$100
Screening & Readiness
Covers the clinical screening and intake review that determines whether a candidate is safe and ready to participate.
Our Impact
The people behind the mission
Deep Root exists for the person sitting across the table — the veteran, the first responder, the neighbor who has tried everything conventional and is still carrying it. This is where we account for what your support makes possible.
Our reporting commitment
We publish numbers we can verify, and nothing else. Deep Root is an early-stage foundation building its first cohorts, so this page will grow with real figures as they are earned — cohort by cohort, audited against our own records. We would rather show you an empty column today than an inflated one.
What your support makes possible
A seat is not a single weekend. It is a screened, prepared, supported arc of care that begins before the retreat and continues for a year after it.
$500
Preparation Phase
Funds the preparation sessions that set intentions, establish safety planning, and build trust before a participant ever arrives.
$1,500
Integration Year
Supports a year of structured integration — the coaching, peer groups, and follow-up that turn an experience into lasting change.
$7,500
A Full Scholarship Seat
The all-in cost of one cohort seat: retreat and facility costs, clinical staff including an M.D., a nurse for each participant, EMTs on site, all meals, and all in-country transportation. Travel to and from Mexico is not included.
Stories from the Cohort
In their own words
We share a participant's story only with specific written consent, never within thirty days of treatment, and never as a condition of receiving support. Consent can be revoked at any time.
“I haven’t felt this good in 20 years. What Ibogaine achieved in a few days was vastly more than decades of psychotherapy. This saves lives and has the potential to change society for the better.”
- Mental clarity I haven't experienced in decades
- Emotional stability replacing constant volatility
- Significantly reduced chronic pain after years of suffering
- Zero cravings for substances, legal or illegal
- Improved sleep and a positive disposition every morning
- Newfound authenticity — the capacity to just be myself
Program participant · Shared with written consent
“Ibogaine treatment has been one of, if not the most profound experience of my life. The medicine enabled me to understand myself at a deep level, and to understand everything that has taken place in my life. It helped me to accept all of it and to dissolve negative emotions associated with the past, so I can move on with the future without anything holding me back. It’s given me clarity and the ability to grow. Two months on from treatment, I still have a sense of contentedness and inner calm. Life still throws challenges, but the way I handle them is different. I believe I will remain forever changed, in all the best ways. Ibogaine gave me everything I needed, and so much more.”
Spouse of a Special Operator · Shared with written consent
Until more of our participants choose to go on the record, the passages below are composite reflections — written from the experiences our team hears in screening and integration, not quotes from any individual.
“I did everything the system asked of me. Years of appointments, a shelf of prescriptions, and I still could not sit still in my own house. What I needed was somebody to prepare me for the work, stay with me through it, and still be there a year later.”
Combat veteran
Composite reflection — not an individual participant
“In this job you learn to put it in a box and go back in service. The box fills up. Being in a room with people who did the same thing for twenty years, who did not need it explained, was the first time I stopped translating myself.”
First responder
Composite reflection — not an individual participant
“The retreat was not the finish line. The part that changed things was the months afterward, when someone kept calling and asking what I was actually doing with it.”
Program alumnus
Composite reflection — not an individual participant
Are you an alumnus who wants to share your experience? Reach out through our contact page — participation is always voluntary.
What we measure
These are the figures we track internally and will report publicly as each cohort completes its integration year.
Scholarships Funded
Total seats fully or partially underwritten by donors, reported by cohort.
Participants Served
People who completed the full Prepare → Experience → Integrate → Serve arc, with veterans and first responders reported separately.
Integration Completion
The share of participants still engaged in structured integration at 3, 6, and 12 months.
Cost Per Seat
What each seat actually costs to deliver, and how much of it donor dollars carry.
Continued Service
Alumni who return as peer mentors, volunteers, or advocates — the Serve phase in practice.
Financial Stewardship
Share of contributions directed to program delivery versus administration, reviewed annually by the board.
One seat changes one life — and usually more
Every scholarship reaches past the participant to a spouse, a squad, a shift, a family. Veterans and first responders are our priority population, and the door stays open to anyone who has not found relief through conventional treatment.