WHO WE ARE & WHY IT MATTERS

Long Story, Short.

We’re breaking barriers to eating disorder treatment,

making healing possible for everyone,

and reimagining access to care.

Project HEAL is the only national nonprofit focused on removing the systemic, healthcare, and financial barriers that make eating disorder recovery inaccessible to most.

We believe that everyone—regardless of race, gender, body size, ability, identity, or income—deserves the chance to heal. For too long, eating disorder care has been limited to those who can afford it, find it, or fit the mold of who the system deems “sick enough.” We’re here to change that.

Through direct support, education, and advocacy, we help people navigate the complexities of care while working to transform the systems that created those barriers in the first place.

Because healing shouldn’t depend on privilege, luck, or circumstance. It should be possible for everyone.

OUR MISSION

To break down systemic, healthcare, and financial barriers to eating disorder healing.

OUR VISION

For every person with an eating disorder to have the resources and opportunities they need to heal.

Equity Matters. Healing is Possible. Your Body is Yours. We're Better Together.

Equity Matters. Healing is Possible. Your Body is Yours. We're Better Together.

Values that Guide Our Work

Our work is rooted in the belief that healing, equity, and community are deeply interconnected. We strive to break down the systemic, healthcare, and financial barriers that make eating disorder recovery inaccessible to most—centering those most harmed by inequity. Through our values of Equity Matters, Healing Is Possible, Your Body Is Yours, and We’re Better Together, we’re building a world where everyone has the opportunity to heal, be fully embodied, and belong.

  • Equity Matters

    Project HEAL believes that equity is a restorative process—one that redistributes resources justly by acknowledging the inequities built into existing systems. We intentionally prioritize individuals most excluded or harmed by the eating disorder field, ensuring our limited resources create the greatest impact for those the system has historically failed.

  • Healing is Possible

    Project HEAL believes that healing from an eating disorder is possible for everyone, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance. Through direct support, education, and advocacy, we help people access the care they deserve while working to transform the systems that make healing inaccessible in the first place.

  • Your Body is Yours

    Project HEAL believes every body is inherently worthy of care, respect, and safety—free from the hierarchies imposed by systems of oppression. We align with body acceptance and liberation movements, actively resisting the forces of white supremacy, fatphobia, gender binaries, and diet culture to create a world where all bodies can be celebrated and fully embodied.

  • We're Better Together

    Project HEAL believes that healing happens through connection, not isolation—and that lasting change requires collective action. Through collaboration, accountability, and community support, we work to build a more inclusive eating disorder field and create a world where everyone has the resources they need to heal.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Created in partnership with The Pivotal Paradigm Project

Project HEAL’s mission is to break down systemic, healthcare, and financial barriers to eating disorder treatment. Equity is a part of our values; we exist to create equity in the eating disorder treatment landscape, therefore we must be willing to take disruptive action in the process. We are committed to anti-racism, anti-oppression, gender equity, and taking the necessary measures to create justice. To do that effectively, we will ensure we have representation of marginalized groups on our board and staff to give voice to those often underrepresented in this work.

To support an inclusive environment where clients feel empowered to receive services, our Board of Directors has participated in trainings on identity, socialization, and bias. Finally, our Executive Leadership has taken steps to ensure their own growth and development in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We will continue to develop these and other proficiencies to drive equitable decision-making and treatment for all.