The Makayla Fund was started after  Makayla Guerriero died by suicide. We now have a non-profit for Teen Suicide Awareness and High School Sports Scholarships. 

The mission of the Makayla Fund is to help educate teens and their parents to assist in preventing teen suicide in Makayla’s memory through public awareness and education, reduce the stigma, and serve as a resource for those touched by suicide in the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

We also want to help improve the life of local teens with our high school sports scholarship program,  by giving the necessary funds to play a sport even if one can not afford it. These scholarships will help take the added pressures off families who don’t need the unwanted burdens.

The Makayla Fund is a 501(c)(3). All donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

The Makayla Fund was started after  Makayla Guerriero died by suicide. We now have a non-profit for teen suicide awareness and High School Sports Scholarships.   In Sept. 2025,  MindWise innovations/Riverside Community Health and the Makayla Fund committed to continuing our partnership to provide comprehensive and effective suicide prevention programming to school communities.

In 2015 and 2016, funding from The Makayla Fund has been used to provide Signs of Suicide Program (SOS) – Mind Wise Innovations / Riverside Trauma Center A Service of Riverside Community Care, Inc. is providing The program with our funds ($225,000.00) has been provided to 75 Schools, 30 Cities/towns and 6 Private Schools. 

We have trained an additional 1300 school staff from over 125 Schools   

School Systems we have Partnered with in 2025: Abington, Acushnet, Bellingham, Bridgewater, Dighton, Douglas, East Harwich, Eastham, Easton, Fall River, Foxborough, Mansfield, Mattapoisett, Millis, Norfolk, North Easton, Norton, Orleans, Rockland, Stoughton, Swansea, Upton, Weymouth, Whitman, Worcester, Wrentham,

Future school systems state-wide are being planned depending on funds available to support our program.