Support Reciprocal Healing
for People & the Places that Hold Them
CNIT trains helping professionals
and brings nature-based mental health programs to communities strengthening wellbeing and stewardship together
Talk with us about funding a scholarship or community program
CNIT is a 501(c)(3). Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. EIN: 99-3984877
Your Support Becomes Real-world Capacity
* As of the end of 2025
Why Donors Fund CNIT
People are carrying more stress, grief, and disconnection—and many communities lack accessible, culturally responsive mental health supports. At CNIT, we expand the field of care by training professionals to integrate nature-informed practices ethically and effectively, and by bringing nature-based programs directly into communities.
Your gift builds two outcomes at once: stronger mental health access and deeper care for the environments that make healing possible.
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Expand access to nature-based wellbeing for under-resourced communities
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Train clinicians to bring evidence-informed nature practices into real settings
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Strengthen reciprocity and stewardship so healing also supports the land
What Your Gift Makes Possible
When you fund scholarships, you grow the number of trained clinicians who can ethically deliver nature-informed care—especially in communities where resources are scarce.
Gifts don’t stop at training. CNIT supports graduates to implement micro-programs that bring nature-based wellbeing into the community—right away.
Support strengthens the research and evaluation needed to improve interventions, communicate outcomes, and bring nature-informed mental health into mainstream systems.
We treat nature as a partner in healing. Your gift helps us build programs that increase care for local places—through education, reciprocity practices, and partnerships.
The Ripple Effect:
One Scholarship Becomes Community Impact
A recent grant funded full scholarships for three participants—each of whom will implement a micro-community program after training. This is how CNIT multiplies impact: training becomes action, and action becomes community wellbeing.
Recipient 1:
Will co-design and co-facilitate a two-day eco-arts healing intensive with young Syrian women who have returned to their hometowns after years of displacement—supporting connection to land, belonging, and resilience through nature-based creative practices.
Recipient 2:
Partnering with the Frederick County Child Advocacy Center to deliver “Roots & Resilience,” a brief, trauma and nature-based program for children and their non-abusive caregivers impacted by trauma and/or child welfare involvement—building nervous-system regulation skills and strengthening caregiver co-regulation & relational connection.
Recipient 3:
Will lead a nature-informed workshop exploring Caribbean, Indigenous, and Hispanic ancestral ways of relating to the natural world—creating an inclusive space that supports access, representation, and belonging for people who may feel hesitant or excluded in outdoor settings.
These micro-programs are supported through CNIT’s post-training mentorshipbso ideas don’t stall out; they launch with guidance, accountability, and care.
Give Today
Amount | Impact |
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$50 | Equips one trainee with field materials |
$250 | Sponsors one participant in a 6-week nature well-being group |
$1,000 | Funds a full scholarship to CNIT's Foundtational Training |
$2,500 | Provides thress months of Nature-Informed Therapy for an under-resourced client |
$10,000 | Seeds a new community program (planning, outreach, pilot delivery) |
$15,000 | Designs and launches a Therapeutic Pathway at a partner park or garden |
Where Your Gift Goes
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Training Scholarships
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Nature Well-being Program Scholarships
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Under/Uninsured Therapy Fund
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Green Infrastructure & Place-Based Partnerships
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CNIT’s highest-priority needs (general support)
When you give without restrictions, CNIT can respond quickly where the need is greatest.
What You Receive as a Supporter
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A tax-deductible donation receipt for your records
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Periodic impact updates (brief, human, and outcome-focused)
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Invitations to selected community events / learning sessions (when available)
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Recognition options (if desired): name listed, anonymous, or in honor/memory giving
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The satisfaction of funding healing that supports both community wellbeing and environmental stewardship
Other Ways to Support CNIT
Underwrite a scholarship fund, community micro-program series, or a cohort event—your support can be designated and visible.
We collaborate with mission-aligned organizations to bring nature-informed mental health to communities,locally and beyond.
Other Ways to Support CNIT
1. Is my donation tax-deductible?
Yes. CNIT is a 501(c)(3). You’ll receive an email receipt for your records.
2. Can I give monthly?
Yes—monthly giving is one of the most helpful ways to sustain scholarships and programs.
3. Can I restrict my gift to scholarships or programs?
Yes. You can designate your gift (scholarships, community programs, or general support).
4. Do you accept donor-advised funds (DAFs) or checks?
Yes. Contact us and we’ll provide simple instructions.
5. How do you share impact?
We provide periodic impact notes focused on outcomes—who was served, what was delivered, and what changed.