Funding Requests

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Funding Requests

The need for improved mental health care services has never been greater than now. Our focus is on distributing funds to organizations that directly support individuals living with or recovering from mental illness and addiction.

The Mental Health Foundation is focused on three funding pillars which guide how we distribute funds back into Albertan communities.

Our Funding Priorities

Research & Evaluation

We fund qualified organizations and programs that support Alberta-based researchers and educators that drive real-word improvements in diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation.

Connecting Care Systems

We fund qualified organizations and programs that create stronger care pathways which are connected, easy to access and navigate, and built around the people they serve.

Patient Experiences & Outcomes

We fund qualified organizations and programs that improve patient experiences and ensure clients receive care in environments that support dignity, recovery, and healing.

Eligibility

To qualify for any funding, you must be a qualified donee.

Qualified Donee

A qualified donee is a registered charity or non-profit organization (i.e., Recovery Alberta) that works in the best interest of the people they serve.

What funding pillar is my program eligible for?

Does your project focus on innovation, applied research, and education grounded in real-world application?

Examples of Funded Programs

  • Edmonton-based research in Accelerated repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), providing a non-invasive, highly effective option for treatment-resistive depression.
  • Community-based studies such as the UofA’s Faculty of Medicine research study, integrating family centered care when serving young adults living with psychosis.

Does your project support initiatives that connect services and deliver care in a more coordinated and effective way?

Examples of Funded Programs

  • Kickstand integrated youth services, providing a one-stop shop for mental illness and addictions counselling, peer support, social services, Indigenous
    wellness, employment support, and primary care to young people ages 11-25.
  • Access 24/7 provides a single point of access for Adult Intake Services, delivering mental illness and addiction community-based programs either over the phone or in person at the Edmonton Community Health Hub North.

Does your project seek to enhance existing infrastructure and/or support the development of new programs in mental illness and addictions care?

Examples of Funded Programs

  • AHS Peace River’s Sensory Modulation Room, providing neurodiverse clients with access to emotional regulation supports.
  • AHS Grand Prairie Northern Addictions Centre’s Spirituality Room, allowing clients to reconnect with faith-based practices like prayer and meditation during recovery.
  • Alexandria’s Community Health Centre’s Youth Health Bus, delivering targeted education, outreach and mental health services to high school students throughout Calgary.

Granting Process

Our granting process provides you with an opportunity to share your project funding request through an open and fair process, which includes the meaningful participation of our key partners.

For applications up to $10,000, approval can be granted by the MHF CEO on a quarterly basis. All such decisions are reported to the MHF Finance Committee for information and included in a report to the MHF Board of Trustees.

The Finance Committee reviews all applications over $10,000. The Committee includes representation from MHF staff, community volunteers, those with expertise in the mental illness and addictions sector, and those with lived and living experiences. Applications over $10,000 are reviewed and recommended by the Committee to the Board of Trustees for final approval.

Applications up to $10,000 are accepted all throughout the year.
Applications over $10,000 are open until September 30, 2025.

How to Apply

Download the fillable application below and send your completed form to: funding@mentalhealthfoundation.ca

To request or clarify information related to funding applications: funding@mentalhealthfoundation.ca

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