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The Mental Wellness Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
21
Itemized grants FY2024
15
Organizations funded FY2022
67%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Itemized, FY2024
$5.2M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$4,000,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 19
FY2020 to FY2022
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$25M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 67% of the organizations The Mental Wellness Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving20$5.1M70%
FY202215$845k67%
FY202019$790kn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Membership Benefit$4.0MEducation$511kHealth$402kCrime & Legal$328kEnvironment$290kInternational$230kFood & Nutrition$208kHuman Services$200kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wellness Advocacy Fund$4,000,000145%
Transcend Inc$205,00020%
Refed Inc$155,00013%
Legal Aid Bureau Inc$130,00020%
Equal Rights Advocates$125,00021%
Polaris Project$125,00011%
Denise Louie Education center$110,00031%
Refugee Womens Alliance$100,00020%
Tubman Center for Health & Freedom$100,00012%
Rocky Mountain Institute$100,00010%
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All grantees of The Mental Wellness Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wellness Advocacy Fund$4,000,000145%
Transcend Inc$205,00020%
Refed Inc$155,00013%
Legal Aid Bureau Inc$130,00020%
Equal Rights Advocates$125,00021%
Polaris Project$125,00011%
Denise Louie Education center$110,00031%
Refugee Womens Alliance$100,00020%
Tubman Center for Health & Freedom$100,00012%
Rocky Mountain Institute$100,00010%
American Academy of Pediatrics$100,00010%
Johns Hopkins University$100,00010%
Front and Centered$100,00021%
Pro Bono Counseling Project Inc$90,000112%
Maris Place$75,000224%
Downtown Emergency Service Center$75,00020%
Restore a Child Inc$60,00015%
Project Drawdown$50,00011%
Na'ah Illahee Fund$45,00011%
Familyworks$40,00021%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$40,00010%
United Way of King County$40,00010%
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc$38,00010%
University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc$32,5001n/a
Canal Alliance$32,50010%
Wu Yee Children's Services$30,00010%
Homeless Prenatal Program Inc$30,00010%
Oneamerica$30,00011%
Nurse-Family Partnership$30,00010%
Success Academy Charter Schools - NYC$25,00010%
Washington Progress Fund$25,00011%
The House DC$22,50012%
Center for Law and Social Policy$20,00010%
Farestart$12,50010%
San Francisco Food Bank$12,50010%
International Surf Therapy Organization$10,000114%
Men Can Stop Rape$10,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($405k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Mental Wellness Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWellness Advocacy Fund: $4,000,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetTranscend Inc: $205,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRefed Inc: $155,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetLegal Aid Bureau Inc: $130,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEqual Rights Advocates: $125,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPolaris Project: $125,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDenise Louie Education center: $110,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetRefugee Womens Alliance: $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTubman Center for Health & Freedom: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetRocky Mountain Institute: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Academy of Pediatrics: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFront and Centered: $100,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPro Bono Counseling Project Inc: $90,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetMaris Place: $75,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetDowntown Emergency Service Center: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRestore a Child Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetProject Drawdown: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNa'ah Illahee Fund: $45,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFamilyworks: $40,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of King County: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: $38,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCanal Alliance: $32,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWu Yee Children's Services: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHomeless Prenatal Program Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOneamerica: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNurse-Family Partnership: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSuccess Academy Charter Schools - NYC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Progress Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe House DC: $22,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCenter for Law and Social Policy: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFarestart: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Surf Therapy Organization: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMen Can Stop Rape: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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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.

Greater Washington Co…Seattle FoundationGates FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Bainum Family Foundat…The Bullitt FoundationThe Satterberg Founda…Inatai FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…ImpactassetsincGs Donor Advised Phil…Tides Foundation
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC23.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Gates Foundation · United Way of King County · Bainum Family Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Inatai Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Tides Foundation

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.

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About The Mental Wellness Foundation Inc

How much does The Mental Wellness Foundation Inc give?
The Mental Wellness Foundation Inc reported 21 itemized grants totaling $5,162,500, out of $5,292,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
What does The Mental Wellness Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Membership Benefit (35%), Education (4%), Health (4%).
Who are The Mental Wellness Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Wellness Advocacy Fund ($4.0M), Transcend Inc ($205k), Refed Inc ($155k).
Does The Mental Wellness Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Mental Wellness Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Mental Wellness Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Gates Foundation.
Where is The Mental Wellness Foundation Inc based?
The Mental Wellness Foundation Inc is based in MD.

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 44 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $1.8M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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