You don't have to say a word. Just show up.
Before someone can ask for help, they need to feel like they are not alone. Finding Inspiration Foundation creates that moment, through film, through community, and through direct connection to real mental health resources.
Impact Moment
Coming to the event gave me space to breathe. Being around other men who understood responsibility, pressure, and growth lifted a weight off my shoulders. For the first time in a while, I didn't feel alone. It replaced isolation with connection and reminded me that struggling doesn't mean you're failing. It means you're still in the fight.
- Damon Greene, FIF community member
WHO WE ARE
We use original short films and facilitated community conversations to create the kind of space where someone can finally exhale.
A community member shares their story in a private, supported interview. Together, we develop a short narrative film based on their experience.
The film screens at a community event. And every screening is paired with direct access to vetted mental health resources, peer support groups, the NAMI navigator hotline, therapy referrals, and more.
Film becomes the voice for people who are not ready to speak. For those watching, it becomes the permission to finally listen.
We are based in Charlotte, NC. We are a registered 501(c)(3). And we are building something that does not exist anywhere else.
How This All Began
It started with a film about surviving your own mind. When it screened, something shifted in the room. People opened up. Strangers became community. And a foundation was born.
It was organic. Unplanned. A firsthand realization of what honest storytelling can do for our mental wellness.
Now we bring original mental health films directly to you, supported by a growing creative community, mental health practitioners and advocates, and the supporters who found us along the way.
Monthly events returning April 2026 with the Inspiring Film Series
OUR PARTNERS
Support This Work
Your investment goes directly into production, community spaces, and the hands of people who leave our events with something they did not have before.
Here is what your support makes possible.
$25 provides the resource packet handed to every attendee so no one leaves without a next step.
$50 funds one private interview where someone tells their story on screen for the first time.
$100 sponsors one full community screening from setup to resource handoff.
$5,000 helps fund one quarterly short film.
$15,000 fully funds one complete short film from interview through distribution.
$25,000 supports the annual mental health film festival.
The conversation doesn't end when the film does.
Follow us on Instagram at @findinginspirationinc for behind-the-scenes film content, community moments, and updates on what is coming next. This is where the mission lives between events.
