

Our focus is on response agencies that don't need or can't afford the complex technologies that 911 uses. We're using very common, readily available technologies that are inexpensive and very easy to use.

01:28 - 01:42

Predominantly in rural areas with limited resources, we're working to ensure that they can get their mental health crisis counselors to youth and children as quickly as possible, as a supplement to the school, the public health and the public safety system.

01:43 - 01:50

Our real hope is that communities across the country and across the globe are able to manage emergencies on their own, with the resources they have.

2025 Winner We Rise International Close Player Modal 00:01 - 00:03

TITLES: Morgan Stanley

Alliance for Children’s Mental Health

WE RISE INTERNATIONAL

TITLE: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

00:04 - 00:09

JANELLE BITIKOFER

A lot of isolation, changes in the school environment. The needs of youth related to mental health have really increased.

00:10 - 00:18

I think stigma is a big factor. A lot of youth are now more able to talk about mental health, but finding opportunities to talk about it in a way that works for youth is a challenge.

L3 TITLE: Janelle Bitikofer

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

WE RISE INTERNATIONAL

00:20 - 00:24

(Dialogue)

-Thank you for coming. The first thing I wanted to do is just to find out how everybody’s day was.

00:25 - 00:35

At We Rise International our programs target bringing hope and bringing health through community involvement and increasing the knowledge and the support that's available for mental health.

00:36 - 00:50

The Mental Health Seeds Program is based here in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. We've been very intentional about hosting our support groups all over the city in various locations, whether that's in schools, churches, community centers, so that they will be more accessible to youth.

00:51 - 01:05

We provide the mental health support groups, and then we are at the same time training future mental health providers. The people who lead the groups are graduate and undergraduate university students providing that service, so they get practice and experience really impacting their communities.

01:06 - 01:09

ESTHER SMITH

I have to do a practicum for both years of my master's degree.

L3 TITLE: Esther Smith

SOCIAL WORK PRACTICUM STUDENT

WE RISE INTERNATIONAL

01:10 - 01:21

I've been able to teach them different techniques related to breathing and meditation and things that can help you when you're really at a high level of stress, which I know affects a lot of young people.

01:21 - 01:25

JANELLE

The goal of the groups is to help the youth move forward in their lives in a new and positive way.

01:26 - 01:35

The education for the community and the support are really expanding the number of people who can be understanding of and helpful when they're experiencing mental health needs.

01:36 - 01:44

We've been excited to see that students are graduating out of our program and they’re going on into mental health jobs, addressing the needs and helping to fill the exact gaps that we're trying to address.

About the Program This initiative invites U.S.-based 501(c)(3) public charities with an annual total revenue under $5 million to submit innovative ideas for advancing children’s mental health.

There are two award categories: the Innovation Awards ($100,000 each) which are open to all, and the Next Gen Innovation Awards ($25,000 - $50,000 each) which are open to nonprofits founded and/or led by leaders under 32 years old, with more than two years in operation.

Up to $550,000 in grants are provided and select applicants are invited to join the Leadership Learning Series. View FAQs for more information.

Funding Winners receive seeding funding

Recognition Winners raise their profile and showcase their program

Networking Winners learn from peers and build powerful connections

Learning Select applicants receive expert-led leadership training

Interested in Applying? Applications are currently closed. The next call for applications will start in Spring 2026. Read FAQs

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”) are not implying an affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement with/of the third party or that any monitoring is being done by Morgan Stanley of any information contained within the website. Morgan Stanley is not responsible for the information contained on the third party website or the use of or inability to use such site. Nor do we guarantee their accuracy or completeness. 

©2025 Morgan Stanley. All rights reserved. CRC 4398382 05/2025

View Disclosures Close Disclosures Disclosures Investor Relations Corporate Governance Newsroom Careers Contact Us Global Offices Equal Employment Opportunity Cybersecurity Terms of Use Privacy & Cookies Your Privacy Choices

© 2026 Morgan Stanley. All rights reserved.