Vibrant Communities Mental Health Grants
Funding Amount
$500 - $10,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Can we apply?
Check your organization against each line. Taken from the listing; confirm with the funder's guidelines.
Other requirements
- Staffing
- Training and therapeutic services
- Mental health programs
- Operational costs related to enhancing or adding capacity
Overview
Geographic Scope: St. Croix Valley region (six-county service area): Chisago and Washington Counties (Minnesota), and Burnett, Polk, St. Croix, and Pierce Counties (Wisconsin)
Fourth-year grant program (as of 2024) supporting organizations responding to mental health needs of community residents. Facilitated nearly $450,000 across four years of funding.
Focus Areas:
- Mental health programming across the spectrum: prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management
- Senior mental health programming
- Youth mentorship and mental health support
- Grief therapy
- Suicide prevention
- Mental health training
- Support for individuals facing mental health challenges
Eligible Expenses:
- Staffing
- Training and therapeutic services
- Mental health programs
- Operational costs related to enhancing or adding capacity
- Health organization program development
Award Amounts:
- Single affiliate grants: $500 - $6,000
- Multi-affiliate grants: $500 - $10,000
Eligibility:
- Community organizations responding to identified mental health needs
- Funds support program development, enhancement, or capacity expansion
Program Statistics:
- More than half of adults will be diagnosed with mental illness/disorder at some point
- One in five Americans experience mental illness in a given year
- One in five children have/will have a seriously debilitating mental illness
Contact:
- Phone: 715-386-9490
- Email: info@scvfoundation.org
- Address: St. Croix Valley Foundation, 1830 Hanley Rd, Ste 200, Hudson, WI 54016
How to Apply
Application Process
- Review Guidelines and Eligibility - Available online
- Complete Application - Submit online application
- Notification - Award status notification by end of May
Eligible Expenses
- Staffing
- Training
- Therapeutic services and programs
- Operational costs related to enhancing or adding capacity to health organizations, programs or services
Program Focus
Funds support programs addressing any aspect of the mental health and wellbeing spectrum, from prevention to management.
What St Croix Valley Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 106
- Total given
- $36.94M
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $5,147–$35M
- By dollars: Pennsylvania 95%, Minnesota 3%, Wisconsin 2%. Top recipient cities: Stillwater, MN; Hudson, WI; Saint Paul, MN.
- 52% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 28% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA
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Allina Health Foundation · Minneapolis, MN
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Lakeview Memorial Hospice Program · Stillwater, MN
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$160K
Wild Rivers Conservancy of the St Croix and Namekagon · Osceola, WI
General operating, annual contribution, programs
$103K
YMCA Hudson · Hudson, WI
General operating
$63K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Mental health
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