The American Mental Health Foundation
AMHF, for its 100-plus years, is dedicated to the welfare of all people with emotional problems. AMHF works to end the stigma, especially with respect to young people. When you donate you are also giving to support the public good. Following are sobering facts and statistics:
– 1 in 5 children—either currently or at some time during his or her lifetime—has, will have, or has had a seriously debilitating mental disorder (National Institute of Mental Health)
– For youth between the ages of 10 and 34 suicide is the second-leading cause of death: thousands lost every year
– Twelve million children are poor and possibly 40 percent of them live in extreme poverty (Children’s Defense Fund)
– Effective Altruism (EA) is much in the news.
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SPECIAL THANKS ARE EXTENDED TO THE FOLLOWING BENEFACTOR-LEVEL DONORS
The Baschkopf Family Fund in Conjunction with UJA; The Estate of Lillian Berinstein; Charities Aid Foundation America; The Estate of Gwendolyn T. Curry; The Annie L. Hankins Trust; The Herbert Hoffman Trust; The Ruth Hoffman Charitable Remainder Trust; The Estate of Isadore L. Klein; Michael Leach; Dolores Lipshonsky; Marvin Lipshonsky; LMEPAC Charity Program; Network for Good; PayPal Giving Fund; I. Ryabczak; Julia A. Rogge; Janice Caporicci Stavros and Vasilios Stavros; The Estate of Rosaria N. Tomasetta; TRUiST/frontstream; United Way; Mr. and Mrs. Philip Winsor
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In its centennial-year 2024-25, this foundation looks to your help and support to sustain its mission: to continue growing, to serve society. Together, let’s end the stigmas attached to sufferers!
Donors through the end of 2024 into 2025 are listed immediately below. A list of donors in 2023 follows. Thank you, all!
Charities Aid Foundation America; Margaret Dempsey; Mrs. Georgina J. Flannery and Dr. Raymond B. Flannery Jr.; Rémi Fournier Lanzoni; Network for Good; PayPal Giving Fund; Progressive Insurance Foundation; Julia A. Rogge; Deandra Stevenson; Jeannine Ventimiglia; Ben Wells
2023: Kyle Agpalo; Charities Aid Foundation America; Marcia J. Clendenen; Josh Foltz; Rémi Fournier Lanzoni; Ta-Sean C. Murdock; Brian Murray; Network for Good; PayPal Giving Fund; Richard A. Riley; Kimberley Williams
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AMHF exists through the generosity and selflessness of its donors: You! Click here for one of our research projects, in conjunction with Astor Services for Children & Families. This American Mental Health Foundation-Astor Services Study, written by Mary Nichols, Suzanne Button, Katherine Hoopole, and Laura Lappan, has been published as Early Identification, Palliative Care, and Prevention of Psychotic Disorders in Children and Youth, and can be ordered by clicking on the above link.
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Your help, your gifts are urgently needed in 2025. See your generosity in action!
AMHF has reestablished the following fund-raising goals for all its projected programs in 2025:
– Schizophrenia ($350,000)
– PTSD ($150,000)
– Suicide Prevention ($150,000)
– Depression ($150,000)
– OCD ($150,000)
– Alcoholism ($150,000)
– The Developmentally Delayed and Elders Assessments ($650,000)
– Animal-companion Bereavement ($150,000)
– SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy) ($150,000)
See toward the bottom of this page, regarding protecting the privacy of donors. This charitable organization never collects or uses such information, including non-personal tracking or “cookies.”
Please click the button immediately below and give generously to the American Mental Health Foundation today. You may donate by credit or debit card through PayPal’s secure system. You do not need a PayPal account to donate. Please also see below for other options. AMHF is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization recognized by the federal government. All donations are fully tax-deductible.
Planning Your Support of AMHF in 2025 and Beyond
There are several effective ways to support the American Mental Health Foundation though a Legacy Bequest. To learn more about the many ways to support the work of AMHF, please explore the links below and then email elomke[at]americanmentalhealthfoundation.org.
Bequest in Your Will The way most people include AMHF in their estate plans.
Beneficiary Designations Easy to do—Revocable if circumstances change.
Charitable Remainder Trusts A way to provide income for yourself or a loved one and a future gift for AMHF.
Charitable Lead Trusts Make your assets work overtime; first for AMHF, then for your family.
Retained Life-estate Donate your home to AMHF, but do not move out.
Discover a Tax-wise Way to Give! If you are at least 73 years old (always consult with your accountant or tax-adviser as regulations change) you can make a gift from your IRA: A direct transfer from your IRA without paying taxes on the amount you transfer. The transfer generates neither taxable-income nor a tax-deduction. You benefit even if you do not itemize your tax-deductions. You may transfer any amount, up to the maximum allowed by current (2025) law, per year, directly from your IRA. If you are required to take a minimum distribution, you can use your gift to satisfy all or part of your obligation. Please also see the following paragraph.
With the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA, a 2017 law that went into effect January 1, 2018) (see also the Inflation Deduction Act of 2022), many donors will no longer be making individual deductions on their tax returns (as a result of the increased standard-deduction). However, direct contributions from IRAs have the effect of reducing taxable income. Such donations are counted toward RMD (required-minimum distribution), and are not limited in any way.
To repeat: Consult your certified accountant, financial adviser, or attorney for any and all changes in IRS law, its interpretation, and impact on your filings.
Please contact us for more information about giving stocks, mutual funds, or bonds:
Office of Legacy Planned Giving and Development, American Mental Health Foundation, Box 3, Riverdale, NY 10471-0003; or, elomke[at]americanmentallhealthfoundation.org
We will work with you and your financial adviser to help you plan a gift to The American Mental Health Foundation that matches our advocacy and educational goals to your personal needs and expectations.
Support the future of AMHF and become an important lasting participant in its mission, now over more than 100-years! Please review the Measuring Effectiveness Policy that was drafted in 2011:
WHEREAS, the AMHF Board of Directors seeks to establish a Policy on effectiveness assessment to help insure that the organization has defined, measurable goals in place and objectives in place to evaluate the successes and impact of its program in fulfilling these goals and objectives, IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT the Directors adopt the following Policy:
(1) At least once every two years, AMHF will review its goals and objectives toward achieving its mission and will complete a performance-and-effectiveness assessment of its programs based on that review. The most-recent review was in November 2018. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the next is planned for February 2025.
(2) This first such assessment was in 2012 and was conducted again under the authority of the Directors in October 2014, November 2016, October 31, 2017, October 30, 2018, and November 2020; these and all relevant biannual assessments were and are pursuant to examination by the accounting firm Kimerling & Wisdom, LLC, as part of an audit as well as part of the October 31, 2017, Directors’ meeting. The firm Kimerling & Wisdom conducts reviews every fiscal year, with annual filings (see below) by March 15 of any year (unless granted a filing-extension to September 15 of any year) with the federal government and New York State Charities Bureau. Again, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as with so much else (as noted), one internal report had to be postponed, with a goal of returning to normal, a March-time projected goal in reporting, by 2023-25.
(3) AMHF and its Directors will receive a written report of this assessment: (a) Describing the activities that it undertook in the prior two years (in this case four) to achieve its goals and objectives, (b) Identifying the measures used to assess AMHF effectiveness in achieving its goals and objectives, (c) Analyzing the effectiveness of AMHF programs in achieving the AMHF goals and objectives, and (d) Recommending future actions AMHF will take to increase effectiveness based on the findings.
(4) At the conclusion of this process, AMHF had revised its goals and objectives in fall 2014, as needed and again in the 5 dates listed in (2), above. AMHF will do so again following the Directors’ meeting agenda-item of October 10 2024, and will offer means of measuring them in February 2025.
AMHF respects the privacy of its visitors and never collects personal information. As noted above, AMHF does not in any way attempt to track individuals in any manner (gather personal information), and this charitable organization does not link the website information to any other databases with the purpose of identifying individual-website users. (When visiting links to other sites, AMHF encourages you to review the privacy-policy statements of each site you visit.) Any questions and comments regarding The American Mental Health Foundation Privacy Policy should be directed to: elomke[at]americanmentalhealthfoundation.org or by mail to American Mental Health Foundation, Box 3, Riverdale, NY 10471-0003.
View the most-recent tax-filing document here.
View the most-recent accounting report of functional expenses here.
View the most-recent 2022-23 Annual Report, prepared May 29, 2024, here.
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