Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott made a $20 million gift to Active Minds to expand youth mental health programming in the U.S. The donation is described as the largest in the nonprofit’s history and comes without restrictions, allowing Active Minds to invest in youth leadership, infrastructure, and youth-led solutions. The article situates the grant against a national mental health crisis for teens. It cites CDC data indicating about a fifth of high school students have seriously considered suicide and that anxiety and depression symptoms remain widespread among adolescents. Active Minds says the new funding supports its Mental Health Advocacy Academy for high schoolers and its Mental Health Advocacy Institute for college students, aiming to shift culture and strengthen system-level responses. For higher education leaders, the grant highlights both the urgency of mental health support and the role of partnerships with advocacy organizations that build student voice and campus-ready programming.