We support youth mental health
Run Far Foundation funds youth-led volunteer projects in all 50 states
to enable meaningful community service and help young people find purpose, have fun, and stay healthy.
Run Far Community Grants
Aiming to improve your school or community?
Apply for $100, $200, or $500 to launch your new project!
Sample Community Grant projects include: hosting a schoolyard concert or picnic, roadside litter cleanup, fun run, art walk, hiking excursion, group yoga or meditation circle, launching a mentoring program, growing a community garden, or painting a mural.
Use your imagination — we want to provide the funding for your big idea!
Our Process
Apply
Tell us about your project idea and how it will improve your community by submitting an application.
Pro tip: share a post intro'ing your idea and tag @RunFarFoundation
#YouthMentalHealth on IG/TikTok for bonus points.
Get Funded
Selection Panel picks strongest applicants, announces recipients, and transfers funds.
We make it easy so you can get started fast.
Prepare
Pick a launch date, create an action plan, recruit friends, spread the word!
Youth Leaders receive the Run Far Leadership Playbook for helpful guidance from idea to execution.
Make it Happen
Time to shine — it'll take hard work and team work to make the dream work!
There is magic in momentum so have fun and soak up these first steps with a smile :-)
Amplify the Impact
Submit a quick Lessons Learned + Impact Report so we can share best practices and improve together.
Share pictures of your team in action and tag @RunFarFoundation to help us build the nationwide movement for #YouthMentalHealth
Project Ideas
Get inspired with these project ideas —
or craft your own to boost youth mental health!
Paint a Mural
Bring a colorful, uplifting message to your school or town square.
Litter Cleanup
Roll up your sleeves and pick up garbage to restore your community's beauty.
Community Garden
Grow fresh vegetables for a pre-school or a nursing home in your community.
State Fair
Build an exhibit promoting mental health awareness and action at the state fair.
Use your imagination!
What's your idea to improve your community?
Apply for funding to make it happen!
Running Across America
to spark a nationwide movement for youth mental health
Why I Run Far
My name is Greg Nance. Overwhelmed by depression after my Grandpa Charlie's debilitating stroke, I turned to alcohol and painkillers at age 16. I cut classes, got into fistfights, and was suspended from the tennis team.
The free-fall only stopped with the help of a daily running ritual and the meaningful community I found working on Moneythink, a youth-led volunteer project. Running and volunteering helped me overcome depression and alcohol abuse to finally get sober on December 29, 2011.
In the years since, I've kept running, kept volunteering, and kept smiling too.
I ran across America to pay it forward with Run Far Foundation. The money we've raised together ($128,601 and counting :-) will provide youth with grassroots funding for impactful volunteer service and community-building opportunities.
We can help youth find purpose, have fun, and stay healthy.
Together, let's turn the tide on America's mental illness and addiction epidemics.
Atlantic to Pacific = Mission Accomplished!!
With the help of an amazing team, I ran 3156 miles from New York City to Ocean Shores, WA.
I started with a foot in the Atlantic on April 25th and ran the equivalent of 120 marathons across New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Washington to dip my feet in the Pacific on July 17th!
You can read this Seattle Times feature for more on the Run Across America and our Youth Mental Health mission.
You can follow @RunFarFoundation on Instagram for dispatches from the road — We're excited to introduce you to the amazing youth leaders and mental health champions we met during the run!
Celebrating Founding Donors in ALL 50 states!
We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit and our team is all-volunteer.
All donations directly support our Youth Mental Health mission. We are powered by grassroots donors like you!
Contact Us
hello@RunFarFoundation.com
© 2022-2023 Run Far Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) Washington Nonprofit Corporation. EIN #88-1201993