Mitch Kuflik tragically lost his sister Sallie to suicide in
the mid-1990’s. His best friend of 30 years and business partner, Rob Sobel,
was moved to start a foundation dedicated to suicide prevention in her memory.
Generous friends and colleagues from Wall Street began to make contributions
and the fund began to grow. Shortly after its founding, The Sallie Foundation
identified TeenScreen as its primary grantee.
The Sallie Foundation believes that by asking teens the right questions, lives
can be saved. The Foundation gave its first grant to TeenScreen in 1996 to fund a pilot program in the Bronx, and its
continuing support has helped the Program grow throughout the U.S. Today the
Foundation, led by Mitch and Rob, sends an annual appeal letter to friends and
colleagues on behalf of TeenScreen and hosts an
annual Wall Street commission day that generates proceeds for the Program. The
Foundation also hosts fundraising events—the most recent of which raised more
than $50,000. In its ten years of partnership with TeenScreen, The
Sallie Foundation has generously donated more than $1.5 million to the Program.
“I don’t know the extent to which Sallie, as much pain as she was in, really
understood that suicide was an actual possibility. The fact that TeenScreen is
out there finding these kids — to me it’s a very heroic effort.”
Mitch Kuflik
President and Chair, The Sallie Foundation
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