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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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
19
States reached
$216k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$4.9MArts & Culture$165kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kPhilanthropy$20k
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 25 grants below total $1,753,124, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,794,551 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $41,427 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $294k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.5M
$50,616
Median grant
19
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$215,867
MHA IN NEW JERSEY$179,000
YOUNG AUDIENCES NEW JERSEY & EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA$165,000
MHA OF GEORGIA$147,000
MENTAL WELLNESS CENTER$103,000
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE$102,500
LOUISIANA MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION$89,757
MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES OF WESTERN NEW YORK$75,000
MHA OF DUTCHESS COUNTY$75,000
MHA OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA$69,000
FARRR FOUNDATION$68,000
MENTAL HEALTH MINNESOTA$62,634
MHA OF GREATER DALLAS$50,616
MHA OF MONTANA$50,000
MHA OF SOUTH CAROLINA$49,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 70% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MHA OF ARIZONA: $30k → 11%MENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE: $25k → 7%MENTAL HEALTH MINNESOTA: $63k → 14%MHA IN PENNSYLVANIA: $25k → 11%MHA IN PENNSYLVANIA: $25k → 12%THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE: $197k → 10%MHA of Los Angeles: $100k → 14%MENTAL WELLNESS CENTER: $179k → 14%MHA OF DUTCHESS COUNTY: $110k → 9%MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $110k → 13%MHA OF ROCHESTERMONROE COUNTY: $44k → 14%MHA in New York State: $94k → 14%MHA OF GREATER DALLAS: $51k → 14%MHA OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $49k → 16%MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $142k → 11%MHA in Montgomery: $49k → 18%MHA IN FORSYTH COUNTY: $25k → 15%MHA OF GEORGIA: $147k → 14%MHA OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA: $105k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $216k → 9%MHA IN NEW JERSEY: $179k → 10%YOUNG AUDIENCES NEW JERSEY & EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $165k → 11%FARRR FOUNDATION: $87k → 13%LOUISIANA MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $90k → 19%MHA OF ARIZONA: $30k → 11%THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE: $103k → 10%Mental Wellness Center (AKA MHA in Santa Barbara County): $112k → 14%MHA of Dutchess County: $75k → 9%MHA of Western New York (AKA MHA of Erie County): $75k → 13%MHA OF ROCHESTERMONROE COUNTY: $44k → 14%MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN NEW YORK STATE: $25k → 14%MHA of Greater Dallas: $45k → 14%MHA OF THE PALM BEACHES: $42k → 11%MHA IN MONTGOMERY: $48k → 18%MHA IN FORSYTH COUNTY: $25k → 15%MHA OF GEORGIA: $130k → 14%MHA OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA: $69k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $166k → 9%FARRR FOUNDATION: $68k → 13%IDONTMIND: $54k → 14%MENTAL WELLNESS CENTER: $103k → 14%MHA OF DUTCHESS COUNTY: $75k → 9%MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES OF WESTERN NEW YORK: $75k → 13%MHA OF GEORGIA: $75k → 14%MHA of West Central Indiana: $68k → 19%University of Washington: $128k → 9%FARRR Foundation: $68k → 13%MHA of Georgia: $72k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
AZ
TN
NC
SC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.5M · 31 repeat orgs$573k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
13

Total granted

$4.5M
$352k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+27%

Still filing today

90%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $221k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $394k · revenue +66%
  • MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $280k · revenue +12%
  • NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH
    8× · 2017–2024 · $269k · revenue +117%

Funded once

  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LOS ANGELES
    one grant, 2022 · $120k · revenue +11%
  • I
    IDONTMIND
    one grant, 2023 · $54k · revenue -52% · 44% of their budget
  • MH
    Mental Health America of Illinois
    one grant, 2022 · $27k · revenue +15%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Mental Health America of Beaufort-Jasper

To work toward improved care and treatment of the mentally ill

Health
2
Milife

Mental health

Health
3
Mental Health America of East Central Florida Inc

The purpose and goal of the association are to prevent mental illness, promote mental health and improve the care and treatment of those suffering from mental illness.

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4
Mental Health Association in Passaic County Inc

Mental Health Association in Passaic County, Inc. (MHAPC) is a local chapter of the Mental Health Association in NJ and an affiliate of the Mental Health America. The mission of the MHAPC is to serve children, adults and families affected…

Health
5
Institute for Mental Health & Wellness
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6
Mental Health Association in Essex County Inc

The mental health association in essex county advocates and assists adults with emotional or psychiatric challenges on their road to recovery, dignity and independence-encourage, empower & overcome.

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7
Mental Health Association in Ulster County Inc

Treatment for persons with mental illnesses. the mission of the mental health association is to create communities that are dedicated to mental health through the full participation of all persons. to achieve its mission, the mental health…

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8
Mental Health Association of Northwestern Pennsylvania

To provide a consumer driven environment which supports and promotes recovery for all people with mental health needs including veterans, persons with criminal justice histories and regional state hospital residents.

Health
9
Mental Health Association of Kentucky Inc

To improve the accessibility and quality of mental health and substance use services through advocacy with local, state and federal policy-makers, education of the public and promotion of research-based practices among providers

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10
Mental Health Association of Fauquier County Inc

To promote mental health and to serve as an advocate for those in need of mental health services and similar purposes.

Health
11
Mental Health Association of Columbia & Greene Counties Inc

To provide education and advocacy, and to create opportunities that enhance the mental health and well-being of individuals, families and communities.

Health
12
Mental Wellness Networking Alliance Inc
Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Mental Health Association of Rochester/Monroe County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Farrr Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/45
Grantees still filing
33/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $394,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTYMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY INC: $280,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY INCMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF DUTCHESS COUNTY INC: $260,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF DUTCHESS COUNTY INCMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF WEST CENTRAL IN: $242,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF WEST CENTRAL INMental Health America of the Palm Beaches Inc: $211,781 · HealthMental Health America of the Palm Beaches IncMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF MONTANA INC: $150,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF MONTANA INCMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN NEW YORK STATE INC (MHANYS): $118,670 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF GREATER DALLAS: $113,116 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $109,500 · HealthMental Health Minnesota: $101,634 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA IN MONTGOMERY: $96,950 · Health+20 more: $625,540 · Health+20 moreUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $509,460 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF GE: $424,000 · OtherNATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF GEREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE: $299,830 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT I…NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH: $269,000 · OtherNEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTHMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LOS ANGELES: $120,000 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LOS ANGELESLouisiana Mental Health Association: $114,757 · OtherLouisiana Mental Health AssociationMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORADO: $89,000 · Other+7 more: $185,075 · Other+7 moreFARRR FOUNDATION INC: $243,000 · PhilanthropyYOUNG AUDIENCES OF NEW JERSEY INC: $165,000 · Arts & Culture
Health$2,703,191Other$2,011,122Philanthropy$243,000Arts & Culture$165,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF GE: $424,000 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $394,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ERIE COUNTY INC: $280,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetNEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH: $269,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF DUTCHESS COUNTY INC: $260,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFARRR FOUNDATION INC: $243,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF WEST CENTRAL IN: $242,000 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetMental Health America of the Palm Beaches Inc: $211,781 over 4y, 19% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES OF NEW JERSEY INC: $165,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF MONTANA INC: $150,000 over 3y, 93% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LOS ANGELES: $120,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN NEW YORK STATE INC (MHANYS): $118,670 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetLouisiana Mental Health Association: $114,757 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF GREATER DALLAS: $113,116 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $109,500 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetMental Health Minnesota: $101,634 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA IN MONTGOMERY: $96,950 over 2y, 28% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORADO: $89,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetTHE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF ROCHESTER/MONROE COUNTY INC: $87,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF ARIZONA: $60,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetIDONTMIND: $54,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN PENNSYLVANIA: $50,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetTHE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $49,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTAMPA BAY THRIVES INC: $44,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $33,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $32,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS: $29,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF THE HEARTLAND: $27,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetGREATER MENTAL HEALTH OF NEW YORK INC F/K/N MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF WEST: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF AUGUSTA: $20,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetMental Health America Lakeshore Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetMental Health Association of Alameda County: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMental Health America of Central Carolinas Inc: $17,575 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF NE FL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $12,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF OHIO INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH CONNECTICUT INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF NKY & SW OH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Mother Cabrini Health…Pharmaceutical Resear…Enterprise Holdings F…The Pfizer Foundation…Duke Energy FoundationNetwork for GoodCharities Aid Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation IncNY14.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mental Health America Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mental Health America Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 82%
  • Mental Health Connecticut Inc: 82% of income from government
  • Young Audiences of New Jersey Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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