Grantee Partners

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 Program Area Year of Grant Website

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

Wayne State University National Research, Framework, and Agenda to Decriminalize Mental Illness

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

Veteran Advocacy Project Ensuring Access to Healthcare Benefits for Vets with Bad Papers

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

Upper East Films  Documentary - COMMITTED

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

University of Washington Center for Mental Health, Policy, and the Law Workforce Innovation and Leadership in Forensic Mental Health

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

University of Denver The Role of Trauma-Informed Design in Decriminalizing Mental Illness

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

University of Chicago Health Lab Transform911 Blueprint and 911 Interoperability with 988

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021, 2022

University Legal Services Legal Representation to Decriminalize Mental Illness

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

The Trevor Project 988 Implementation

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021

Tradeoffs, Inc. 988 Reporting Coverage and Improving the Quality of Mental Health and Health Policy Journalism in the U.S. 

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021

Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation Planning and Organizing for the Equitable Messaging of 988 in Philadelphia Communities

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021

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

The Stephen C. Rose Legacy Fund (Steve Fund) Increasing the Number of Psychiatrists in the U.S.

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

The Steinberg Institute 988 Implementation in CA

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021

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

The Path Forward Advancing Systems Change to Ensure Access to Evidence-Based Care

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021

The Miles Hall Foundation Building a Communications Plan

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

The Kennedy Forum Advancing Efforts on Parity

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021, 2022

The Houston Area Urban League

Disaster Philanthropy 2021

The Confess Project Barbers as 988 Communications Leaders 

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021

The Communities Foundation of Texas

Disaster Philanthropy 2020

The Better Angels Society Documentary - Crime and Punishment in America

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

Stop AAPI Hate

Disaster Philanthropy 2021

Sound Mind Live, Inc. Mental Health Music Festival for 988

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021, 2022

Richland County Sheriff's Foundation Mental Health Crisis Intervention Team

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021

RI International Support for the Crisis Service Parity Playbook

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

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

Red Cross Wildfire Relief Fund

Disaster Philanthropy 2020

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

Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity

Disaster Philanthropy 2021

RAND Corporation State-Level Preparedness for Implementation of 988 + Assessment of the Sozosei Foundation's Decriminalization of Mental Illness Portfolio

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021

Peg's Foundation Clear Pathways (CP) Initiative to Increase Access to Mental Healthcare

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021, 2022

Oregon Community Foundation

Disaster Philanthropy 2020

OneFifteen Recovery Operation of OneFifteen TeleHubs into Crisis Emergency Services to Decriminalize Mental Illness

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021, 2022

One Voice, Inc. Supporting Efforts to Decriminalize Mental Illness in Mississippi

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

One Nation/One Project Supporting Public Art Projects to Increase Access to Mental Healthcare

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

One Mind Heroes Health Initiative

Disaster Philanthropy 2020

National Council for Mental Wellbeing Advancing the Implementation of 988

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021

National Committee for Quality Assurance Improving Access to Mental Healthcare Through Accountability

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

National Center for State Courts Decriminalize Mental Illness & Accelerate Access to Community-Based Mental Healthcare Through the Courts

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)  Advancing 988 Implementation + Rapid-Response Grants, Technical Assistance and National Coordination for 988 Implementation

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2020, 2021, 2022

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, Inc. Communicating 988 Support to and for Peer Leaders

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021

National Association of Counties Research Foundation - Supporting County Crisis Response

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

NAMI Washington Art to Illuminate the Criminalization of Mental Illness Through Brainpower Chronicles

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

NAMI Greater Indianapolis Art to Illuminate the Criminalization of Mental Illness Through Photovoices 

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

Mural Arts Project Sozosei Summit Mural 2021 + 2022

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021

MindSite News "Diagnosis Injustice" Reporting on the Intersection Between the Criminal Legal System and Mental Illness

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021, 2022

Mindful Philanthropy Hosting a Funders Convening on 988

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021

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

Mental Health America

Disaster Philanthropy 2020

Medical Justice Alliance Mobilizing Physicians to Protect People in Prison with Mental Health Conditions

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021, 2022

Meals on Wheels

Disaster Philanthropy 2020

Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute Improving Community Behavioral Health Crisis Response and Improving Justice-Related Responses to People Experiencing a Mental Health Crisis

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021, 2022

Martha's Table

Disaster Philanthropy 2020

Manna Food Center

Disaster Philanthropy 2020

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

Lemonada Media Call for Help, Call Declined 

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021, 2022

Legal Action Center Leveraging Medicaid to Ensure a Healthier Reentry from Incarceration and Ensuring the Enforcement of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021, 2022

Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Legal Advocacy - Preventing the Needless Incarceration of People with Mental Disabilities

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

Inseparable Advancing 988 Implementation 

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021, 2022

Healthy Minds Policy Initiative Building a Data Driving Reform Effort to Ensure Access to Mental Healthcare in Oklahoma

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

Healthy Brains Global Initiative General Operating Support

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2020

Greater Washington Community Foundation

Disaster Philanthropy 2020

Fountain House, Inc. Fountain House Gallery

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky Building Diversion Programs for People with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder in Eastern KY

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

Drug Policy Alliance Building Intersectional Efforts to Decriminalize Mental Illness

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

Disaster Philanthropy 2020

Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSG) Advancing 988, Crisis Response and Community-Based Care Through Federal Advocacy

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021

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

San Joaquin Community Foundation

Resilient Communities Program 2020, 2021

Community Foundation of New Jersey 

Resilient Communities Program 2020, 2021

Community FoodBank of New Jersey - Newark, NJ

Disaster Philanthropy 2020

Community Access, Inc. Correct Crisis Intervention Today-NYC Advocacy Campaign (CCIT-NYC): Fighting to Transform Responses to Mental Health Crises 

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

Children's Rights, Inc. C.K. v. Bassett – Securing Medicaid-eligible Children Their Legal Right to Community-based Mental Health Services

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

Center for Disaster Philanthropy

Disaster Philanthropy 2021

Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers Decriminalizing Mental Illness Through Legal Supports, Capacity Building, and Data Sharing

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

California Community Foundation

Disaster Philanthropy 2020

Black Men Heal Increasing Access to Mental Healthcare for Black Men

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

Baltimore Community Foundation

Resilient Communities Program 2020, 2021

Austin Area Urban League

Disaster Philanthropy 2021

Atlanta Fulton Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative Policing Alternative & Diversion

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021

Asian Americans Advancing Justice

Disaster Philanthropy 2021

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Disaster Philanthropy 2021

American Public Media | Minnesota Public Radio Call to Mind 

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

American Psychiatric Association Foundation Diversity Leadership Fellowships to Increase the Number of Psychiatrists in the U.S. 

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022

American Kidney Fund

Disaster Philanthropy 2020

American India Foundation

Disaster Philanthropy 2021

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Advancing 988 Implementation

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2021

1 Million Madly Motivated Moms (1M4) Supporting The Right Response directory

Decriminalizing Mental Illness 2022