The Sozosei Foundation is excited to announce a new opportunity for funding to support evidence-based programs and innovative (untested) approaches that will disrupt the current practice of criminalizing mental illness and accelerate access to community-based mental health care.
Donor Name: Sozosei Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/18/2022
Size of the Grant: $25,000 – $300,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The Foundation’s primary focus is to eliminate the use of jails and prisons for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. They also engage in disaster relief in places where Otsuka has a presence globally and support efforts to build resilient, healthy, and vibrant communities in six cities within a 50-mile radius of Otsuka’s offices in the United States.
The Foundation values programs that are grounded in evidence along with those that have the potential to grow the evidence base of what works by enabling data collection, data sharing, and evaluation of evidence-ready interventions. “Evidence-ready” is a spectrum; it indicates an organization’s commitment to curiosity and a strong desire to use scientific rigor to help determine whether a program is effective and can be expanded to help more people over time. Their goal is to scale what works.
The Foundation will give priority to proposals in the following areas:
- 988 implementation, operations, communications and other activities related to responses to mental health emergencies that increase access to care in communities;
- Scaling efforts to increase access to community-based mental health care so that people with mental illness do not enter the criminal legal system;
- Increasing the number of psychiatrists in the United States, with a focus on psychiatrists from BIPOC communities;
- Supporting education and organizing around enforcing the Mental Health Parity Act and ensuring parity in health plans not covered by the Act itself (please note that the Foundation does not support lobbying or political campaigns); and
- Arts and communications to increase access to mental health care outside of the criminal legal system.
Funding Information
- The Foundation will provide a small number of general operating or project-based grants ranging between $25,000 – $300,000 per applicant per year.
- September 1, 2022 – October 31, 2023 (one-year grants)
- September 1, 2022 – October 31, 2024 (two-year grants)
Eligibility Criteria
Interested applicants should be one of the following:
- 501(c)3 non-profit
- Organizations with a 501(c)3 fiscal sponsor
- Coalitions with a lead 501(c)3 organization
The Foundation will not provide grants for political campaigns or lobbying activities.
For more information, visit Sozosei Foundation.
