Mental Health Awareness Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Florence, SC EIN: 57-0898098

Mental Health Awareness Foundation is a private foundation, based in Florence, SC. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $7K in total assets. Net investment income was $1.

Mental Health Awareness Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$6,925
-8.3% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$8
-100.2% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$1
-99.8% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$637
-99.0% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Mental Health Awareness Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

4<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 4 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Cities

FlorenceHartsville

How Mental Health Awareness Foundation gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2021 to 2024 (+7%). Method
  • In 2024 it paid out well above its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K0 grants2020 2 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 2 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2021 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $56K (2021) to $60K (2024). In 2024 it made 2 grants totaling $60K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
All Seasons Healing Hearts Campchild and Family Resource FD Hartsville, SCSponsor specialized day camp for children and families facing grief, trauma, or loss procidng theraputic activities$30,000
Pee Dee Mental Health Center Florence, SCProvide patient assistance and socialization, reward experiences patients & families in florence darlington and Marion counties$30,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$6,925$8$637———$1$358
2024$7,554$-4,694$60,694$60,0002$60,000$508$1,240
2023$72,942$3,719$45———$3,674$3,139
2022$69,268$3,383$115———$3,268$3,102
2021$66,000$8,314$56,064$56,0002$56,000$8,250$3,732
2020$113,750$33$51———$4,639$5,182

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Mental Health Awareness Foundation reported a distributable amount of $358 for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Mental Health Awareness Foundation is led by Frank G. Brand, President on every filing since 2020; none of the 4 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Frank G. Brand

    President

    On filings since 2020

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karl A. Folkens

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Hanna

    Vice President

    On filings since 2020

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Angela L. Polk

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2021

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Mental Health Awareness Foundation

How large is Mental Health Awareness Foundation?

Mental Health Awareness Foundation reported $7K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $8.

Where does Mental Health Awareness Foundation operate?

Mental Health Awareness Foundation has awarded grants in South Carolina.

How much is Mental Health Awareness Foundation required to give away each year?

Private foundations must generally distribute about 5% of their assets annually. For 2025, Mental Health Awareness Foundation reported a distributable amount of $358 on its IRS Form 990-PF — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

What is Mental Health Awareness Foundation's EIN?

Mental Health Awareness Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 57-0898098. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 25, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS January 23, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 9, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS June 9, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 3, 2026)

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