Inside Philanthropy’s Role in Mental & Brain Health

About this episode

Greg discusses mental health philanthropy with leaders in the field, exploring funding trends and gaps.

Greg speaks with three leaders in mental health philanthropy: Alyson Nieman from Mindful Philanthropy, Sabrina Gracias from Ortus Foundation, and Christena Huntsman Durham from Huntsman Mental Health Foundation, each offering a distinct perspective on how funding decisions get made and where the biggest gaps remain. In this episode we discuss: Trends in mental health philanthropy, and the 10-year challenge: how the field moves from roughly $2B to $35B in annual funding.Funding the clinic of t...

People in this episode

Hosts: Greg Kubin, Matias Serebrinsky

Guests: Alyson Nieman, Sabrina Gracias, Christena Huntsman Durham

Topics covered

• mental health philanthropy
• funding trends
• brain health
• philanthropy gaps
• mental health funding

Keywords

• mental health
• philanthropy
• funding
• brain health
• healthcare trends

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mindful Philanthropy, Ortus Foundation, Huntsman Mental Health Foundation

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