Virginia · Nonprofit
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC (Virginia) receives grants from 212 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,419,166 to it, the largest being Elevance Health Foundation Inc ($2,333,333). 89 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 212
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Mental Health America Inc does
Mission
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 community and national levels to promote mental health through public education, research, advocacy and public policy, and direct service. Our work is informed, designed, and led by the lived experience of those most affected.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research: mha is a leader in conducting population health and patient-participatory research to improve the mental health of individuals across the u.s. Mha uses a database of over 25 million health screens to issue reports to inform public policy and decision-making, validate screening tools, conduct research on evidence-based online interventions, research links to peers and communities, and provide a free source of mental health screening information by location and condition for use by policymakers, other researchers, and the general public. Mha also issues other reports and analyses of mental health trends and statistics in the u.s.
$2,409,979 spentof which $1,089,721 as grants$108,990 earned by the program27% of program spendingConstituency services: mha supports a national network of community-based organizations providing mental health services, information and referral services, psychosocial services, and policy and advocacy. By providing technical assistance, training, grant opportunities, and content to affiliates and similar organizations, mha supports a national effort to provide high-quality, culturally responsive mental health services for individuals in need across the country.
$2,315,743 spentof which $361,547 as grants$456,419 earned by the program26% of program spendingPublic education: mha provides resources to individuals with mental health concerns, their supporters, and providers through a wide range of culturally responsive tools year-round. Major education campaigns include mental health month, bipoc mental health month, and back to school for youth, their parents, and young adults. Campaigns offer resources for community organizations, direct education for individuals in need, media outreach, webinars, e-training, and social media. These signature programs reach millions of people annually. Mha also offers a free, anonymous screening tool where nearly 15,000 people per day educate themselves on their own mental health and take recovery steps. Mha additionally provides education and support to 2,500 employers and their workers through its workplace mental health program.
$2,292,086 spentof which $166,711 as grants$326,524 earned by the program26% of program spendingPolicy and advocacy: mha advocates for laws and policies that promote and foster positive mental health, ensure access to effective and culturally responsive care, and protect the rights of people who have mental health conditions and their families. Mha works with partners and affiliates to champion prevention, encourage access to screening and early intervention services, get mental health education and programming in schools, expand access to crisis resources, improve access to and use of peer specialists, improve services for youth and young adults, and integrate recovery fully in care. Mha's efforts around the social drivers of mental health address the inequities that prevent people from reaching their full potential.
$1,939,349 spentof which $114,543 as grants$6,450 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,957,157.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $6.8M to $11M (+58%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 0% · 2019 2% · 2020 2% · 2021 8% · 2022 4% · 2023 6% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Elizabeth Stribling
President and CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 72 funders, grant income rose $418k → $3.5M.
28 of 212 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 212 funders by total. 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.
How concentrated its funding is
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
44% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 19% · 2019 22% · 2020 15% · 2021 8% · 2022 30% · 2023 33% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
28% of MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 36 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Government funding MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4k on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $4k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 40 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC?
- MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC (Virginia) receives grants from 212 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,419,166 to it, the largest being Elevance Health Foundation Inc ($2,333,333). 89 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 212 organizations giving $13,419,166 in grants to MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC, 89 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC?
- Elevance Health Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $2,333,333 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 212 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing