Board & History
Founder & Board Members
Scilla Andreen
Founder & Chief Visionary
Advisor to the Board
Founder | Keynote | Author | Filmmaker | Creator: Creative Coping Toolkit & GiGi (Ethical AI) | Youth Mental Health Advocate
Ali Mohsenian
Board President, Creative and COO Fourscore Holding
Uplifting humans with inspired content | Youth & Family Mental Health Advocate
Dr Yusra Benhalim
Board Member, Triple Board Certified Psychiatrist & Senior National Medical Director Optum Behavioral Health
Passionate about challenging the status quo with a focus on family and community integrated systems to support development of clinically informed programs.
Elizabeth Richmond
Board Member, Vision, Strategy & Implementation
Passionate advocate for youth & family mental health, arts and education
Linda Lowry
Board Member, Director of Opportunities and Seattle City Arts Commissioner
Promoting the transformative power of arts and culture in enriching our communities and advancing equity and opportunity
Advisory Board & Ambassadors
Vian Nyugen
Advisory Board Member
Turning taboo topics into LIFE SKILLS that shape Gen Z’s HEALTH and HAPPINESS | Co-Founder of Taboos | Mom | ObGyn | Coach
Allie Friesen
Advisory Board Member
Senior Strategic Advisor, National Implementation, and Partnership Development
Andrea Downie
Advisory Board Member
Head of Wellbeing at British School Jakarta | Honorary Fellow, Centre for Wellbeing Science at The University of Melbourne
Cheryl Brown
Advisory Board Member
M.A., MBA, SHRM-CP, Co-Founder and Co-Director of ISCA, Coach, Speaker, Author, Adjunct Professor,
Dr. Cora Breuner
Advisory Board Member
Adolescent Medicine Physician at Seattle Children's, Adjunct Professor University of Washington
Jason Craige Harris
Advisory Board Member
Strategist, Facilitator, Mediator, Coach, Writer, Speaker | CEO at Perception Strategies | Senior Advisor at Pollyanna & Perception Institute
Claudia Mason
Ambassador
Spiritual Life Coach CPC, Author, Speaker, Stroke Spokesperson, Associate Partner at The Human Capital Group, LLC
Amy Cooper
Advisory Board Member
COO, Events Producer, Business Development & Marketing Strategist
Latest news
2018-2025
The Creative Coping Toolkit (CCT)
The CCT is a film and evidence-based mental health education program that promotes safety and belonging in schools, organizations, and families. Comprised of four powerful films (Angst, LIKE, The Upstanders, and RACE to Be Human) and a comprehensive learning curriculum, the CCT is an evolving resource essential for ongoing mental health support.
2021
Race to Be Human
RACE to Be Human is a film and evidence-based program focusing on the importance of respect and trust as shared through the lens of youth, families, mental health experts, employers, and educators. It also shares how we can promote curiosity, self-reflection, integrity, and empathy through positive home, school, and work conversations.
2020
Nevertheless
Taking a look behind the headlines of #MeToo and Time’s Up NEVERTHELESS follows the intimate stories of seven individuals who have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace or school context. From a writer's assistant on a top TV show to a tech CEO and 911 dispatcher, the film shines a light on the ways in which we can shift our culture and rebuild.
2020
The Upstanders
The Upstanders is a film and evidence-based program about resilience, belonging, and the power of connection to end bullying. The program highlights new laws and programs already reducing bullying in schools and shows us how we can learn to make a difference together to create change.
2019
LIKE
LIKE is a film and evidence-based program that explores the impact of social media on our lives and the role of technology in our lives. The goal of the program is to show that social media is a tool and social platforms are a space to connect, share, and care. The program provides practical tools to disrupt our patterns to create a healthy balance with technology.
2017
Angst
Angst is a 43-minute film and evidence-based program that looks at anxiety, its causes, and effects, and what we can do about it. With a particular focus on youth, adolescents, educators, and families. The film features interviews with kids and young adults who suffer or have suffered from anxiety, what they’ve learned, and how to get help.
2016
Screenagers
Screenagers is a feature-length documentary in production that explores the question—what is a healthy amount of screen time? Impactful Fund, formerly iNDIEFLIX Foundation, along with others, contributed funds and support towards the completion of the film and the creation of the movement around the film.
2015
Perspective: The Party
Imagine a young woman attending her first college party, her mind set on cutting loose and shedding the “shy girl” identity she’s struggled with since high school. At the same party, an awkward, but slightly charming young man is hoping for a similar reinvention. Add booze and misinterpreted signals, and two different stories emerge out of what happens during the night’s events.
2014
The Empowerment Project
In 2014, we launched our second major film with a kick-off tour for The Empowerment Project, a documentary film about female empowerment. This film has reached over 32,000 people at over 200 events worldwide.
2012
Our First Film: Finding Kind
Finding Kind, created by Lauren Paul and Molly Thompson (pictured left), is a documentary about girl bullying. It has screened in more than 900 schools and community groups and continues to tour worldwide.
2011
The Beginning
Impactful Fund, formerly IndieFlix Foundation. was created in 2011 by Scilla Andreen, CEO and Founder of iMPACTFUL.CO to underwrite free access to mental health education programs for underserved communities and schools.
“We support stories that inspire social change and positive action,
especially where young people and families are involved. My personal
goal is to effect change within one minute of viewing and to offer free
resources and tools to educate, create balance, human connection,
empathy and long-lasting impact. And that’s exactly what movies like
RACE to Be Human, Angst, LIKE, The Upstanders, The Empowerment Project and Finding Kind achieve.”
Scilla Andreen
Founder of Impactful Fund
“Finding a way to stop girl-against-girl “crime” from happening is something that has been on my heart since I was twelve years old.”
Lauren Paul
Director of Finding Kind
“Angst: Building Resilience and its accompaniment easy-to-use curriculum will help elevate the voices of students living with emotional distress so that they feel heard, validated, and supported."
Tony Thurmond
California State Superintendent