Funding search · EIN 132637308 · New York, NY

The Mental Health Association of New York

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

226
grants reported
$503.1M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$161,902
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

lifelineserviceschildfamily

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

  • Funding 988 Lifeline crisis contact centers nationwide
  • Text and chat crisis response capacity (Crisis Text Line)
  • Specialized subnetworks: LGBTQ youth, Deaf and hard of hearing callers
  • Backup and overflow call answering during surge volume
  • Small child and family services grants in New York City

Typical grant

Two very different tiers. Lifeline network operators pull multimillion-dollar awards, with the top handful between $10M and $22M and the middle of the network landing in the $2M to $6M range; a long tail of centers and vendors gets $20,000 to $400,000 for partial-year, language-specific, or overflow work. Giving repeats almost perfectly year over year, with the same names appearing in 2022, 2023, and 2024 and dollar amounts scaling up as call volume grows.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

  • LIFELINE SERVICES
  • CRISIS INTERVENTION
  • CRISIS RESPONSE
  • CHILD AND FAMILY SVC
  • BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Positioning adjacent work

  • Treat this as 988 network subaward flow, not open philanthropy; network membership or subcontract status precedes any dollars.
  • Connect research to answer rates, chat and text capacity, or specialized subnetworks like Deaf and LGBTQ youth callers.
  • Ask in the $100,000 to $400,000 range for evaluation or research work; see Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene at $166,773.
  • Partner with an existing funded center rather than approaching directly; Rutgers and Research Foundation entered through service roles.

Worth knowing: This is the Lifeline administrator moving federal crisis line dollars, so roughly the same 25 to 30 crisis centers absorb nearly all of the half billion, and the top ten alone take over $130M in 2024. Non-Lifeline giving is tiny and concentrated in New York City child and family organizations, so adjacent researchers realistically enter as evaluators, subcontractors, or specialized service partners.

11 grants matching “contacted · $16.8M

  • $3.7M

    Contact Care Line · Oak Ridge, TN · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $2.9M

    211 Tampa Bay Cares Dba First Contact · Clearwater, FL · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $4.6M

    Contact Care Line · Oak Ridge, TN · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $266,601

    Contact of Mercer County Nj · Pennington, NJ · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $4.0M

    Contact Care Line · Oak Ridge, TN · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $1.3M

    Contact of Mercer County · Pennington, NJ · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $16,000

    Contact Community Services · East Syracuse, NY · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $9,000

    Contact Helpline · Columbus, MS · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $9,000

    Contact the Crisis Line · Jackson, MS · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $9,000

    Crisis Contact · Gary, IN · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $8,000

    Caring Contact · Westfield, NJ · 2022

    Lifeline services

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Crisis Text Line3 grants · $55.7M
  • The Trevor Project3 grants · $47.9M
  • Centerstone2 grants · $27.6M
  • Deaflead3 grants · $26.3M
  • Protocall Services3 grants · $22.7M
  • Beacon Health Options2 grants · $17.3M
  • Volunteers of America Ww3 grants · $16.4M
  • Community Crisis Services3 grants · $16.2M
  • Empact - Suicide Prevention Center1 grant · $15.4M
  • Centerstone of Tennessee1 grant · $14.1M

Giving over time

$1.2M
2021
$149.1M
2022
$163.1M
2023
$189.7M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 226 grants.

  • $22.2M

    Centerstone · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $21.3M

    Crisis Text Line · New York, NY · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $20.6M

    Crisis Text Line · New York, NY · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $19.2M

    The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $18.5M

    The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $15.4M

    Empact - Suicide Prevention Center · Tempe, AZ · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $15.3M

    Beacon Health Options · Norfolk, VA · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $14.2M

    Protocall Services · Portland, OR · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $14.1M

    Centerstone of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $14.0M

    Empact - Spc · Tempe, AZ · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $13.7M

    Crisis Text Line · New York, NY · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $13.0M

    Deaflead · Columbia, MO · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $11.8M

    Empact - Suicide Prevention Center · Tempe, AZ · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $10.3M

    The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $8.7M

    Hopelink Behavioral Health · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $8.5M

    Deaflead · Columbia, MO · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $8.1M

    Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center · Columbia, MD · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $6.8M

    Volunteers of America Ww · Everett, WA · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $6.8M

    Rutgers the State University Dba · Piscataway, NJ · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $6.5M

    Response Crisis Center · Stony Brook, NY · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $6.5M

    Prs · Oakton, VA · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $6.2M

    Heartline · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $6.0M

    Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services · Culver City, CA · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $5.9M

    Protocall Services · Portland, OR · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $5.8M

    Heartline · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $5.8M

    Volunteers of America Ww · Everett, WA · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $5.6M

    Community Crisis Services · Hyattsville, MD · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $5.5M

    Community Crisis Services · Hyattsville, MD · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $5.4M

    Centerstone · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $5.1M

    Community Crisis Services · Hyattsville, MD · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $5.0M

    Heartline · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $4.9M

    Carelon Behavioral Health · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $4.8M

    Deaflead · Columbia, MO · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $4.8M

    Netcare Access · Columbus, OH · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $4.8M

    Solari · Tempe, AZ · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $4.6M

    Contact Care Line · Oak Ridge, TN · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $4.5M

    Response Crisis Center · Stony Brook, NY · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $4.4M

    Community Crisis Services and Food Bank · Iowa City, IA · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $4.3M

    Solari · Tempe, AZ · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $4.2M

    Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service · Culver City, CA · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $4.1M

    Community Crisis Services and Food Bank · Iowa City, IA · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $4.0M

    Contact Care Line · Oak Ridge, TN · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $4.0M

    First Choice Services · Charleston, WV · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $4.0M

    Wellspace Health · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $3.9M

    Prs Crisis Link · Oakton, VA · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $3.8M

    Volunteers of America Ww · Everett, WA · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $3.7M

    Community Crisis Services and Food Bank · Iowa City, IA · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $3.7M

    Contact Care Line · Oak Ridge, TN · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $3.5M

    Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services · Culver City, CA · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $3.4M

    First Choice Services · Charleston, WV · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $3.3M

    Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care · Piscataway, NJ · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $3.2M

    A Better Way Services · Muncie, IN · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $3.2M

    Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center · Columbia, MD · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $3.2M

    Jewish Community Services of South Florida · Miami, FL · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $3.1M

    Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center · Columbia, MD · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $3.0M

    211 Palm Beachtreasure Coast · Lantana, FL · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $3.0M

    Lines for Life - 1 · Portland, OR · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $3.0M

    Response Crisis Center · Stony Brook, NY · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $2.9M

    211 Tampa Bay Cares Dba First Contact · Clearwater, FL · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $2.8M

    Lines for Life · Portland, OR · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $2.7M

    Protocall Services · Portland, OR · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $2.6M

    Netcare Corporation · Columbus, OH · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $2.3M

    First Choice Services · Charleston, WV · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $2.3M

    211 Tampa Bay Cares · Clearwater, FL · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $2.2M

    Baltimore Crisis Response · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $2.1M

    Gryphon Place · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $2.1M

    Real Crisis Intervention · Greenville, NC · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $2.0M

    211 Tampa Bay Cares · Clearwater, FL · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $2.0M

    Beacon Health Options · Norfolk, VA · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $1.9M

    Netcare Access · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $1.9M

    Everymind · Rockville, MD · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $1.8M

    Rutgers the State University Dba · Piscataway, NJ · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $1.6M

    Crisis Support Services of Nevada · Reno, NV · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $1.5M

    Talbert House · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $1.5M

    Wellspace Health · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    Lifeline services

  • $1.5M

    Provident Behavioral Health · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $1.5M

    Lines for Life · Portland, OR · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $1.5M

    Gryphon Place · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $1.4M

    Father Flanagan'S Boys' Home · Boys Town, NE · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $1.4M

    Everymind · Rockville, MD · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $1.3M

    Wellspace Health · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $1.3M

    Gryphon Place · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $1.3M

    Behavioral Health Response · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $1.3M

    Contact of Mercer County · Pennington, NJ · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $1.3M

    Solari · Tempe, AZ · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $1.2M

    Goodwill of the Finger Lakes · Rochester, NY · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $1.2M

    A Better Way Services · Muncie, IN · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $1.2M

    Provident · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $1.1M

    Common Ground · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $967,844

    Father Flanagan'S Boys' Home · Boys Town, NE · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $901,731

    Education Development Center · Waltham, MA · 2021

    Lifeline services

  • $823,100

    Center for Community Resources · Butler, PA · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $715,296

    Talbert House · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $658,395

    Everymind · Rockville, MD · 2022

    Lifeline services

  • $654,547

    Baltimore Crisis Response · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $471,650

    Behavioral Health Response · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $389,486

    211 Palm Beach Treasure Coast · Lantana, FL · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $336,714

    Goodwill of the Finger Lakes · Rochester, NY · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $327,657

    Crisis Support Services of Nevada · Reno, NV · 2023

    Lifeline services

  • $324,872

    Common Ground · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023

    Lifeline services

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.