IMPACT IS THE WHOLE STORY
Our Mission is to Educate and Empower 1 Million Students in the Next 5 Years.
Donate- Reached over 1.4 billion people through our advocacy work 🌍🎤
- Impacted teens in 24 U.S. states and 3 countries (U.S., Mexico, U.K.) 🌎
- Achieved 5x growth, expanding our budget from $200K to $1M between 2022-2024 📈💥
- Over 4,000 students took our Digital Flourishing Scale—contributing to the largest teen digital wellness database 📊🌟
- Impacted 4,000 students through our school-based program, SocialMediaU 👩💻🎓
- 27 Teen Advisors participate in our monthly sessions 🎤✨
- Secured 2 major partnerships in 2024 (1 state-level, 1 with a national organization) to help us reach half of our impact goal—500,000 students—over the next 3 years! 🌟🏆
IMPACT BY THE NUMBERS
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1.
How we Measure
We measure what matters and are building the largest digital flourishing research database through our Digital Flourishing Scale. 📊🌟
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2.
How we Build
We pay to play! We strongly believe in compensating young people for their time and talent. 💸👏
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How we Scale
We partner with the best organizations in the world to share our work and scale our programs globally.
What Matters Most
Teen POV
📉 IMPACT FEATURES
Social Media U
Approach
To date, pre- and post-surveys have provided insights on the climate of digital wellbeing and impact of SocialMediaU in the classroom setting. We have learned:
60.3%
agreed that SMU improved their relationship with technology.
69.5%
believe continuing to improve their relationship with technology is important.
3 in 5
teens would recommend SMU to a peer.
Digital Civics Academy
Approach
In a similar fashion, we survey academy participants before and after the 1-week experience. We have learned:
You can take small steps to improve your tech use: set screen time limits, don’t use your phone an hour before bed, take more breaks to spend time with family, friends, or to do something more recreational.
94%
agreed that DCA improved their relationship with technology, and 93% reported mostly or completely achieving the goal they set for the program.
98%
believe continuing to improve their digital civics skills is important to them.
97%
would recommend DCA to a peer.






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