Teen Esteem
Non-profit OrganizationsCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
Teen Esteem is a Danville, California-based nonprofit that serves K-12 students across the Bay Area. Founded in 1994, the organization conducts dynamic classroom presentations and assemblies designed to address challenges students encounter at school and at home. Its core message centers on recognizing a young person's worth independent of their choices, with the aim of helping them realign their lives if needed. It supplements its presentations with online resources for students, parents, and caregivers, and emphasizes self-respect, healthy decision-making, and avoiding risk, weaving current statistics into its curriculum. By 2025, the program had reached about 20,000 students, with feedback highlighting relief, validation, understanding, and hope among young people. Teen Esteem operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit funded through private charitable donations.