The Stan Deen Foundation is a relatively new nonprofit organization with the mission of helping troubled youth across the nation, much like how its founder received help from one of his teachers when he was a student.

Nate Deen, whose true story was brought to life in the latest film from Angel Studios, Brave the Dark, told the Washington Examiner how his teacher and future surrogate father, Stan Deen, helped him get involved in “the arts and education” when he was facing incredibly dark times in his youth. Deen now aims to give other “underserved kids” the same help he received.