Virginia · Public charity
Mental Health America Inc
Mental health america (mha) - founded in 1909 - is the nation's leading nonprofit dedicated to advancing the mental health and well-being of all people living in the u.s. Through public education, research, advocacy and public policy, and direct service.with a network of over 130 affiliates across the country, mha works at both the…
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 25
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,616
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $215,867
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 19
- Total assets, FY2024
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations Mental Health America Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $482k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 25 | $1.8M | 12% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $1.6M | 42% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $1.2M | 64% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $124k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $97k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $61k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $78k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $224k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington | $509,460 | 3 | n/a |
| National Mental Health Association of Ge | $424,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Mental Health Association in Santa Barbara County | $394,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $299,830 | 2 | n/a |
| Mental Health Association of Erie County Inc | $280,000 | 3 | 4% |
| New Jersey Association for Mental Health | $269,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Mental Health America of Dutchess County Inc | $260,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Farrr Foundation Inc | $243,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Mental Health America of West Central In | $242,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Mental Health America of the Palm Beaches Inc | $211,781 | 4 | 19% |
Show all 47 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Mental Health America Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Network for Good · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
How this is measured
About Mental Health America Inc
- How much does Mental Health America Inc give?
- Mental Health America Inc reported 25 itemized grants totaling $1,753,124, out of $1,794,551 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Mental Health America Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (96%), Arts & Culture (3%), Public Safety & Disaster (1%).
- Who are Mental Health America Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Washington ($509k), National Mental Health Association of Ge ($424k), Mental Health Association in Santa Barbara County ($394k).
- Does Mental Health America Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mental Health America Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Enterprise Holdings Foundation.
- Where is Mental Health America Inc based?
- Mental Health America Inc is based in VA.
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