Quick Stats
- Annual Giving: $2,476,660 in grant contributions (tax year 2023, Form 990)
- Grant Range: Individual programs vary from $300 for travel support to $60,000 for Direct Action Visionary Grants
- Geographic Focus: International (applicants from countries with diplomatic relations with the United States are eligible)
- Application Method: Fixed (most programs have annual deadlines; Direct Action programmes reviewed quarterly)
- Total Assets: $29,776,865 (tax year 2023)
Contact Details
- Website: https://ampsychfdn.org
- Email: foundation@ampsychfdn.org
- Phone: 202-979-7510
Funding Priorities
- Serving marginalised communities, including specific interventions to meet identified needs of marginalised populations
- Ending prejudice and stigma related to race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, and socioeconomic status
- Preventing violence
- Addressing mind-body health connections
- Supporting at-risk, vulnerable populations (serious mental illness, returning military, those incarcerated or economically disadvantaged)
- Furthering racial equity
- Combating prejudice, bias, intolerance, and all forms of bigotry including racism, antisemitism, homophobia, and misogyny
- Student support including scholarships, dissertation funding, research support, travel grants and fellowships
- Innovative interventions based on psychological knowledge that directly address pressing community needs
What They Don't Fund
- Institutional indirect/administrative/overhead costs and fees (entire grant must be provided to the individual grantee for the stated purpose)
Application Process & Timeline
Applications are submitted through an online portal (GivingData). Different programs have different timelines:
- Direct Action Visionary Grants: Letters of intent evaluated quarterly (deadlines: October 31, January 30, April 30, July 31, October 30). Up to $60,000 available.
- Visionary Grants: Fixed deadline of April 1 annually. Up to $20,000 for pilot project expenses.
- Direct Action Crisis Funding: Rolling basis with quarterly evaluation deadlines.
- Other programs: Various deadlines throughout the year; most funding opportunities open for applications on November 1.
Grant recipients are typically announced approximately three to four months after a grant deadline. Applications are due at 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Time on the posted deadline date.
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