These organizations are doing the work — crisis intervention, research, education, free care for people who can't afford it, and community for everyone still fighting. Every dollar is an act of solidarity.
Misfit Mindset is not affiliated with these organizations. We list them because we believe in their work.
NAMI is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization, with over 600 local affiliates. They run the NAMI HelpLine, provide free Family-to-Family and Peer-to-Peer education programs, facilitate peer-led support groups, and fight at every level of government for better mental health policy.
Funds NAMI HelpLine volunteers, free 8-week education courses for individuals and families, on-campus awareness chapters, and advocacy that pushes for mental health parity in insurance and healthcare systems across the country.
AFSP leads the fight against suicide through research, education, advocacy, and survivor support. They fund over $1M in research grants annually, produce public education campaigns that shift how communities talk about suicide, and run Out of the Darkness walks in cities across the country.
Funds suicide research grants, healing programs for loss survivors, the More Than Sad school curriculum, crisis intervention training for first responders, and the Out of the Darkness walks that bring communities together around prevention.
What started as one blog post in 2006 became a global movement. TWLOHA centers hope in the conversation around depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide — reaching millions through music festivals, college campuses, and an online community that refuses to let people suffer alone.
Funds treatment grants for people who can't afford mental health care, peer programs on college campuses, music festival outreach that meets young people where they are, and storytelling that tells millions of people they are not alone and that help is real.
Mental Health America runs the most widely used free mental health screening platform in the US — over 5 million screenings every year. Their tools help people recognize depression, anxiety, PTSD, eating disorders, and more, then connect them with resources in their own community.
Keeps mental health screenings free and accessible to anyone with an internet connection, funds state and national advocacy for better policy, supports 200+ MHA local affiliates, and develops resources specifically for underserved and marginalized populations.
SPRC is the only federally funded resource center dedicated entirely to advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. They develop evidence-based training programs, best practice guidelines, and evaluation tools used by crisis centers, schools, healthcare systems, and community organizations.
Helps equip prevention professionals with the skills to save lives, funds research that shapes national suicide prevention strategy, and keeps a comprehensive library of tools and resources freely available to every community that needs them.
Active Minds is changing the mental health culture among young adults through 600+ peer-led chapters on college campuses and in high schools. They run education programs, speaker series, and advocacy campaigns that directly reach the age group with the highest rates of unmet mental health need.
Funds campus chapter operations, the Send Silence Packing suicide awareness exhibit, the Healthy Campus Award program, and the Speaker Bureau that brings lived-experience voices into schools — reaching students in the language they already speak.
GLMA is the world's leading organization committed to health equity for LGBTQ+ people. They maintain the most comprehensive directory of LGBTQ+-affirming providers, develop clinical care guidelines, and train healthcare professionals to deliver non-discriminatory, culturally competent treatment.
Maintains the free provider directory that helps LGBTQ+ people find care that won't harm them, funds clinical guidelines shaping how providers treat LGBTQ+ patients, and supports medical education that works to eliminate discrimination at the point of care.
Give an Hour builds a network of licensed mental health providers who each volunteer one hour of free care per week. Since 2005 they've provided over 200,000 hours of free services to veterans, military families, and people facing hardship who cannot afford treatment.
Funds the infrastructure that matches volunteer providers with people who need help, supports provider recruitment and training, and allows Give an Hour to expand so that cost is never the reason someone doesn't get mental health support.
