Your donation will help to fund financial scholarships for first responders seeking mental health support.
About Brave In Blue Inc.
The Mission
Brave In Blue Inc. honors the lives of those who serve by reducing stigma, encouraging connection, and ensuring no first responder feels alone behind the badge.
First responders dedicate their lives to protecting others-often at the cost of their own mental and emotional well-being. The weight of trauma, long hours, and repeated exposure to crisis can take a silent toll. Yet stigma, financial strain, and limited access to specialized care frequently prevents individuals from seeking the help they need.
Brave in Blue Inc. exists to change that.
Beyond awareness and advocacy, Brave in Blue Inc. provides financial scholarships to first responders and their families to minimize the burden of seeking mental health care. Whether it is therapy, trauma informed treatment, or other supportive services, we work to ensure that cost is never the reason someone goes without help.
Service. Strength. Support.
How We Help
Even when individuals are ready to seek help, specialized trauma-informed care can be expensive and is not always covered fully by insurance. For many first responders and their families, the cost of therapy or treatment can be a significant barrier. Brave in Blue Inc. addresses this critical gap by providing direct financial support to ensure that first responders can access mental health services when they need them most.
The Why
Brave in Blue Inc. was founded in memory of my brother, Stephen P. Mathews, who tragically passed away on January 8, 2026. Steve dedicated his adult life to helping and protecting others while serving in the St. Petersburg Police Department in St. Petersburg, FL for 19 years.
The goal of the non-profit is to help raise funds to support first responders who are seeking mental health treatment and services. This is an initiative that Steve wanted to pursue himself but never got the opportunity.
It is our mission to fulfill his wish and help as many people as we can.
Service.Strength.SUPPORT
When you support Brave In Blue Inc., you are investing in resilience. You are helping to remove barriers. You are standing behind those who stand for all of us.