Resources
Catalyzing Mental Health Philanthropy
Our convenings, guidance, and uplifted solutions are resources to catalyze the field of mental health philanthropy and accelerate impact.
Convenings
With in-person and digital convenings, we bring funders together to actively engage and share insights with each other, learn from one another, break down silos, and collaborate to mobilize resources and align efforts.
In-Person Convenings
Learn more about our in-person events by joining the funder community.
Our annual Activate event is a convening of principal level funders in the emerging field of mental health philanthropy.
Activate funder attendees can access event materials on Mindful Connect. ➝
"Activate was an amazing conference, generative on so many levels as an academic, advocate, worker bee, mom, and philanthropist."
– Dr. Sheila Ohlsson Walker, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University
“Activate was one of the most impressive, well-conceived and executed philanthropy convenings I’ve been to in years.”
- Corporate Funder, Activate Attendee
"The stories shared at Activate deeply resonated with us. We walked out of the event and immediately decided to increase our giving to mental health in Atlanta."
- David & Michelle Hirsch, Hirsch Legacy Fund
In the Spring of 2025 we are launching the Accelerate Summit as an opportunity to build on the success of Activate for a broader set of philanthropic actors. Leaders across the philanthropic sector and beyond will come together to catalyze the future of global mental health.
“Keep an eye out for the joy that can come with connecting good people… So often there can be shared learnings and collaborative efforts; we don’t have to be in silos.”
– Mindful Philanthropy convening attendee
Digital Convenings
We host regional funder convenings as well as webinars on key mental health topics. Explore some of the topics.
Community
Mindful Philanthropy: A Community on a Mission
Mental Health at the Center
Mental Health at the Center: Discussing the Roadmap for Investment
Youth Mental Health
Empowering the Future: A Discussion with Dr. Jonathan Haidt
Webinar
Get Your Head in the Game: Philanthropy in Mental Health & Sports
Webinar
The State of Psychedelics: An Overview of Philanthropic Opportunities
Webinar
How Philanthropy Can Support Culturally-Led Programs
With Her in Mind
With Her in Mind: Women’s Mental Health Across the Lifespan
Thriving in Schools
Thriving in Schools: Supporting Policy Change
Guidance
Our work includes several series and primers available to our funder community and the foundational first three reports of a four-part series, Mental Health at the Center (MHAC).
Mental Health at the Center (MHAC)
This series of reports is defining the gold standard for mental health philanthropy.
REPORT
Measuring Success in Mental Health Philanthropy
Measuring Success in Mental Health Philanthropy anchors the field on a common set of goal metrics, a north star for measuring impact, driving accountability, and aligning investments toward lasting change.
REPORT
U.S. Funding Landscape
The U.S. Funding Landscape is the third guidance in the Mental Health at the Center series and provides a first-of-its-kind snapshot of philanthropic funding for mental health in the United States. It outlines total funding amounts from 2015-2022, trends in giving areas, levers to greater impact, and implications for the field.
REPORT
A Roadmap for Strategic Investment
Building on The Case for Philanthropic Investment, the second guidance in the Mental Health at the Center series helps new and existing funders prioritize investments in support of mental health that are most likely to make a difference. These priorities are not only critical standalone issues, but they are key to population level outcomes.
REPORT
The Case for Philanthropic Investment
Philanthropy has a strategic role to play in filling funding gaps, spurring innovation, and driving meaningful social change. The intersectionality of mental health means that all of philanthropy has a responsibility to this work. The Case for Philanthropic Investment provides a high-level view of mental health needs, gaps, and opportunities to orient funders to the mental health landscape.
Access Our Guidance
Explore our multiple series guiding mental health philanthropy.
Uplifted Solutions
We uplift proven solutions for the future of mental health. Our approach includes a diverse array of public-private partnerships, demonstration projects, challenges, for-profit, nonprofit, and advocacy and policy solutions.
Mindful Philanthropy Portfolio
Non-Profits
Public-Private Partnerships
Funds & Investment Opportunities
Advocacy & Policy
Portfolio nonprofits reflect an ecosystem of solutions for mental health in the U.S. We are continually evaluating a wide range of organizations based on quality of programming, potential for impact, and financial and governance due diligence. Organizations are uplifted to funders through our Mindful Connect Community, webinars, and written guidance.
Organizations are currently considered by invitation only. Mindful reviews key documents and meets with leadership to assess for: aligned theory of change, quality of programmatic activities, proven or promising impact, strong finance and governance, and a compelling future vision that philanthropy can support.
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