About Perigee Fund
End intergenerational trauma by investing in early relationships and equitable systems so that prenatal-to-age-3 families have access to healing-centered, culturally rooted mental health and family supports.
Focus Areas
Infant & early childhood mental healthMaternal mental healthFamily economic supports and cash assistanceWorkforce development for IMH/MMHPolicy and advocacy for prenatal-to-age-3 systemsCommunity-rooted/culturally responsive models
Who They Fund
pregnant and postpartum individuals / perinatal parentsinfants and young children (early childhood)community-based and culturally specific organizations (funding equity recipients)Indigenous families and tribal-serving organizationsstate and local advocacy networks / early childhood systems collaborators
About Perigee Fund
Perigee Fund centers its grantmaking on ending intergenerational trauma by investing in early relationships and equitable systems for prenatal-to-age-3 families. The foundation’s recent grants show a strong emphasis on infant and early childhood mental health, maternal mental health, and policy and advocacy work that supports those systems. Large grants to Zero to Three underscore its policy and IECMH capacity focus, while recurring support for Seattle Foundation appears in both donor-advised fund and maternal mental health equity fund channels. The portfolio also reaches into community-rooted and culturally responsive work. It has funded birth justice through Groundswell Fund, supported family economic relief through Givedirectly’s Rx Kids, and backed advocacy networks such as Momsrising Education Fund. Other grants connect to clinical training, home visiting, and early childhood systems-building, including university-based and state-level partners. Across these awards, Perigee Fund favors organizations working at the intersection of mental health, family support, and systems change rather than direct individual aid.
What Perigee Fund Funds
Perigee Fund gives across several connected cause areas, with many awards tied to prenatal-to-age-3 mental health and systems change. In policy and IECMH capacity, it gave $2,500,000 to Zero to Three in 2025 for “policy & IECMH capacity,” following earlier grants of $4,000,000 in 2023 and $3,000,000 in 2024 for the same broad purpose. The foundation also supports maternal mental health infrastructure. It awarded $500,900 to Postpartum Support International for “2022 PSI PMHAPOC,” and $675,000 to Seattle Foundation for the Perigee Maternal Mental Health Equity Fund. For advocacy, it gave $500,000 to Momsrising Education Fund for negotiated general operating support for national and Washington state early childhood and maternal mental health advocacy. Community and family supports appear as well: Givedirectly received $700,000 for Rx Kids, and Groundswell Fund received $1,150,000 for general operating support tied to birth justice and the Catalyst Pooled Fund.
How Perigee Fund Gives
Typical grant size sits at $40,000 at the 25th percentile, $80,000 at the median, and $200,000 at the 75th percentile, with a recent portfolio that also includes multimillion-dollar awards. The pattern suggests a mix of large institutional grants and mid-sized operating or program support. Recipients recur across years: Zero to Three appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Seattle Foundation appears in multiple years; and several other organizations repeat across consecutive years. Perigee Fund is classified as a regular funder, and the recent record includes negotiated general operating support, pooled funds, and donor-advised fund support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$18.4M
Total Assets
$20.6M
Total Revenue
$23.9M
Total Expenses
$22.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $40K and $200K, with a median of $80K.
25th Percentile
$40K
Median
$80K
75th Percentile
$200K
Geographic Reach
Regional15 states funded
About 67% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
LISA MENNETT
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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