Mental Health America
Mental Health America
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About this organization
Mission
Mental Health America (MHA) - founded in 1909 - is the nation’s leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and to promoting the overall mental health of all. Our work is driven by our commitment to promote mental health as a critical part of overall wellness, including prevention services for all; early identification and intervention for those at risk; integrated care, services, and supports for those who need it; with recovery as the goal.
About
Public education, policy, and advocacy: national efforts to educate the general public, key influencers, policymakers, and communities about mental health and mental illness and inspire change. Public education campaigns include mental health month, back to school, life on campus, and more. 2018 highlights: created in the 1950s, mental health month is a month-long education campaign to educate the public about mental health, mental wellness and the ways they can keep their minds healthy. The 2018 toolkit that reached more than 31 million individuals and received 650 million social and traditional media impressions included: fact sheets, posters, graphics and infographics.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The mission of the non-profit, as stated in the filing, is “Mental health america (mha) - founded in 1909 - is the nation's leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and to promoting the overall mental health of all americans.”.
When referring to its tasks, they were described as: “Mental health america (mha) - founded in 1909 - is the nation's leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and to promoting the overall mental health of all americans. our work is driven by our commitment to promote mental health as a critical part of overall wellness, including prevention services for all; early identification and intervention for those at risk; integrated care, services, and supports for those who need it; with recovery as the goal. much of our work is guided by the before stage 4 (b4stage4) philosophy - that mental health conditions should be treated long before they reach the most critical points in the disease process.”.
- The non-profit is operating legally in the state of NY.
- The non-profit's address for the year 2019 is listed as 500 MONTGOMERY STREET NO 820, ALEXANDRIA, VA, 22314 in the filing.
- The form submitted by the non-profit organization for 2019 reports 24 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$68,034.
- The organization has 20 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1950.
- The organization pays $2,085,778 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $339,581 in fundraising expenses.