Van Ameringen Foundation

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

• $1.0M

  Fountain House · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed general suport with a particular focus on the impact of the organizations employement and wellness programs.

• $200,000

  Nyc Coalition To End Youth and Family Homelessness · New York, NY · 2024

  Continuing support of a philanthropic coalition to end youth and family homelessness in new york city.

• $200,000

  Disability Advocates Inc (Dba Disability Rights New York) · Rensselaer, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for a new york public interest law center working to combat discrimination against justice-involved people living with serious mental illness in new york city.

• $200,000

  Children'S Rights · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed support of class action litigation center seeking to compel new york to provide medicaid-eligible children with the community-based mental and behavioral health services they are entitled to under the law.

• $150,000

  International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  First-time funding for the international documentary association to complete the documentary committed, depicting one town's attempt to treat justice-involved individuals suffering from serious mental illness.

• $150,000

  New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  First-time funding for new york's aclu to enforce state law prohibiting solitary confinement in new york's prisons and jails.

• $125,000

  Abolitionist Law Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  Continued support for advocacy to curtail or abolish solitary confinement in pennsylvania.

• $100,000

  Citizens' Committee for Children of New York · New York, NY · 2024

  Grassroots new york advocacy organization seeks renewed vaf funding for its campaign to advocate for urgently needed mental health services for the children of new york.

• $100,000

  Medical Justice Alliance · New York, NY · 2024

  New support to recruit and train physicians to provide expert testimony for incarcerated people with serious mental illness.

• $100,000

  Katal Center for Health Equity and Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  New support for organizing to ensure full implementation of #lessismoreny, the most comprehensive parole reform legislation in the u.s.

• $100,000

  Blanton-Peale Institute · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for licensed mental health counseling and training center to fund a bipoc mental health fellowship program in new york city.

• $100,000

  Inseparable · Washington, DC · 2024

  First-time vaf support for a national advocacy organization dedicated to driving policy change at the state and federal levels to improve americans' access to mental health care.

• $100,000

  National Alliance On Mental Illness of New York City · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for nyc advocacy organization that helps families and individuals affected by serious and persistent mental illness build better lives through education, support, and advocacy.

• $100,000

  Nationalities Service Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Renewed support for a holistic wellness program serving traumatized refugees and immigrants settling in philadelphia.

• $100,000

  Juvenile Law Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Continuing advocacy support for philadelphia-based public interest law firm fighting for the rights of children caught in juvenile justice and child welfare systems.

• $100,000

  Attic Youth Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Renewed support to double the capacity of a culturally-competent counseling team serving philadelphias lgbtq youth.

• $100,000

  You Gotta Believe the Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement Inc (Ygb · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for full implementation of an adoption competent therapy program for foster youth.

• $100,000

  New York Campaign for Alternatives To Isolated Confinement · Washington, DC · 2024

  Continued support to monitor implementation of the halt bill curtailing the use of solitary confinement in new york state.

• $100,000

  Education Law Center - Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Renewed support for pennsylvania's education law center to advocate at the state and local level for public schools to make culturally affirming mental health supports available for students.

• $100,000

  New York State Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare · Albany, NY · 2024

  First-time funding for albany-based advocacy entity to hire a policy director for its work to increase access to mental health care for all new yorkers seeking care through the states public mental health system.

• $100,000

  Vocal-Ny (Voices of Community Activists and Leaders) · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  New york city grassroots organization is returning to vaf for continuing support of its campaign to make supportive housing safe, stable, and accessible for the most marginalized mentally ill new yorkers.

• $100,000

  Disability Rights Advocates · New York, NY · 2024

  First-time vaf funding for a national law center to bring new litigation against new york state to force implementation of the halt act, barring solitary confinement for justice-involved people with disabilities.

• $100,000

  Seamaac · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  New support for roots of happiness, which provides culturally competent mental health support, cultural connection for isolated, often non-english speaking immigrant elders.

• $100,000

  Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  First-time support for pennsylvania legal services agency seeking to end solitary confinement in state prisons and county jails for individuals with serious mental illness.

• $100,000

  Puentes De Salud · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  New support to expand a community mental health program among indigenous immigrants living in philadelphia.

• $100,000

  Supportive Housing Network of New York · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed support to advance supportive housing construction, service funding and improved safety in new york state.

• $100,000

  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law · Washington, DC · 2024

  Renewed support for national legal advocacy center to ensure that under-represented people with mental health disabilities live with autonomy, dignity and opportunity in welcoming communities that allow them to reach th…

• $100,000

  Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for the mental health project at four community schools housed within the bushwick high school campus in brooklyn, ny.

• $75,000

  Goddard Riverside Community Center · New York, NY · 2024

  Multiservice community-based organization seeks renewed support from vaf to hire a harm reduction specialist for its permanent supportive housing residents who are formerly homeless and living with mental illness in new…

• $75,000

  Grace Institute of New York · New York, NY · 2024

  First-time vaf funding for a vocational training program serving disadvantaged women in new york city to fund a full-time social worker to provide mental health services.

• $75,000

  Greenwich House · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for a community mental health trainer to lead an ongoing trauma informed care training program for 75 staff.

• $75,000

  Heights Hill Mhs Sbpc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  Rainbow heights club seeks first-time funding from vaf to add two part-time peer specialists to its staff who will provide mental health support services for low/no income lgbtq+ adults living with serious mental illnes…

• $75,000

  Hias and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia Inc Dba Hias Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Renewed support for the health and wellness program of a philadelphia legal services agency serving refugees.

• $75,000

  Hopephl · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Renewed support for a family health coordinator to provide comprehensive mental health supports to unstably housed families in northern philadelphia.

• $75,000

  Housingplus · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for a brooklyn-based permanent supportive housing agency serving women heads of household to hire a licensed clinical care lead for its mental health programming.

• $75,000

  Inner Strength Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Renewed funding for a philadelphia nonprofit providing mindfulness training to support students and teachers in philadelphia public high schools where poverty, violence, and trauma are rife.

• $75,000

  Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for lgbtq-affirming multi-service community center to launch an article 31 mental health clinic in manhattan.

• $75,000

  Liguori Academy · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  New support to expand the counseling department at an independent high school serving overage, under-credited youth.

• $75,000

  On Point (Previously Washington Heights Corner Project) · New York, NY · 2024

  New support for clinical staff to provide compassionate, safe medication assisted treatment.

• $75,000

  Lutheran Social Mission Society of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  A philadelphia social services agency seeks renewed vaf funding to expand its mental health programming for families in its longstanding philadelphia homeless shelter.

• $75,000

  Wissahickon Charter School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Renewed support for a behavioral health team at a tuition-free public k-8 philadelphia charter school.

• $75,000

  Under 21 Dba Covenant House New York · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for a holistic, trauma informed mental health program for 250 homeless youth.

• $75,000

  The Salvation Army Eastern Pennsylvania & Delaware · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  First-time support for a philadelphia program based in kensington to help survivors of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation transition into safety and self-sufficiency.

• $75,000

  The Jewish Board of Family and Children'S Services · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed funding for a large nyc social service agency to support a social work residency program that entices recently graduated social workers to remain at the agency to serve disadvantaged populations in nyc.

• $75,000

  The Door-a Center of Alternatives · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed support to hire a clinical supervisor to improve screening and treatment plans for youth with more serious mental health challenges.

• $75,000

  The Arthur Project · New York City, NY · 2024

  First-time funding for a mentorship program to provide mental health services to high-risk middle schoolers in brooklyn and the bronx.

• $75,000

  Terra Firma at Montefiore Medical Center · Bronx, NY · 2024

  Renewed vaf funding for a nationally recognized program providing mental health services for migrants at a federally qualified health center located in the south bronx.

• $75,000

  Support Center for Child Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Volunteer legal services agency representing children in philadelphia's child welfare proceedings seeks first-time vaf funding to support a clinical social worker to ensure improved behavioral health outcomes for 100 ch…

• $75,000

  Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York (Lssny) · New York, NY · 2024

  First-time funding for a large new york social services agency to add a clinician to provide culturally appropriate mental health services for 700 latin american asylum-seeking refugees who recently arrived in new york …

• $75,000

  Maternity Care Coalition · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Renewed support for mobile therapy program to deliver home-based support for 125 pregnant and postpartum women in underserved neighborhoods in philadelphia.

• $75,000

  Mission Society of New York City · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for a long-standing nyc social services agency programming to provide mental health and other essential services for nyc's over-aged and under-credited transfer high school students.

• $75,000

  Mixteca Organization · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  Mixteca, a community-based brooklyn social services agency serving immigrants from latin america, seeks first-time funding from vaf to add a social worker to its staff to create a mental health and resiliency program fo…

• $75,000

  Mobilization for Justice · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed support to expand legal and direct services for people with serious mental illness in the bronx.

• $75,000

  New Alternatives for Children · New York, NY · 2024

  New york city child welfare agency seeks renewed vaf support for its parent-child bonding program for families with medically needy children involved in the child welfare system.

• $75,000

  New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services · Albany, NY · 2024

  General opearting support

• $75,000

  Nyc Health Hospitals · New York, NY · 2024

  First-time support for a nyc hospital system serving half of nyc's medicaid-eligible population to launch a fast-track workforce development pathway to license culturally competent social workers in nyc.

• $75,000

  Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for culturally appropriate, trauma-informed art therapy programs for immigrant latinx women and children at a longstanding social services agency in east harlem, new york.

• $75,000

  Philadelphia Children'S Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Children's advocacy center seeks renewed vaf funding to add a bilingual clinical case manager to its mental health staff to coordinate social service connections for child victims and their families in philadelphia.

• $75,000

  Prevention Point Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Renewed support for harm reduction agency seeking to serve chronically homeless, seriously mentally ill, and dual-diagnosed vulnerable citizens in kensington, philadelphia.

• $75,000

  St Francis Friends of the Poor · New York, NY · 2024

  New support for a hybrid care model for supportive housing residents with advanced psychiatric illness.

• $75,000

  Project Based Learning · Narberth, PA · 2024

  New support for more mental health services at philadelphias workshop high school.

• $75,000

  Project Hospitality · Staten Island, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for staten island social services agency to add a clinician to provide mental health treatment and substance use disorder services for 100 latin american refugees annually who recently arrived in new yor…

• $75,000

  Breaking Ground · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed support to hire a clinical coordinator for an aging services team.

• $75,000

  South Bronx Community Charter High School · Bronx, NY · 2024

  First-time vaf funding to hire a licensed mental health counselor to support teachers and staff in a south bronx charter high school.

• $75,000

  Red Hook Initiative · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for a new counseling & wellness manager and the launch of a peer youth-led mental health project.

• $75,000

  Ackerman Institute for the Family · New York, NY · 2024

  First-time grant funding for an established therapy institute to hire one clinician and one outreach worker to provide mental health care for low-income minority adolescents and their families in underserved new york co…

• $75,000

  Service Program for Older People · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed funding for community-based mental health services for older, underserved, vulnerable adults in manhattan.

• $75,000

  Safe Passage Project · New York, NY · 2024

  First-time support for legal services agency with social workers on staff serving nyc-based unaccompanied immigrant youth seeking asylum in the united states.

• $75,000

  African Services Committee · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed funding for a social service agency's mental health program serving the african immigrant community in new york city.

• $75,000

  Albert Einstein Healthcare Network · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Renewed vaf funding to support a full-time licensed clinical social worker and a part-time program director to facilitate a re-entry program for patients post-incarceration at a large teaching hospital located in north …

• $75,000

  Ali Forney Center · New York, NY · 2024

  New support to launch new york citys first residential treatment model for lgbtq youth.

• $75,000

  Alliance of Families for Justice · New York, NY · 2024

  First-time support for new york city social services agency to engage culturally competent therapists for black and latinx youth whose loved ones are justice-involved.

• $75,000

  Association To Benefit Children · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for nyc agency providing school-based mental health services for children.

• $75,000

  Bethesda Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Renewed support for social services agency providing shelter, housing, and compassionate supportive services for adults experiencing homelessness in philadelphia.

• $75,000

  Broad Street Love (Aka Broad Street Ministry) · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Renewed general operating support for day program serving chronically homeless, seriously mentally ill individuals with a myriad of trauma-informed social services in philadelphia.

• $75,000

  Brooklyn Community Housing and Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  Continuing vaf funding for a senior family clinician to treat the mental health and emotional needs of homeless mothers and their children in a brooklyn family shelter.

• $75,000

  Ch Pennsylvania Under-21 · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Renewed general operating grant for mental health services and emergency supports for a local chapter of a national agency serving homeless youth in philadelphia.

• $75,000

  Children of Promise Nyc · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  First-time support for a new york city social services agency providing academic, mental health and mentorship services for children whose parents are incarcerated to launch a family engagement center.

• $75,000

  Court Appointed Special Advocates of Nyc · New York, NY · 2024

  New support to launch a mental health care access program for youth in the family regulation system.

• $75,000

  Depaul USA · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Renewed support for national homeless services provider to fund housing and mental health supports for housing-insecure college students in the philadelphia region.

• $75,000

  Drama Club · Jackson Heights, NY · 2024

  New support to hire a licensed clinician and improve curriculum and training of teaching artists working with youth at the crossroads and horizons juvenile detention facilities.

• $75,000

  Exodus Transitional Community · New York, NY · 2024

  First-time vaf support for east-harlem-based organization opening an article 31 licensed mental health clinic for formerly incarcerated people of color.

• $75,000

  Face To Face · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  First-time support for a social services agency providing a variety of services, including mental health supports for vulnerable, unstably housed individuals in northwest philadelphia.

• $75,000

  Gesu School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Renewed funding to support the counseling department of an independent pre-k to 8th grade school located in, and drawing students from, the poorest neighborhoods of north philadelphia.

• $50,000

  Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  First-time support for a legal advocacy center seeking to mitigate the harm of the criminal justice system for youth charged as adults in philadelphia's criminal courts.

• $50,000

  Carmel Hill Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  Funding to support mental health workforce taskforce project.

• $50,000

  Edovo Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

  General operating support

• $50,000

  Drueding Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  First time request to hire a senior family advocate to provide greater supervision and support for family advocates to better ensure homeless families can sustain themselves in permanent housing.

• $50,000

  Common Threads Project · New York, NY · 2024

  New funding for an arts-based therapy program for immigrant survivors of gender-based violence in new york city.

• $50,000

  All Kings · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  First-time funding for a new york city peer-led agency providing social-emotional healing for justice-involved men of color to help break the cycle of violence and incarceration.

• $50,000

  Every Murder Is Real · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  First-time funding for a family counseling center that connects low-income bipoc families affected by gun violence in philadelphia to mental health treatment and other therapeutic supports.

• $50,000

  Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Renewed support for a north philadelphia high school to hire licensed counselors and a social worker to provide services for underserved students enrolled in an academic enrichment program.

• $50,000

  African Family Health Organization · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Community-based social services organization seeks first-time vaf support to create mental health support groups for recent african and caribbean immigrants and refugees in philadelphia.

• $50,000

  Black Men Heal · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  First-time funding for a philadelphia-based organization providing in-person and virtual mental health services for black men and youth.

• $50,000

  Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for provider launching innovative housing program with on-site mental health services for 32 homeless college students in new york city.

• $50,000

  New Leash On Life USA · Narberth, PA · 2024

  First-time support for a philadelphia-based innovative prison diversion and reentry organization that uses the power of the human-animal bond to prepare justice-involved individuals for successful reentry into society.

• $50,000

  New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Children · New York, NY · 2024

  Renewed support for child welfare agency treating nyc's most severely abused children.

• $50,000

  Operation in My Back Yard · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  First-time vaf support for a small harm reduction agency serving people with substance use disorder in the kensington neighborhood of philadelphia.

• $50,000

  Project Safe · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  First-time vaf support for a small harm reduction agency serving sex workers with substance use disorder in the kensington neighborhood of philadelphia.

• $50,000

  Rise · New York, NY · 2024

  First-time grant to create a parent support program for low-income minority families in underserved neighborhoods in new york city as a way to increase vulnerable families' access to resources and reduce involvement in …