Sad Girls Club

What Sad Girls Club is

Sad Girls Club is a nonprofit peer-support community founded in February 2017 by Elyse Fox, a director, activist, and tastemaker based in New York City. It exists to connect young women of color struggling with mental illness and to remove stigma around mental health in communities of color. The organization operates both as an online platform and as an in-person community, with members in 5 continents and over 40 countries. Sad Girls Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to destigmatizing mental wellness for millennial and Generation Z women, girls, and femmes of color.

The organization states three core goals: to remove the negative stigma integrated in mental-health conversations; to provide mental-health services to girls who do not have access to therapy and treatment; and to create in-person safe spaces that nurture and build community for young women to know they are not alone. Unlike a licensed clinical service, Sad Girls Club is primarily peer-led support, though it does coordinate therapy access through its Remedy scholarship program.

How it works

Sad Girls Club offers three main channels of support. The first is its online Chat Room, a moderated space where people express themselves and receive peer feedback, often anonymously. The site describes it as a place to express your feels with zero judgement in safe spaces and resources for wherever you are at right now. The Chat Room is accredited and staffed with therapists, though it is not individual therapy; it is group peer support facilitated by clinicians. The site does not say what is required to join the Chat Room or whether doing so costs anything; no fee or signup process is described on the captured pages.

The second channel is Remedy, the organization's therapy-scholarship program. Remedy by Sad Girls Club grants personalized therapy scholarships that provide a safe space to cope, freely express yourself, and receive guidance without the burden of costs. The site also states: For every 100 dollars donated we are able to provide therapy for 10 members of our community, which implies that therapy access is subsidized through donations, not offered universally. The site does not specify which therapy providers Remedy partners with, what modalities they use, or whether they are vetted beyond being willing to participate.

The third channel is in-person gatherings, labeled IRL Stuff on the site. These include poetry slams, live seminars, yoga sessions and more in a safe space for anyone with feelings in progress. The site says connect with the community through poetry slams, live seminars, yoga sessions and more in a safe space but does not specify where these events happen, how often, or whether they require membership. The organization is committed to bring girls together who are battling mental illnesses.

Beyond these three, Sad Girls Club maintains a public presence through Instagram, a newsletter described as prioritizing your mental and emotional healing, a blog, and a podcast. The site does not make clear how many therapists or volunteers staff the Chat Room, what their credentials are, or how they are trained. Elyse Fox is the founder but the site does not name or describe other staff members.

What the pages prove about structure and access

Sad Girls Club is organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so it operates on donations and grants rather than direct subscription fees. The site does not list membership costs or access costs for the Chat Room on the captured pages; the paths to join are not fully laid out. The Remedy scholarship program explicitly depends on fundraising: for every 100 dollars donated we are able to provide therapy for 10 members, so therapy access is means-limited and subsidized.

The site targets millennial and Gen Z women, girls, and femmes of color specifically, though it does not define age ranges uniformly. The audience is intentionally young women of color. The founder, Elyse Fox, is described as having partnered with Nike, Harvard University, The U.S. Intelligence Community, Instagram and many more and contributed to Vogue Magazine, Forbes and Broadly, suggesting visibility but not clinical credentials.

The site does not specify what conditions the Chat Room addresses, what the therapist facilitators' credentials are, whether they are licensed counselors or social workers, or what countries or regions are served in-person. It does not state a response time for joining the Chat Room or being matched to a Remedy scholarship. The site does not say whether Remedy therapy is individual or group, how long a therapy scholarship lasts, or how many sessions it covers. The site does not clarify what accreditation means for the Chat Room or which body provided it.

What the pages do not say

The site does not publish detailed information about therapist qualifications for the Chat Room or for Remedy. There is no published pricing for any service; joining the community, accessing the Chat Room, and being awarded a Remedy scholarship are all presented as free or donation-funded, but the mechanics of joining and of the scholarship application are not visible on the captured pages. The site does not specify which therapy conditions Remedy covers or how scholarship recipients are selected.

The in-person events are presented as part of Sad Girls Club's mission but no calendar, location list, or signup process is visible on the captured pages. There is no information on how the organization is staffed, how many people work there, or how they are trained. The site does not clarify whether Chat Room facilitators are employees, volunteers, or licensed professionals. The site does not state whether the Chat Room is staffed around the clock or during set hours. It does not compare its peer-support model to therapy, or say whether it is meant to supplement, replace, or serve those without access to licensed care. The site does not publish research or outcome data for either the Chat Room or Remedy, or state how many scholarships are awarded per year.

The site does not list a crisis line or explain what to do in a mental-health emergency, despite targeting young people who may be at risk. There is no information on how the organization handles harmful behavior in the Chat Room or what safeguards exist.

Who it fits

Sad Girls Club fits young women of color who want peer support, feel isolated or unseen by mainstream mental-health spaces, and prefer community and stigma-reduction over clinical diagnosis. It is especially valuable for those without access to licensed therapy due to cost, geography, or distrust of traditional providers, and for those seeking mentorship and storytelling-based healing rather than individual therapy. It fits people who want to support the organization's mission or build community in the BIPOC mental-health space. Remedy fits those who could not otherwise afford therapy and who qualify for a scholarship. In-person events fit those in cities where Sad Girls Club gathers and organizes.

It does not fit people who need immediate crisis intervention; the site does not position itself as a crisis service and does not list a crisis line. It does not fit people who need psychiatric medication, diagnosis, or intensive clinical intervention; the site is explicitly peer-led and not clinical. It does not fit anyone outside the target audience (young women of color); the site is designed for that demographic. It does not fit people who need guaranteed access to therapy, since Remedy is donation-funded and finite. It does not fit anyone outside the 5 continents and 40 countries where the organization has members. It does not fit someone who prefers individual confidential therapy over group peer support, since the Chat Room is moderated group work.