Grants for support groups

Name: Top 25 grants made to mental health support groups
Creator: Cause IQ
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847 mental health support groups received at least $52.5 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 828 grants made from 641 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 641 foundations, 89% made just a single grant to support groups , and 2% made grants to four or more support groups . This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$52,541,170

Total grant dollars given to support groups

828

Number of grants made annually to support groups

641

Number of grantmakers funding support groups

$1,000

Median grant size to support groups

Foundations that support mental health support groups

Out of all grants made to support groups, 73% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 97% of the dollar-value of grants to support groups . Foundations funding support groups also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, educational service providers, scholarship organizations, and food banks.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	473
Medium	72
Large	95

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	20
Private	506
Corporate	40
Other	75

Grants made

Grants made to support groups	Number of grantmakers
1	572
2-3	50
4-10	15
11+	4

Top 10 foundations supporting mental health support groups

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to support groups	Number of grants made to support groups	Median grant size
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	21	$45
Community Foundation of North Texas (NTXCF)	TX	State	0.1%	12	$1,000
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	12	$100
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.1%	11	$500
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	9	$1,000
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	8	$3,750
Alliant Energy Foundation	WI	State	0.3%	8	$400
Eluna Formerly the Moyer Foundation	PA	National	10.4%	7	$5,000
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.3%	7	$5,000
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	7	$375

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Mental health support groups grantees

Support groups with more than $5 million in total revenues received 59% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 3% of all support groups .

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	823
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	5

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,525
$1M-$5M	$1,139
>$5M	$3,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	96
Texas	82
Washington	40
Florida	38
Other	572

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Los Angeles	48
New York City	37
Seattle	34
Chicago	32
Other	603

Top 25 grants made to support groups

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
The Primary School - East Palo Alto	$15,599,562	Integrated Health and Ed School Model	Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation
Franklin School Facilities Corporation	$10,000,000	Terms of Note	Northside Development Corporation
Franklin School Facilities Corporation	$10,000,000	Cost	Northside Development Corporation
United Community Fund	$8,330,000	Charitable and Educational Programs	The Justice and Education Fund
RootED	$7,000,000	Supporting High Quality Schools	The City Fund
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)	$5,000	Charitable	The Diken Foundation
Coaching Life Matters	$5,000	Program Support	Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and the Mid-South
Nurturing Center	$5,000	Charitable	The Parrish Family Foundation
Bos Place	$5,000	Program Assistance	Albemarle Foundation
Village Connections	$5,000	Social Services	The Columbus Foundation
Greek Olympic Society	$5,000	Religion	The Columbus Foundation
Beachwood Center for Wellbeing	$5,000	Charitable Health	B Street Foundation
Nature Heals	$5,000	Entreprenuership	The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation
Direct Giving Lab	$5,000	Entreprenuership	The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation
La Puerta Abierta	$5,000	Migration and Forced Displacement	Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP)
Catherine Place	$5,000	Contribution From the Multicare Community Partnership Fund: General Support	MultiCare Health System
Third Way Center	$5,000	Assist Homeless	Karnell Foundation
Cope / Julien Lillian Co-Ttee	$5,000	The Establishment and Operation of Camp Erin	Eluna Formerly the Moyer Foundation
Our House Grief Support Center	$5,000	The Establishment and Operation of Camp Erin	Eluna Formerly the Moyer Foundation
Mourning Hope	$5,000	The Establishment and Operation of Camp Erin	Eluna Formerly the Moyer Foundation
The Tristesse Grief Center	$5,000	The Establishment and Operation of Camp Erin	Eluna Formerly the Moyer Foundation
Robertas House	$5,000	The Establishment and Operation of Camp Erin	Eluna Formerly the Moyer Foundation
Willow Center	$5,000	The Establishment and Operation of Camp Erin	Eluna Formerly the Moyer Foundation
Our House Grief Support Center	$5,000	The Establishment and Operation of Camp Erin	Eluna Formerly the Moyer Foundation
Global Lounge Incorporated	$5,000	Promotion of Cultural Awareness	Winston C and Surel L Mitchell Family Foundation

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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 "Support groups" category for this page is determined by the "F60: Counseling Support Groups" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.