Mental Health at the Center: A Roadmap for Strategic Investment
Last month, Mindful Philanthropy issued a moonshot challenge to philanthropy, calling on funders to invest 5x more in mental health by 2035 - to $35 billion annually - through strategic collaboration and bigger, bolder bets.
In our November 14th webinar, Discussing the Roadmap for Investment, Mindful Philanthropy founding board member and Scattergood Foundation President Joe Pyle stated that philanthropists need to be “disruptive in their funding.”
In October, Mindful Philanthropy launched the Mental Health at the Center series of guidances, releasing The Case for Philanthropic Investment and, more recently, A Roadmap for Strategic Investment. This latest report outlines five key priorities for funders to focus their investments so that they have the biggest impact in addressing the mental health challenges of today.
The investment priorities covered in the guidance are:
Community, to support initiatives to reduce isolation and rebuild communities;
Youth & Their Support Systems, to address the youth mental health crisis which fulfills our overarching goal of addressing mental health early;
Mental Health Workforce, to increase the number of providers across disciplines;
Comprehensive Crisis Response, to provide help to those in crisis rather than a police response; and
Implement What Works, to double down on evidence-based programs that have been proven to show results.
Download Mental Health at the Center: A Roadmap to Strategic Investment today to learn more about these priority areas. To watch our recent webinar unpacking the roadmap, click here.
