Grants for mental health associations

Name: Top 25 grants made to mental health associations
Creator: Cause IQ
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581 mental health associations received at least $20.2 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 732 grants made from 556 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 556 foundations, 88% made just a single grant to mental health orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more mental health orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$20,222,259

Total grant dollars given to mental health associations

732

Number of grants made annually to mental health associations

556

Number of grantmakers funding mental health associations

$1,000

Median grant size to mental health associations

Foundations that support mental health associations

Out of all grants made to mental health associations, 70% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 93% of the dollar-value of grants to mental health orgs. Foundations funding mental health orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, food banks, homeless shelters, food distribution programs, and universities.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	393
Medium	76
Large	87

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	21
Private	436
Corporate	44
Other	55

Grants made

Grants made to mental health orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	493
2-3	45
4-10	15
11+	3

Top 10 foundations supporting mental health associations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to mental health orgs	Number of grants made to mental health orgs	Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	21	$140
Ralph J Harary Foundation	NY	Metro	2.3%	13	$3,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	12	$400
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.1%	10	$347
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.0%	10	$6
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	7	$1,900
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	7	$150
LPL Financial Foundation	MA	National	0.1%	6	$375
Albemarle Foundation	NC	National	0.0%	6	$80

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Mental health associations grantees

Mental health associations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 95% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 34% of all mental health orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	727
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	5

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,200
$100k-$500k	$1,130
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	120
Virginia	106
California	48
Ohio	34
Other	424

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	113
Washington DC	99
Chicago	26
Richmond	20
Other	455

Top 25 grants made to mental health associations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas	$4,000,000	Toward Continued Support of A Statewide Mental Health Policy Institute Designed To Improve the Mental Health System of Texas	The Meadows Foundation
Mind OC	$4,000,000	Human Services Organizations	Oneoc
Mind OC	$4,000,000		Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Endeavors	$3,984,099	Military Family Clinic	Cohen Veterans Network
Endeavors	$2,842,637	Military Family Clinic	Cohen Veterans Network
Mental Health Association of Monmouth County	$5,000	General Support	Peter and Josephine Grayson Foundation
Vibrant Emotional Health	$5,000	General Support	Peter and Josephine Grayson Foundation
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)	$5,000	Renovations at Youth	Gertrude Couch Irrev Tuw XXX-XX-XXXX
Student Health Options the Health Center	$5,000	General Operations	Bonnie and Clifford Braden Foundation
Mental Health America of Franklin County (MHAFC )	$5,000	Health	The Columbus Foundation
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)	$5,000	For Renovations at Nami's	Trust Uw Benjamin Couch XXX-XX-XXXX
NAMI Washington	$5,000	Contribution From the Multicare Community Partnership Fund: General Support	MultiCare Health System
Mental Health America of Greater Houston	$5,000	Support Non-Profit Philanthropic Org	Texas Children's Hospital (TCS)
NAMI of Westchester	$5,000	Medical/scientific Research & Programs	Goldman Sachs Gives
Nami Acadiana	$5,000	Donation	Lafayette General Health (LGH)
The Women's Initiative	$5,000	General	Manning Family Foundation
National Alliance on Mentally Illness of Greater Toledo	$5,000	Charitable Donation	Promedica Health System
Camp Attaway	$5,000	General Use	Dart Group Ii Foundation
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas	$5,000	Veterans Moral Injury Program	The Gorman Foundation
The Mentoring Center	$5,000	For Core Support To Provide Mentoring, Educational Opportunities and Job Placement Services To Young Women and Men in Oakland Through the Emerge and Positive Minds Group Programs.	California Wellness Foundation
Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance	$5,000	General Support	Vera C Hendry Foundation
Spectrum Youth and Family Services	$5,000	General & Unrestricted	Replogle Family Foundation
The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pa	$5,000	Education	The Clark Hunter Foundation
Bring Change 2 Mind	$5,000	General Fund	Arnhold Foundation
NAMI Chicago	$5,000	General Operating Support	Thorek Memorial Hospital

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Mental health associations" category for this page is determined by the "F80: Mental Health Association" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.