About Lifestance Health Foundation
Lifestance Health Foundation concentrates its philanthropic support on national mental health causes, with a strong emphasis on suicide prevention and general operating support for large advocacy and service organizations. The foundation makes relatively few but substantial grants, repeatedly funding the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and also supporting the National Alliance on Mental Illness, indicating a focus on broad-impact national efforts rather than many small local projects.
Focus Areas
Suicide prevention research, awareness, and crisis intervention (national)National mental health advocacy and peer-support servicesUnrestricted/general operating support for major mental health nonprofitsPublic education and stigma-reduction around suicide and mental illness
Giving Approach
Concentrated giving: a small number of moderately large grants, repeat funding to the same national organizations (especially AFSP), focused on general operating support rather than restricted program funding.
Funding Style
unrestricted/general operating supportcore operating support
About Lifestance Health Foundation
Lifestance Health Foundation’s giving is defined by repeated support for suicide prevention and national mental health advocacy. The largest recent grants in the record went to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, including $69,900 in 2024 and another $69,900 in 2023 for general operations, showing a clear pattern of sustained backing rather than one-off project funding. In 2025, the foundation also made a $40,000 general operating grant to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, reinforcing its interest in organizations that work at national scale. Beyond those larger awards, the foundation’s recent grants list includes many smaller general operating gifts across a wide range of nonprofits. Several recipients are mental health related, such as The Jed Foundation, Free Black Therapy Inc, Nami Contra Costa County, and Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center, while others address broader community needs. That mix suggests a grantmaker focused on organizational support for nonprofits connected to mental health, crisis response, and related community services. The foundation’s profile is shaped less by local project funding than by general operating support for groups with broad reach.
What Lifestance Health Foundation Funds
Mental health advocacy is central to the foundation’s giving. In 2025, it gave $40,000 to the National Alliance on Mental Illness for general operations, and it also supported Nami Contra Costa County with a $550 general operating grant. Suicide prevention is another major theme. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention received $69,900 in both 2024 and 2023, each designated for general operations, which points to sustained support for suicide-prevention infrastructure and public-facing work. The foundation also funds organizations tied to broader emotional and behavioral health support. The Jed Foundation received a $550 general operating grant in 2025, while Free Black Therapy Inc and First Aid of the Soul each received $550 for general operations. These grants show attention to advocacy, access, and community-based support within mental health.
How Lifestance Health Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is tightly clustered at $450 for the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile, even though the recent grants list also includes larger awards of $40,000 and $69,900. The foundation appears to combine a small set of higher-dollar general operating grants with many smaller gifts at the same general operating level. Repeated support is visible in the record: the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention appears in multiple years, including 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation is a private foundation by structure, does not fund individuals, and does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$150K
Total Assets
$3.6M
Total Revenue
$733
Total Expenses
$167K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $450 and $450, with a median of $450.
25th Percentile
$450
Median
$450
75th Percentile
$450
Geographic Reach
National33 states funded
About 1% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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