Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation: Reintegration Grants

Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation: Reintegration Grants

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Sidney R Baer Jr Foundation
Last Updated: November 04, 2025

Summary

The Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation offers Reintegration Grants aimed at supporting individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. By focusing on abilities rather than symptoms, the foundation promotes recovery through various programs. Their funding helps organizations that maintain a commitment to mental health, ensuring that recipients receive necessary support, such as scholarships and facility management, to enhance their quality of life. The foundation believes in empowering individuals to actively participate in their recovery journey.

Overview

Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation The Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation is a catalyst for positive change in the lives of those living with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. It is our mission to award grants to organizations and institutions doing work that will have a tangible impact on the field of mental health. Our vision is a better world, where those afflicted with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder might no longer feel the isolation so often associated with the disease. Every grant the foundation awards starts with a single question: “Would this have benefited Sidney?” Our namesake was a member of the well-known family who founded the Stix Baer and Fuller department store chain. A brilliant businessman who was only limited by his illness, Sidney accumulated a great deal of wealth in his lifetime, but no amount of money was enough to soothe the overwhelming struggles associated with his schizophrenia. In honor of Sidney R. Baer, Jr., the foundation has identified five grant segments where we believe our funds will make the biggest difference for those suffering from serious mental illness. Education, criminal justice, reintegration, clinical research, and social support are all aspects of Sidney’s day-to-day life where greater access to understanding and resources would have improved his quality of life Reintegration Grants Living with mental illness is a lifelong journey. The key to making the most of that journey is focusing on a person’s abilities rather than just their symptoms. Thanks to outstanding curing, aiding, and treatment programs, individuals living with severe mental illness can experience increased fulfillment, stability, and a sense of purpose both personally and professionally. Sidney R. Baer, Jr. was an avid supporter of the clubhouse model of treatment for schizophrenia. It was his belief, and is the belief of The Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation, that encouraging individuals to be active participants in their own recovery and the recovery of others builds confidence, friendship, and life skills. We manifest our support of reintegration programs in many ways. From scholarships for deserving individuals to get the reintegration support they need to fully funding the construction and management of New York based Fountain House, we aim to ensure that living with mental illness is an obtainable goal.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Qualifying organizations must have tax-exempt status under IRS sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) or 509(a)(2). They must agree to expend no more than seven percent of the received fund on the organization’s administrative expenses and the primary focus of the application should be programs concentrating on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.There is no geographic restriction within the continental US.

Ineligibility

No grants will be made for international activities or to foreign charitable institutions.No grants will be made directly to individuals or to medical researchers.No grants will be made for current operating funds, annual fund-raising drives, or for the establishment of, or additions to, endowments.No grants will be made for charitable needs beyond the scope of the Foundation’s missions including intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, drugs and alcohol addiction.We do NOT fund 509(a)(3) supporting organizations, private foundations, or private operating foundations.