| FOUNTAIN HOUSE INC | NEW YORK, NY | $1,000,000 | 2025 | RENEWED GENERAL SUPORT WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE IMPACT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS EMPLOYEMENT AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS. |
| NYC COALITION TO END YOUTH AND FAMILY HOMELESSNESS | NEW YORK, NY | $200,000 | 2025 | CONTINUING SUPPORT OF A PHILANTHROPIC COALITION TO END YOUTH AND FAMILY HOMELESSNESS IN NEW YORK CITY. |
| CHILDREN'S RIGHTS | NEW YORK, NY | $200,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT OF CLASS ACTION LITIGATION CENTER SEEKING TO COMPEL NEW YORK TO PROVIDE MEDICAID-ELIGIBLE CHILDREN WITH THE COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES THEY ARE ENTITLED TO UNDER THE LAW. |
| DISABILITY ADVOCATES INC (DBA DISABILITY RIGHTS NEW YORK) | RENSSELAER, NY | $200,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT FOR A NEW YORK PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER WORKING TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST JUSTICE-INVOLVED PEOPLE LIVING WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS IN NEW YORK CITY. |
| INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2025 | FIRST-TIME FUNDING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION TO COMPLETE THE DOCUMENTARY COMMITTED, DEPICTING ONE TOWN'S ATTEMPT TO TREAT JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS. |
| NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $150,000 | 2025 | FIRST-TIME FUNDING FOR NEW YORK'S ACLU TO ENFORCE STATE LAW PROHIBITING SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN NEW YORK'S PRISONS AND JAILS. |
| ABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER | PITTSBURGH, PA | $125,000 | 2025 | CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR ADVOCACY TO CURTAIL OR ABOLISH SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA. |
| YOU GOTTA BELIEVE THE OLDER CHILD ADOPTION & PERMANENCY MOVEMENT INC (YGB | BROOKLYN, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ADOPTION COMPETENT THERAPY PROGRAM FOR FOSTER YOUTH. |
| MEDICAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE INC | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | NEW SUPPORT TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN PHYSICIANS TO PROVIDE EXPERT TESTIMONY FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS. |
| CITIZENS' COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | GRASSROOTS NEW YORK ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION SEEKS RENEWED VAF FUNDING FOR ITS CAMPAIGN TO ADVOCATE FOR URGENTLY NEEDED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE CHILDREN OF NEW YORK. |
| JUVENILE LAW CENTER | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | CONTINUING ADVOCACY SUPPORT FOR PHILADELPHIA-BASED PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN CAUGHT IN JUVENILE JUSTICE AND CHILD WELFARE SYSTEMS. |
| SUPPORTIVE HOUSING NETWORK OF NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT TO ADVANCE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, SERVICE FUNDING AND IMPROVED SAFETY IN NEW YORK STATE. |
| NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE | ALBANY, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | FIRST-TIME FUNDING FOR ALBANY-BASED ADVOCACY ENTITY TO HIRE A POLICY DIRECTOR FOR ITS WORK TO INCREASE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR ALL NEW YORKERS SEEKING CARE THROUGH THE STATES PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM. |
| NEW YORK CAMPAIGN FOR ALTERNATIVES TO ISOLATED CONFINEMENT | WASHINGTON, DC | $100,000 | 2025 | CONTINUED SUPPORT TO MONITOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HALT BILL CURTAILING THE USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN NEW YORK STATE. |
| KATAL CENTER FOR HEALTH EQUITY AND JUSTICE | BROOKLYN, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | NEW SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZING TO ENSURE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF #LESSISMORENY, THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE PAROLE REFORM LEGISLATION IN THE U.S. |
| NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT FOR A HOLISTIC WELLNESS PROGRAM SERVING TRAUMATIZED REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS SETTLING IN PHILADELPHIA. |
| NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS OF NEW YORK CITY | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT FOR NYC ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY SERIOUS AND PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS BUILD BETTER LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY. |
| ATTIC YOUTH CENTER | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT TO DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF A CULTURALLY-COMPETENT COUNSELING TEAM SERVING PHILADELPHIAS LGBTQ YOUTH. |
| MAKE THE ROAD NEW YORK | BROOKLYN, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT AT FOUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS HOUSED WITHIN THE BUSHWICK HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS IN BROOKLYN, NY. |
| SEAMAAC | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | NEW SUPPORT FOR ROOTS OF HAPPINESS, WHICH PROVIDES CULTURALLY COMPETENT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, CULTURAL CONNECTION FOR ISOLATED, OFTEN NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING IMMIGRANT ELDERS. |
| BLANTON-PEALE INSTITUTE | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT FOR LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND TRAINING CENTER TO FUND A BIPOC MENTAL HEALTH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN NEW YORK CITY. |
| EDUCATION LAW CENTER - PA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT FOR PENNSYLVANIA'S EDUCATION LAW CENTER TO ADVOCATE AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO MAKE CULTURALLY AFFIRMING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS. |
| INSEPARABLE INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $100,000 | 2025 | FIRST-TIME VAF SUPPORT FOR A NATIONAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO DRIVING POLICY CHANGE AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS TO IMPROVE AMERICANS' ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE. |
| DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | FIRST-TIME VAF FUNDING FOR A NATIONAL LAW CENTER TO BRING NEW LITIGATION AGAINST NEW YORK STATE TO FORCE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HALT ACT, BARRING SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR JUSTICE-INVOLVED PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. |
| BAZELON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH LAW | WASHINGTON, DC | $100,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL LEGAL ADVOCACY CENTER TO ENSURE THAT UNDER-REPRESENTED PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITIES LIVE WITH AUTONOMY, DIGNITY AND OPPORTUNITY IN WELCOMING COMMUNITIES THAT ALLOW THEM TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. |
| VOCAL-NY (VOICES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AND LEADERS) | BROOKLYN, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | NEW YORK CITY GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION IS RETURNING TO VAF FOR CONTINUING SUPPORT OF ITS CAMPAIGN TO MAKE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SAFE, STABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE FOR THE MOST MARGINALIZED MENTALLY ILL NEW YORKERS. |
| PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONAL LAW PROJECT | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | FIRST-TIME SUPPORT FOR PENNSYLVANIA LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY SEEKING TO END SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN STATE PRISONS AND COUNTY JAILS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS. |
| PUENTES DE SALUD | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | NEW SUPPORT TO EXPAND A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM AMONG INDIGENOUS IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN PHILADELPHIA. |
| HOUSINGPLUS | BROOKLYN, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT FOR A BROOKLYN-BASED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AGENCY SERVING WOMEN HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD TO HIRE A LICENSED CLINICAL CARE LEAD FOR ITS MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING. |
| HEIGHTS HILL MHS SBPC | BROOKLYN, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | RAINBOW HEIGHTS CLUB SEEKS FIRST-TIME FUNDING FROM VAF TO ADD TWO PART-TIME PEER SPECIALISTS TO ITS STAFF WHO WILL PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES FOR LOW/NO INCOME LGBTQ+ ADULTS LIVING WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS IN NEW YORK. |
| GESU SCHOOL | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $75,000 | 2025 | RENEWED FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT PRE-K TO 8TH GRADE SCHOOL LOCATED IN, AND DRAWING STUDENTS FROM, THE POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS OF NORTH PHILADELPHIA. |
| BREAKING GROUND | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT TO HIRE A CLINICAL COORDINATOR FOR AN AGING SERVICES TEAM. |
| BROAD STREET LOVE (AKA BROAD STREET MINISTRY) | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $75,000 | 2025 | RENEWED GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR DAY PROGRAM SERVING CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS WITH A MYRIAD OF TRAUMA-INFORMED SOCIAL SERVICES IN PHILADELPHIA. |
| THE DOOR-A CENTER OF ALTERNATIVES INC | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT TO HIRE A CLINICAL SUPERVISOR TO IMPROVE SCREENING AND TREATMENT PLANS FOR YOUTH WITH MORE SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. |
| NYC HEALTH HOSPITALS | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | FIRST-TIME SUPPORT FOR A NYC HOSPITAL SYSTEM SERVING HALF OF NYC'S MEDICAID-ELIGIBLE POPULATION TO LAUNCH A FAST-TRACK WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY TO LICENSE CULTURALLY COMPETENT SOCIAL WORKERS IN NYC. |
| GREENWICH HOUSE | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT FOR A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH TRAINER TO LEAD AN ONGOING TRAUMA INFORMED CARE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR 75 STAFF. |
| LIGUORI ACADEMY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $75,000 | 2025 | NEW SUPPORT TO EXPAND THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT AT AN INDEPENDENT HIGH SCHOOL SERVING OVERAGE, UNDER-CREDITED YOUTH. |
| LITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT FOR CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE, TRAUMA-INFORMED ART THERAPY PROGRAMS FOR IMMIGRANT LATINX WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT A LONGSTANDING SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY IN EAST HARLEM, NEW YORK. |
| LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK (LSSNY) | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | FIRST-TIME FUNDING FOR A LARGE NEW YORK SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY TO ADD A CLINICIAN TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR 700 LATIN AMERICAN ASYLUM-SEEKING REFUGEES WHO RECENTLY ARRIVED IN NEW YORK CITY. |
| HOPEPHL | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $75,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT FOR A FAMILY HEALTH COORDINATOR TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS TO UNSTABLY HOUSED FAMILIES IN NORTHERN PHILADELPHIA. |
| PREVENTION POINT PHILADELPHIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $75,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT FOR HARM REDUCTION AGENCY SEEKING TO SERVE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL, AND DUAL-DIAGNOSED VULNERABLE CITIZENS IN KENSINGTON, PHILADELPHIA. |
| LUTHERAN SOCIAL MISSION SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $75,000 | 2025 | A PHILADELPHIA SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY SEEKS RENEWED VAF FUNDING TO EXPAND ITS MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING FOR FAMILIES IN ITS LONGSTANDING PHILADELPHIA HOMELESS SHELTER. |
| THE JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | RENEWED FUNDING FOR A LARGE NYC SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY TO SUPPORT A SOCIAL WORK RESIDENCY PROGRAM THAT ENTICES RECENTLY GRADUATED SOCIAL WORKERS TO REMAIN AT THE AGENCY TO SERVE DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS IN NYC. |
| AFRICAN SERVICES COMMITTEE | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | RENEWED FUNDING FOR A SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY'S MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM SERVING THE AFRICAN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK CITY. |
| PROJECT BASED LEARNING INC | NARBERTH, PA | $75,000 | 2025 | NEW SUPPORT FOR MORE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AT PHILADELPHIAS WORKSHOP HIGH SCHOOL. |
| COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF NYC | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | NEW SUPPORT TO LAUNCH A MENTAL HEALTH CARE ACCESS PROGRAM FOR YOUTH IN THE FAMILY REGULATION SYSTEM. |
| UNDER 21 DBA COVENANT HOUSE NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | RENEWED SUPPORT FOR A HOLISTIC, TRAUMA INFORMED MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM FOR 250 HOMELESS YOUTH. |
| THE SALVATION ARMY EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA & DELAWARE | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $75,000 | 2025 | FIRST-TIME SUPPORT FOR A PHILADELPHIA PROGRAM BASED IN KENSINGTON TO HELP SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION TRANSITION INTO SAFETY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY. |
| SUPPORT CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCATES | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $75,000 | 2025 | VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY REPRESENTING CHILDREN IN PHILADELPHIA'S CHILD WELFARE PROCEEDINGS SEEKS FIRST-TIME VAF FUNDING TO SUPPORT A CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER TO ENSURE IMPROVED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR 100 CHILD VICTIMS EACH YEAR. |
| ACKERMAN INSTITUTE FOR THE FAMILY | NEW YORK, NY | $75,000 | 2025 | FIRST-TIME GRANT FUNDING FOR AN ESTABLISHED THERAPY INSTITUTE TO HIRE ONE CLINICIAN AND ONE OUTREACH WORKER TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR LOW-INCOME MINORITY ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN UNDERSERVED NEW YORK COMMUNITIES. |
