How we work 

Flourishing Minds Fund is a pooled philanthropic organization that grants to highly-impactful organizations and individuals working on a variety of issues within the cause of global mental health.

We accept donations through a donor-advised-fund, and charge zero overhead fees for grants management. If you would like to participate in an upcoming grants round as a grantor partner, or have questions about the process contact Will.

Our Funding Priorities

  • Perinatal Mental Health

    Poor maternal mental health afflicts huge amounts of women worldwide, negatively impacting their life, their children’s lives, and their communities. Nowhere is this burden more pronounced or more seriously neglected than in the Global South.

  • Task Shifting

    Many low and middle income countries have less than one mental health professional per 100,000 people. In order to overcome this hurdle, the use of “lay practitioners” is essential to reach a large amount of sufferers.

  • Suicide Prevention

    1 in 100 deaths globally are attributed to suicide, the majority of these in low and middle income countries. While data still needs to be gathered for many geographies, effective interventions do exist to combat the global scourge of suicide.

  • Digital Mental Health

    Interventions such as guided self-help promise the potential to help massive numbers of individuals for little monetary inputs. While skepticism is required to properly assess the quality of new app, there is a huge potential for these services.

  • Research

    New research is needed on the burden of mental illness, the efficacy of new and existing treatments, and the best philanthropic and policy levers to pull for maximum impact. We support projects with a variety of impactful research agendas.

See our grantees

Our principles  

At Flourishing Minds Fund, we prioritize opportunities that are: 

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Evidence-based and data-driven

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Catalytic, unlocking new dollars, data, or impact

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Ambitious, centering beneficiary partners 

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Scalable, with the potential to impact many lives 

Why Mental Health

Mental illnesses account for 15% of all years lived with disability, and at any one point 970,000,000 people are living with a mental disorder.

Poor mental health is associated with a greater reduction in subjective well-being than physical illness, relationship status, work status, and socioeconomic status.

At the same time, these conditions are gravely neglected by both public and private markets. Quality interventions exist to treat the global burden of mental illness, and we intend to find them and fund them.

Funding Information 

We hold open funding rounds one to two times per year. Check this website periodically for announcements of RFPs and new rounds of grants.

  • We primarily fund nonprofit 501C3 organizations, although can make exceptions for a particularly impactful opportunity.

  • We generally support projects and organizations that operate in the Global South. As we believe that all lives have equal value, individuals living in these geographies are much more neglected than those in wealthier countries.

  • Our funding rounds will center around a specific sub-cause. We will be explicit about this in the announcement of a particular round of funding.