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MENTAL DESIGN INSTITUTE INC

MENTAL DESIGN INSTITUTE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being JOHN LEOPOLD WEIL & GERALDINE RICKARD WEIL MEMORIAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$50k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$50k
Net assets
$43k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 99%
01What it does

What Mental Design Institute Inc does

Mission

Our mission is to make mental health universally understood.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Published one article called What is Mental Health Part I at https://mentaldesigninstitute.medium.com/what-is-mental-health-27e967a0aa2b

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  2. Started to create publication called What is Mental Health? Part II, which includes written and illustrated components. We applied for and received a grant to create What is Mental Health? Part II and What is Mental Health? Part III. In 2022, we paid an illustrator $2,000 to start to create the What is Mental Health? Part II.

    $2,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants
    100% of program spending
  3. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,000.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of MENTAL DESIGN INSTITUTE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of MENTAL DESIGN INSTITUTE INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

MENTAL DESIGN INSTITUTE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,648 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin85% · top quartile
Months of reserve66.2mo · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,648 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2022

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In Massachusetts

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04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

26% of spending goes to programs.

Program 26%Management 74%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds MENTAL DESIGN INSTITUTE INC?
MENTAL DESIGN INSTITUTE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being JOHN LEOPOLD WEIL & GERALDINE RICKARD WEIL MEMORIAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MENTAL DESIGN INSTITUTE INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $50,000 in grants to MENTAL DESIGN INSTITUTE INC.
Who is the largest funder of MENTAL DESIGN INSTITUTE INC?
JOHN LEOPOLD WEIL & GERALDINE RICKARD WEIL MEMORIAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MENTAL DESIGN INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2022–2022), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing