Van Ameringen Foundation

What they fund

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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.

9 grants matching “specialists” · $650,000

• $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… read allMultiservice 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 york city. less
• $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… read allRainbow 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 illness in new york. less
• $75,000

  Cardinal McCloskey Community Services · Valhalla, NY · 2023

  Renewed support to hire a substance abuse specialist to respond to an increase in co-occurring illness in the wake of covid-19.

• $75,000

  Goddard Riverside Community Center · New York, NY · 2023

  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… read allMultiservice 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 york city. less
• $75,000

  Heights Hill Mhs Sbpc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

  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… read allRainbow 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 illness in new york. less
• $75,000

  Cardinal McCloskey Community Services · Bronx, NY · 2022

  Renewed support to hire a substance abuse specialist to respond to an increase in co-occurring illness in the wake of covid-19.

• $75,000

  Goddard Riverside Community Center · New York, NY · 2022

  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… read allMultiservice 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 york city. less
• $75,000

  Heights Hill Mental Health Service Dba Rainbow Heights Club · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

  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… read allRainbow 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 illness in new york. less
• $50,000

  Valley Youth House Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  Renewed support to expand the organizations therapy team in philadelphia through hiring and training a therapy specialist.

Top recipients

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

• Fountain House2 grants · $2.0M
• Fountain House1 grant · $2.0M
• Children'S Rights3 grants · $600,000
• Nyc Coalition To End Youth and Family Homelessness2 grants · $400,000
• Abolitionist Law Center3 grants · $375,000
• Supportive Housing Network of New York3 grants · $300,000
• Attic Youth Center3 grants · $300,000
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law3 grants · $300,000
• New York Campaign for Alternatives To Isolated Confinement3 grants · $300,000
• Nationalities Service Center3 grants · $300,000

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 397 grants.

• $2.0M

  Fountain House · New York, NY · 2022

  Renewed general support with a particular focus on the impact of the organizations employment and wellness programs.

• $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.

• $1.0M

  Fountain House · New York, NY · 2023

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

• $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.

• $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

  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

  Children'S Rights · New York, NY · 2023

  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.

• $200,000

  Nyc Coalition To End Youth and Family Homelessness · New York, NY · 2023

  Continuing support of a coalition to end youth and family homelessness in nyc.

• $200,000

  Children'S Rights · New York, NY · 2022

  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.

• $200,000

  Nyc Fund To End Youth and Family Homelessness · New York, NY · 2022

  Support of a coalition to end youth and family homelessness in new york city.

• $200,000

  The Dv Collective (Via Sakhi for South Asian Women) · New York, NY · 2022

  Funding for five domestic violence organizations to address the immediate and longer term mental health and other needs of immigrant survivors of gender-based violence.

• $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.

• $150,000

  American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

  Renewed support of the aclus national prison project (npp) which includes litigation, advocacy, and monitoring to advance the rights of prisoners with mental illness.

• $150,000

  Correctional Association of New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

  Renewed to support to monitor and strengthen the halt law in new york prisons, including the prohibition on solitary for incarcerated people with mental illness.

• $150,000

  International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  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

  Legal Action Center · New York, NY · 2023

  Renewed support for mental health parity in new york state, along with enhanced community-based care for people with mental illness and substance use disorders.

• $150,000

  Legal Aid Society · New York, NY · 2023

  Renewed support for a campaign to divert people with mental illness from the criminal justice system, and to end new york state holding mentally ill people in prison past their sentences.

• $150,000

  American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

  Renewed support of the aclus national prison project (npp) which includes litigation, advocacy, and monitoring to advance the rights of prisoners with mental illness.

• $150,000

  American Friends Service Committee · New York, NY · 2022

  Renewed support for case management, counseling and client advocacy to address mental health crises amongst immigrants.

• $150,000

  International Center for Clubhouse Development · New York, NY · 2022

  Renewed support for certifying and training clubhouses and supporting regional clubhouse coalitions in 14 u.s. States and abroad.

• $150,000

  Legal Action Center · New York, NY · 2022

  Renewed support for mental health parity in new york state, along with enhanced community-based care for people with mental illness and substance use disorders.

• $150,000

  Legal Aid Society · New York, NY · 2022

  Renewed support for a campaign to divert people with mental illness from the criminal justice system, and to end new york state holding mentally ill people in prison past their sentences.

• $150,000

  National Alliance On Mental Illness of New York City · New York, NY · 2022

  To launch an advocacy initiative that will train 240 advocates who will reach policymakers in all 51 districts of new york city.

• $150,000

  Prisoners' Legal Services of New York · Albany, NY · 2022

  Renewed support to provide individualized release plans, including mental health care, for those completing their sentences in new york state correctional facilities.

• $125,000

  Abolitionist Law Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

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

• $125,000

  Abolitionist Law Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

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

• $125,000

  Abolitionist Law Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

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

• $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

  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… read allRenewed 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 their full potential. less
• $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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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.

• $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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  Asian American Federation · New York, NY · 2023

  Support for access nyc, an advocacy campaign to build the mental health capacity of asian- led, asian-serving organizations.

• $100,000

  Attic Youth Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

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

• $100,000

  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law · Washington, DC · 2023

  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… read allRenewed 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 their full potential. less
• $100,000

  Blanton-Peale Institute · New York, NY · 2023

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

• $100,000

  Children First · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  New support for a campaign to give 2,000 philadelphia public school children access to high quality behavioral and mental health care currently inaccessible to them and their families.

• $100,000

  Citizens' Committee for Children of New York · New York, NY · 2023

  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

  Education Law Center - Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  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

  Juvenile Law Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  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

  Katal Center for Health Equity and Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

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

• $100,000

  Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

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

• $100,000

  Medical Justice Alliance · New York, NY · 2023

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

• $100,000

  National Nurse-Led Care Consortium · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Renewed support to create a new model of reimbursable mental health care through nurse-led home visits for new parents and their children in philadelphia.

• $100,000

  Nationalities Service Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

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

• $100,000

  New York Campaign for Alternatives To Isolated Confinement · Washington, DC · 2023

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

• $100,000

  New York Lawyers for the Public Interest · New York, NY · 2023

  Renewed support for an advocacy campaign to enact a system of non-police response to people with serious mental illness who are in crisis.

• $100,000

  Puentes De Salud · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  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 · 2023

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

• $100,000

  Vocal-Ny (Voices of Community Activists and Leaders) · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

  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

  You Gotta Believe the Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement Inc (Ygb · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

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

• $100,000

  Asian American Federation · New York, NY · 2022

  Support for access nyc, an advocacy campaign to build the mental health capacity of asian- led, asian-serving organizations.

• $100,000

  Attic Youth Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

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

• $100,000

  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law · Washington, DC · 2022

  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… read allRenewed 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 their full potential. less
• $100,000

  Blanton-Peale Institute · New York, NY · 2022

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

• $100,000

  Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

  First time support for connecting under-served, often marginalized residents with particular focus on puerto rican diaspora communities, in philadelphia and new york city, to mental health care providers.

• $100,000

  Citizens' Committee for Children of New York · New York, NY · 2022

  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

  Corporation for Supportive Housing · New York, NY · 2022

  To support a city-wide initiative for more supportive housing for homeless philadelphians experiencing significant mental illness.

• $100,000

  From Punishment To Public Health · New York, NY · 2022

  Renewed support to create a coalition of mental health and housing advocates in new york state.

• $100,000

  Hester Street Collaborative · New York, NY · 2022

  New support for an in-depth participatory planning, design and advocacy campaign to transform the way new york city responds to people with significant illness who are in crisis.

• $100,000

  Katal Center for Health Equity and Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

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

• $100,000

  Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

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

• $100,000

  Medical Justice Alliance · New York, NY · 2022

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

• $100,000

  National Nurse-Led Care Consortium · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  Renewed support to create a new model of reimbursable mental health care through nurse-led home visits for new parents and their children in philadelphia.

• $100,000

  Nationalities Service Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

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

• $100,000

  New York Campaign for Alternatives To Isolated Confinement · Washington, DC · 2022

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

• $100,000

  New York Lawyers for the Public Interest · New York, NY · 2022

  Renewed support for an advocacy campaign to enact a system of non-police response to people with serious mental illness who are in crisis.

• $100,000

  Public Citizens for Children and Youth · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  New support for a campaign to give 2,000 philadelphia public school children access to high quality behavioral and mental health care currently inaccessible to them and their families.

• $100,000

  Puentes De Salud · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

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

• $100,000

  Seamaac · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  General

• $100,000

  Supportive Housing Network of New York · New York, NY · 2022

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

• $100,000

  You Gotta Believe the Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement Inc (Ygb · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

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

• $90,000

  The Jericho Project · New York, NY · 2022

  Renewed support to expand mental health services at four supportive housing sites.

• $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… read allFirst-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 communities. less
• $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 … read allRenewed 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 philadelphia. less
• $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

  Breaking Ground · New York, NY · 2024

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

• $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.

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