The Sozosei Foundation funds organizations of all sizes, in all life stages, from start-up to fully mature, as we seek transformative approaches, experimental ideas, and programs that are grounded in evidence or have the potential to grow the evidence base of what works. We encourage you to learn more about our current grantees in the table below.
| Organization Name Sort descending | Program Area | Year of Grant | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
Justice Innovation Lab Project (New Venture Fund) To begin assisting Dr. Tom Simpatico/WayFinder at the Miami-Dade County’s Eleventh Judicial Circuit Criminal Mental Health Project, which aims to divert individuals with underlying mental health conditions from the criminal legal system. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | https://www.justiceinnovationlab.org/ | |
1 Million Madly Motivated Moms (1M4) To amplify The Right Response through increased reach and partnerships, aiming to facilitate the expansion of alternative crisis response teams and health-centered emergency resources. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022, 2024 | https://www.1m4.org/ |
Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice For two closed-door working sessions to shape content for an ongoing panel series interrogating the current approach to handling sex offenses in the United States. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2024 | https://greenburgercenter.org/ |
Healthy Minds Policy Initiative (Tulsa Community Foundation) To support continued progress towards parity goals including 988 and effective crisis response, increasing access to care, increasing OK's supply of psychiatrists, and advocating for mental health parity. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022, 2024 | https://www.healthymindspolicy.org/ |
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Advancing 988 Implementation |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021 | https://afsp.org/ |
American Psychiatric Association Foundation To increase the number of BIPOC psychiatrists in the US. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022, 2024 | https://apafdn.org/ |
American Public Media | Minnesota Public Radio Call to Mind |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://www.americanpublicmedia.org/ |
Atlanta Fulton Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative Policing Alternative & Diversion |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021 | https://www.atlantapad.org/ |
Black Men Heal Increasing Access to Mental Healthcare for Black Men |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://blackmenheal.org/ |
Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers For the expansion of their Medical-Legal Partnership program to codify legal services as standard of care for people with SUD. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022, 2024 | https://camdenhealth.org/ |
Children's Rights, Inc. To support litigation (C.K. v. McDonald) to secure NY's Medicaid-eligible children their legal right to community-based mental health services. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022, 2024 | https://www.childrensrights.org/ |
Community Access, Inc. Correct Crisis Intervention Today-NYC Advocacy Campaign (CCIT-NYC): Fighting to Transform Responses to Mental Health Crises |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://www.communityaccess.org/ |
Corporation for Supportive Housing and Access Mental Health Planning for Scale - Supportive Housing and Evidence-Based Practices to Decriminalize Mental Illness Across Multiple States |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://www.csh.org/ |
Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSG) Advancing 988, Crisis Response and Community-Based Care Through Federal Advocacy |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021 | https://csgjusticecenter.org/ |
Drug Policy Alliance General operating support for national intersectional decriminalization movement building |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022, 2024 | https://drugpolicy.org/ |
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky For the Sycamore Project grantmaking initiative to address criminalization and imprisonment in Appalachia through arts, civil legal support, data collection, and budget advocacy. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022, 2024 | https://www.appalachianky.org/ |
Fountain House, Inc. Fountain House Gallery |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://www.fountainhousegallery.org/ |
Healthy Brains Global Initiative General Operating Support |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2020 | https://www.hbgi.org/ |
Inseparable To push for finalization of the proposed federal parity regulations, expand the Mental Health Caucus, and provide deeper technical assistance to policymakers in the fight for parity. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2022, 2024 | https://www.inseparable.us/ |
Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law To ensure the promise of the settlement in Disability Rights California v. Alameda County, and replicate this win to decriminalize mental illness in other strategically-targeted jurisdictions. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022, 2024 | http://www.bazelon.org/ |
Legal Action Center To continue working to fully enforce the Parity Act in commercial insurance and Medicaid in addition to extending parity requirements to Medicare. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2022, 2024 | https://www.lac.org/ |
Lemonada Media Call for Help, Call Declined |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2022 | https://lemonadamedia.com/ |
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute To compile a process evaluation for a scalable, data driven co-responder crisis Person-Centered Triage Approach (PCTA) framework. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2022, 2024 | https://mmhpi.org/ |
Medical Justice Alliance Mobilizing Physicians to Protect People in Prison with Mental Health Conditions |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2022 | https://www.medicaljusticealliance.org/ |
Miami Foundation for Mental Health, Inc. Support for the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery, the Wayfinder System + Improving Reentry Outcomes for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Criminal Mental Health Project (CHMP) |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021 | https://miamifoundationformentalhealth.org |
Mindful Philanthropy Hosting a Funders Convening on 988 |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021 | https://www.mindfulphilanthropy.org/ |
MindSite News To expand capacity and coverage of decriminalization, specifically the use of involuntary commitment for individuals with mental illness, via its journalism platform. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2022, 2024 | https://mindsitenews.org/ |
Mural Arts Project Sozosei Summit Mural 2021 + 2022 |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021 | https://www.muralarts.org/ |
NAMI Greater Indianapolis Art to Illuminate the Criminalization of Mental Illness Through Photovoices |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://sites.google.com/site/namiindianapolis/home |
NAMI Washington Art to Illuminate the Criminalization of Mental Illness Through Brainpower Chronicles |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://www.namiwa.org/ |
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) For support of mental health parity advocacy to ensure broader access to care for people with SUD and mental illness. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 | https://www.nami.org/Home |
National Association of Counties Research Foundation - Supporting County Crisis Response |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://www.naco.org/ |
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, Inc. Communicating 988 Support to and for Peer Leaders |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021 | https://www.nasmhpd.org/ |
National Center for State Courts To continue to build collaborative state and local court practices to minimize criminal legal involvement of people with mental illness and divert them to treatment. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022, 2024 | https://www.ncsc.org/ |
National Committee for Quality Assurance Improving Access to Mental Healthcare Through Accountability |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://www.ncqa.org/ |
National Council for Mental Wellbeing Advancing the Implementation of 988 |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021 | https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/ |
One Nation/One Project To support the implementation of a "National Day of Artmaking" consisting of 18 concurrent art pieces premiered around the U.S. to shift narratives around mental health, social cohesion, and the role of art. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022, 2024 | https://www.onenationoneproject.com/ |
One Voice, Inc. To pilot mental health programs for women in the Hinds County Detention Center, Mississippi with the goal of reducing recidivism rates/re-incarceration. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022, 2024 | http://onevoicems.org/ |
OneFifteen Recovery To development and evaluation of a program of Care Advocates. These advocates deliver support, navigation, and care coordination services to individuals with co-occurring mental health conditions involved in the criminal legal system. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2022, 2024 | https://onefifteen.org/ |
Peg's Foundation To increase access to care in Ohio by aligning systems and services to build scalable behavioral health crisis response systems. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2022, 2024 | https://pegsfoundation.org/initiatives/clear-pathways/ |
RAND Corporation State-Level Preparedness for Implementation of 988 + Assessment of the Sozosei Foundation's Decriminalization of Mental Illness Portfolio |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021 | https://www.rand.org/ |
Recess Arts Supporting the Role of the Arts in Increasing Access to Care for Young People in Alternative to Incarceration Program |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://www.recessart.org/ |
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Research on How People Understand Crises and How They Determine Whether to Call 911 or 988 |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2022 | http://corporate.rfmh.org/ |
RI International To support ongoing advocacy work to pursue parity reimbursement for widespread emergency crisis care. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022, 2024 | https://riinternational.com/ |
Richland County Sheriff's Foundation Mental Health Crisis Intervention Team |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021 | https://rcsfsc.com/ |
Sound Mind Live, Inc. Mental Health Music Festival for 988 |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2022 | https://www.soundmindlive.org/ |
The Better Angels Society For continued support of the production and release of "Crime and Punishment in America," a limited series focused on the history of mental health and SUD criminalization. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022, 2024 | https://www.thebetterangelssociety.org/ |
The Confess Project Barbers as 988 Communications Leaders |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2024 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzt-EYqTVgc |
The Kennedy Forum To advance federal and state efforts on parity by illustrating to decision makers the human impact of insurance denials. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2022, 2024 | https://www.thekennedyforum.org/ |
The Library Company of Philadelphia Exhibit in Conjunction with the Sozosei Summit - Hearing Voices: Memoirs from the Margins of Mental Health |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://librarycompany.org/ |
The Miles Hall Foundation Building a Communications Plan |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://www.themileshallfoundation.org/ |
The Path Forward To increase access to care through direct outreach to private employers, insurers, and states to ensure parity enforcement compliance. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2024 | https://www.pbgh.org/initiative/path-forward-for-mental-health-substance-use/ |
The Returning Artists Guild Support for an art gallery for artists who have served time due to mental illness and/or substance use disorder |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022, 2024 | https://thereturningartistsguild.org/ |
The Steinberg Institute 988 Implementation in CA |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021 | https://steinberginstitute.org/ |
The Stephen C. Rose Legacy Fund (Steve Fund) Increasing the Number of Psychiatrists in the U.S. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://www.stevefund.org/scholarships/ |
The Trevor Project 988 Implementation |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021 | https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ |
The University of Alabama Southern Behavioral Health and Law Initiative Support for the University of Alabama Southern Behavioral Health and Law Initiative |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2022, 2024 | https://sbhl.ua.edu/ |
Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation To support the creation and dissemination of policy papers as part of the Think Bigger, Do Good Policy Series focused on decriminalizing mental illness. Funding would allow for collaboration with other funders to shape the content priorities for the series. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2024 | https://www.scattergoodfoundation.org/ |
Tradeoffs, Inc. To support ongoing reporting on the decriminalization of mental illness. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2024 | https://tradeoffs.org/ |
University Legal Services Legal Representation to Decriminalize Mental Illness |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://www.uls-dc.org/ |
University of Chicago Health Lab Transform911 Blueprint and 911 Interoperability with 988 |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2022 | https://urbanlabs.uchicago.edu/labs/health |
University of Denver The Role of Trauma-Informed Design in Decriminalizing Mental Illness |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://www.du.edu/ |
University of Washington Center for Mental Health, Policy, and the Law Workforce Innovation and Leadership in Forensic Mental Health |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://cmhpl.psychiatry.uw.edu/ |
Upper East Films For a documentary, titled COMMITTED, about a civil court diversion program using AOT in Ohio. |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022, 2024 | https://www.documentary.org/project/mental-health-court-0 |
Veteran Advocacy Project Ensuring Access to Healthcare Benefits for Vets with Bad Papers |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://www.veteranadvocacy.org/ |
Wayne State University National Research, Framework, and Agenda to Decriminalize Mental Illness |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2022 | https://research.wayne.edu/ |
Youthcast Media Group (formerly Urban Health Media Project) Social Media to Decriminalize Mental Illness, Youth Press Coverage of the Sozosei Summit |
Decriminalizing Mental Illness | 2021, 2022 | https://www.youthcastmediagroup.org/ |
American India Foundation |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2021 | https://aif.org/ |
American Kidney Fund |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2020 | https://www.kidneyfund.org/ |
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2021 | https://www.aaldef.org/ |
Asian Americans Advancing Justice |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2021 | https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/ |
Austin Area Urban League |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2021 | https://aaul.org/ |
Baltimore Community Foundation |
Resilient Communities Program | 2020, 2021 | https://bcf.org/ |
California Community Foundation |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2020 | https://www.calfund.org/ |
Center for Disaster Philanthropy |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2021 | https://disasterphilanthropy.org/ |
Community FoodBank of New Jersey - Newark, NJ |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2020 | https://cfbnj.org/ |
Community Foundation of New Jersey |
Resilient Communities Program | 2020, 2021 | https://cfnj.org/ |
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2020 | http://www.dbsalliance.org/ |
Greater Washington Community Foundation |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2020 | https://www.thecommunityfoundation.org/covid-19 |
Manna Food Center |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2020 | https://www.mannafood.org/ |
Martha's Table |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2020 | https://marthastable.org/ |
Meals on Wheels |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2020 | https://www.mealsonwheelsmercer.org/ |
Mental Health America |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2020 | http://www.mhanational.org/ |
One Mind Heroes Health Initiative |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2020 | https://onemind.org/heroeshealth/ |
Oregon Community Foundation |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2020 | https://oregoncf.org/ |
Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2021 | https://rvhabitat.org/ |
Red Cross Wildfire Relief Fund |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2020 | https://www.redcross.org/about-us/our-work/disaster-relief/wildfire-relief.html |
San Joaquin Community Foundation |
Resilient Communities Program | 2020, 2021 | https://sanjoaquincf.org/ |
Stop AAPI Hate |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2021 | https://stopaapihate.org/ |
The Communities Foundation of Texas |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2020 | https://www.cftexas.org/ |
The Houston Area Urban League |
Disaster Philanthropy | 2021 | https://www.haul.org/ |