Grants for Mental Health Organizations
If you run a mental health nonprofit, this page is your starting point. Bespoke Grants tracks 3,304 foundations that fund mental health organizations — together $46.16B in recent grants. Below are the most active funders. Every one links to a full giving profile, and Bespoke Grants will rank all 3,304 against your organization's specific mission and location, free.
Foundations that fund mental health organizations
Ranked by total recent giving. Click any funder for its full profile — giving history, grant recipients, focus areas, and how to apply.
| # | Foundation | Based in | Annual giving |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $1.46B |
| 2 | Rural India Supporting Trust | Farmington Hills, MI | $1.38B |
| 3 | Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc | Alpharetta, GA | $1.30B |
| 4 | Americares Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | $1.02B |
| 5 | World Vision Inc | Federal Way, WA | $984.7M |
| 6 | Baptist Health South Florida Inc | Coral Gables, FL | $885.6M |
| 7 | Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $789.6M |
| 8 | The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | $760.8M |
| 9 | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $708.9M |
| 10 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $642.7M |
| 11 | Navigate Affordable Housing | Birmingham, AL | $639.4M |
| 12 | Foundation to Promote Open Society | New York, NY | $593.3M |
| 13 | The Chicago Community Trust | Chicago, IL | $576.9M |
| 14 | The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $532.0M |
| 15 | American Endowment Foundation | Hudson, OH | $512.5M |
| 16 | Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | $496.2M |
| 17 | Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Redmond, WA | $484.7M |
| 18 | United States Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $479.1M |
| 19 | The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | $471.3M |
| 20 | The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley | New York, NY | $440.9M |
| 21 | Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | $428.2M |
| 22 | The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | $420.9M |
| 23 | University of Notre Dame Du Lac | Notre Dame, IN | $401.0M |
| 24 | The Jpb Foundation | New York, NY | $359.4M |
| 25 | Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc | Oakland, CA | $312.6M |
| 26 | John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (consolidated) | Chicago, IL | $311.5M |
| 27 | Wk Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | $295.1M |
| 28 | The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $294.0M |
| 29 | Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $272.1M |
| 30 | Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $252.9M |
This list is ranked by size. Yours should be ranked by fit.
The funders above are the biggest — not necessarily the right ones for your mental health organizations. Bespoke Grants ranks all 3,304 against your actual mission, service area, and budget, and shows you why each matches. Free, no credit card.
Match my organization to funders →How mental health organizations should approach these funders
A long list of funders is only useful if you approach them well. Three things matter more than the size of your mental health organizations: fit, evidence, and the first contact. Fit means the funder's stated priorities, the population they serve, and the geography they fund genuinely overlap with your work — funders reject far more proposals for poor fit than for weak programs. Evidence means a specific, concrete description of the need you address and what your funding will change. And the first contact is rarely a full proposal: most private foundations prefer a brief letter of inquiry, and many fund only organizations they already know — so a warm introduction or a short, well-targeted note is the realistic way in.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I find grants for mental health organizations?
- Start with foundations that already fund mental health organizations — our index lists 3,304. Match them to your specific mission, location, and budget, then approach the best fits with a brief letter of inquiry rather than a cold full proposal.
- How many foundations fund mental health organizations?
- Bespoke Grants tracks 3,304 foundations that fund mental health organizations, representing $46.16B in recent grants.
- Do these foundations accept unsolicited applications?
- Some do; many do not. Each foundation's profile shows what is known about its application process. Where a funder does not accept unsolicited proposals, relationship-building is still the path in — it is rarely a dead end.