How do I find funders for a mental health nonprofit in California?

Start with the funders already giving to mental health in California, currently Dechomai Asset Trust, The Chicago Community Trust, John Muir Health. Then look at who funds the mental health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.

How much grant money goes to mental health in California?

$458M reached 722 mental health organizations in California, from 1,738 funders. 54% came from funders also based in California.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · California · Mental health

Who funds mental health in California

Mental health funding in California is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Olivann leads, and the money reaches 722 groups.

$458M

granted

722

organizations

54%

from in-state

The short version

1,738 funders gave $458M to 722 mental health organizations in California across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
54% of that came from funders also based in California; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of mental health in California is Dechomai Asset Trust, at $44M.
The mental health organization drawing the most is Olivann, at $46M.

Largest funders of mental health in California

The funders giving the most to mental health organizations in California, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Dechomai Asset Trust$44M 2The Chicago Community Trust$29M 3John Muir Health$29M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$15M 5Hias Inc$10M 6Victor Treatment Centers Inc$10M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$9M 8Kaiser Foundation Hospitals$9M 9American Online Giving Foundation Inc$8M 10Sutter Valley Hospitals$8M

Mental health organizations in California that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

712 other mental health organizations$239M

Olivann$46M John Muir Behavioral Health$32M A New Way of Life Reentry Project$31M Grounded Solutions Network$23M Wellspace Health$14M Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service$13M

How to find mental health funders in California

1
Start with the funders already active in California
The funders giving the most to mental health in California are Dechomai Asset Trust, The Chicago Community Trust, John Muir Health. A funder already writing mental health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the mental health organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
46% of mental health money in California comes from funders elsewhere, so national mental health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in California.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a mental health nonprofit in California?: Start with the funders already giving to mental health in California, currently Dechomai Asset Trust, The Chicago Community Trust, John Muir Health. Then look at who funds the mental health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into California from out of state.
Who is the largest mental health funder in California?: Dechomai Asset Trust gives the most to mental health organizations in California, $44M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to mental health in California?: $458M reached 722 mental health organizations in California, from 1,738 funders. 54% came from funders also based in California.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.