MCMF: Mental Health Grant

Overview

Mission

To improve the lives of people with serious mental illness by investing in innovative projects in Northeast Ohio having national transformational impact.

The Foundation invests primarily in mental health programs in Northeast Ohio. We also support arts and education initiatives in Summit County.

MCMF: Mental Health Grant

After the Morgan family faced challenge after challenge while searching for mental health treatment for their son, Peg committed to help other families, just like hers, and their loved ones living with mental illness.

And she wanted to Think Big.

Today, thanks to Peg’s guidance, our primary focus is on programs and projects addressing prevention, treatment, and recovery for those living with serious mental illness (SMI).

At Peg’s Foundation, here’s what SMI means: Serious Mental Illness (SMI): A chronic mental illness causing impairments that interfere with an individual’s ability to function within their family or society. The illness may have dangerous consequences, and we remain guided by the fact that schizophrenia was the primary illness impacting Peg’s family.

Peg’s Foundation believes in relevant and innovative—and at times disruptive—ideas to improve access to care and treatment for the seriously mentally ill.

Together, we strive to promote the implementation of a stronger, more effective, compassionate, and inclusive health care system for all.

Goals

Here are some example goals that potential grantees may find helpful to consider:

* Supporting the person and family by improving the care they receive during all points of the illness, with specific goals like:
* Enhancing the quality of life, resulting in long-term, consumer driven supports for employment, education, housing, medical care, socialization, and transportation
* Providing engagement, stabilization, and resilience, improving function and helping consumers become more self-sufficient
* Reducing long-term dependence on care systems and increasing hope for wellness at all points of illness
* Engaging stakeholders for improving the care delivery system, with solutions including:
* Programs resulting in holistic, integrated, and cost-effective solutions for addressing system gaps
* Projects providing basic needs and minimizing instances of crisis
* Creative solutions, new ideas, evidence-based practices, and collaborative efforts for nurturing high levels of recovery
* Empowering all to improve public understanding and compassion, with initiatives that:
* Engage leaders and change agents, disrupting the status quo, accelerating knowledge sharing, informing policy discussion, and rewarding impact
* Deepen mental health knowledge, increasing public understanding, and building an effective mental health workforce
* Advance mental health literacy by promoting early identification of mental disorders, reducing stigma, and enhancing help-seeking behaviors

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Applications will only be accepted from organizations recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
* The Foundation accepts grant applications from these 18 northeast Ohio counties:
* Ashland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Jefferson, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawas and Wayne.
* The Foundation seeks to fund primarily project and operating grants.
* Multi-year requests are considered only when the proposed project requires more than one year to achieve its objectives.

Ineligibility

* The Foundation does not ordinarily fund public policy/legislative advocacy, endowments, research, and capital projects.
* The Foundation does not award individual scholarships.