Since 2021, It Gets Better has distributed more than $1.3 million in student-led school-based grants to middle and high schools in the United States and Canada, funding more than 140 projects in 47 states.
In September 2010, after suicides among LGBTQ+ youth, the first It Gets Better video was released on YouTube, urging young people to stay true to themselves despite bullying and other challenges of adolescence.
Community fundraising supports LGBTQ+ youth by providing tools, resources, and opportunities. Fundraisers can be started independently or joined to support It Gets Better’s mission.
The It Gets Better pledge has been taken by hundreds of thousands of supporters. The page provides contact information and lists Ross von Metzke for media inquiries.
It Gets Better EDU shares stories with LGBTQ+ youth and their peers through a youth ambassador program, student-driven grantmaking, and free educational resources for educators and student leaders.
The privacy policy describes how IOLA Foundation d/b/a It Gets Better Project and its affiliated entities collect, use, maintain, protect, and disclose information.