Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MENTAL HEALTH NEWS EDUCATION INC
MENTAL HEALTH NEWS EDUCATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,033 to it, the largest being THE ERIC D HADAR FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $291k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $452k
What Mental Health News Education Inc does
Mission
The organization's primary mission is to provide education and information on mental health, chemical dependency, autism and related issues to consumers, families and the professional community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Behavioral health news is committed to improving the lives of individuals living with mental illness and substance use disorder as well as their families and the professional communities that serve them by providing a trusted source of science-based, education, information, advocacy, and quality resources in the community.
$213,465 spent100% of program spendingAutism spectrum news provides the autism community with a trusted source of evidence-based information and education, the latest in scientific research, clinical treatment best practices, family issues, advocacy, and vital community resources.
Maternal mental health and stigma reduction project funded by the new york state office of mental health: a special issue of behaavioral health news was devoted to " supporting maternal mental health and stigma reduction" with articles written by thought leaders and expert in the fields of stigma and maternal mental health in new york state.
Educational publications of mental health, substance use disorders, autism, and related issues for consumers, autistic individuals, families, and the professional community.
$72 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $213,537.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $343k to $435k (+27%).
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: 2017 39% · 2018 27% · 2019 23% · 2020 38% · 2021 23% · 2022 32% · 2023 26% · 2024 22% · 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
24% of MENTAL HEALTH NEWS EDUCATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Rachel A Fernbach
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $10k → $283.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 NEWS EDUCATION 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.
How concentrated its funding is
MENTAL HEALTH NEWS EDUCATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 78% · 2022 80% · 2023 88% — 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.
Where its funders are
MENTAL HEALTH NEWS EDUCATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $233 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
MENTAL HEALTH NEWS EDUCATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MENTAL HEALTH NEWS EDUCATION 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MENTAL HEALTH NEWS EDUCATION 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 NEWS EDUCATION INC?
- MENTAL HEALTH NEWS EDUCATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,033 to it, the largest being THE ERIC D HADAR FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MENTAL HEALTH NEWS EDUCATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $12,033 in grants to MENTAL HEALTH NEWS EDUCATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MENTAL HEALTH NEWS EDUCATION INC?
- THE ERIC D HADAR FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MENTAL HEALTH NEWS EDUCATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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