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Foundations that fund mental health research
15 private foundations with a record of paying for mental health, taken from their IRS Form 990-PF filings. These are grants already made — evidence of what a funder backs, not an open call.
MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
7 grants · $1.6M · through 2023
Largest: $33,000 to AIM SERVICES INC — mental & behavioral health services for people with disabilities
IRS filings for EIN 830590263TOWER MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
12 grants · $120,000 · through 2022
Largest: $22,750 to KANZA MENTAL HEALTH — assistance in switching center from community mental health center to community behavioral health center
IRS filings for EIN 260506792VAN AMERINGEN FOUNDATION INC
7 grants · $825,000 · through 2023
Largest: $200,000 to CHILDREN'S RIGHTS — 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.
IRS filings for EIN 136125699The Commonwealth Fund
9 grants · $316,852 · through 2023
Largest: $101,818 to Mental Health America — senior fellow in behavioral health policy
IRS filings for EIN 131635260POTOMAC HEALTH FOUNDATION
3 grants · $253,500 · through 2023
Largest: $136,500 to YOUTH FOR TOMORROW — yft behavioral mental health services for the underserved
IRS filings for EIN 521340920LYNN S NICHOLAS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
2 grants · $800,000 · through 2023
Largest: $400,000 to ROGERS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION — to help support the new research center and mental health treatments in general. to create awareness around mental health
IRS filings for EIN 871448491THE DUKE ENDOWMENT
5 grants · $2.4M · through 2023
Largest: $730,000 to THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL — to integrate virtual and in-person school-based behavioral and mental health services for students in bladen county.
IRS filings for EIN 560529965PALLOTTINE FOUNDATION OF HUNTINGTON
4 grants · $466,302 · through 2023
Largest: $300,000 to HUNTINGTON CITY MISSION — provide support for the organization's mental and behavioral health program.
IRS filings for EIN 815135504METROWEST HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
3 grants · $110,769 · through 2022
Largest: $50,000 to FRAMINGHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS — increasing mental behavioral health supports for students
IRS filings for EIN 042121342ETHEL AND JAMES FLINN FOUNDATION
6 grants · $500,000 · through 2023
Largest: $50,000 to UNITED METHODIST RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES FDN — to train huron valley pace interdisciplinary team in motivational interviewing, an approach to medical and mental health conversations to improve behavioral health outcomes.
IRS filings for EIN 382143122John S Dunn Foundation
4 grants · $420,000 · through 2023
Largest: $50,000 to Center For Pursuit — grant for operations for the center's health services, including nursing support, behavioral and mental health serivces, and their dental clinic.
IRS filings for EIN 741933660STAUNTON FARM FOUNDATION
3 grants · $103,035 · through 2023
Largest: $50,000 to BHUTANESE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF PITTSBURGH — mental & behavioral health outreach in the bhutanese community
IRS filings for EIN 250965573JANESVILLE FOUNDATION INC
2 grants · $300,000 · through 2023
Largest: $160,000 to HEALTHNET OF ROCK COUNTY INC — mental & behavioral health - support initial operations
IRS filings for EIN 396034645Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
4 grants · $60,000 · through 2023
Largest: $15,000 to Impact Behavioral Health Partners (formerly Housing Options for the Mentall — impact behavioral health partners (formerly housing options for the mentally ill in evanston)
IRS filings for EIN 362488355THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
2 grants · $235,831 · through 2023
Largest: $113,741 to LOREN BAUERBAND - MISSOURI U OF SYS — 79243 studying the effects of the developmental experiences of transgender and gender diverse people on their mental and behavioral health risks
IRS filings for EIN 226029397
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Start with one paperSource: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, filing years 2019–2023. Foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.