Virginia · Nonprofit
NAMI National
NAMI National (Virginia) receives grants from 744 organizations whose IRS filings report $88,231,088 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($30,580,030). 348 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $99M
- Funders on record
- 744
- Grants received
- $88M
- Net assets
- $127M
What NAMI National does
Mission
NAMI provides advocacy, education, support and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives.See Schedule O
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program and Membership Support - Public Awareness, Partnerships and Outreach: NAMI advances mental health awareness and connects individuals and families with resources and support.See Schedule O.
$23,723,461 spentof which $2,251,936 as grants$107,507 earned by the program76% of program spendingEducation Services- Information, Support and Education: NAMI provides education programs, presentations, and peer-led support groups nationwide. These programs are led by trained volunteers and individuals with lived experience.See Schedule O.
$4,392,509 spentof which $96,500 as grants$276,429 earned by the program14% of program spendingAdvocacy - Public Policy and Advocacy: NAMI advocates for policies that improve the lives of people affected by mental illness. Advocacy priorities include access to health care coverage, crisis response services, early intervention and diversion from the justice system.In 2025, NAMI advocates took more than 247,000 advocacy actions.Advocacy efforts focused in part on protecting access to Medicaid, the largest payer of mental health services in the United States.NAMI also continued efforts to expand awareness and implementation of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. In 2025, the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules requiring georouting of text messages to 988 so individuals contacting the lifeline are connected to local crisis centers.Following sustained advocacy by NAMI and partners, the Food and Drug Administration removed certain restrictions that had limited access to clozapine, a treatment for drug-resistant schizophrenia.NAMI leaders from across the country also met with Members of Congress to discuss federal mental health priorities.
$3,269,118 spentof which $63,125 as grants10% of program spendingNAMI supports research and evaluation to improve mental health programs and inform policy.In 2025, NAMI launched a Scientific Advisory Council composed of clinical and research experts who provide guidance to ensure NAMI's work reflects current scientific evidence and best practices.NAMI also develops and shares policy analyses, research resources and educational materials that support evidence-based mental health care.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $31,385,088.
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 2024 to 2025, from $77M to $141M (+83%).
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: 2020 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of NAMI National’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Daniel Gillison Jr
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 85 funders to 258 funders, grant income rose $1.3M → $40M.
70 of 744 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 NAMI National’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 744 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
NAMI National has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
81% 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 NAMI National.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 19% · 2018 22% · 2019 15% · 2020 26% · 2021 19% · 2022 19% · 2023 75% — growing more concentrated.
“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
34% of NAMI National's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
72% of NAMI National's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $24M that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 48 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $64M arriving through sponsors registered in 28 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.
Against its field
NAMI National runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding NAMI National receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $981k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$981k
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 NAMI National
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NAMI National: 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 NAMI National?
- NAMI National (Virginia) receives grants from 744 organizations whose IRS filings report $88,231,088 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($30,580,030). 348 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NAMI National have?
- IRS filings report 744 organizations giving $88,231,088 in grants to NAMI National, 348 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NAMI National?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $30,580,030 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NAMI National 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 744 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