Ballmer Group Behavioral Health Grants

Ballmer Group Behavioral Health Grants is sponsored by Ballmer Group. Strengthens behavioral health systems by providing scholarships, training, and integrating behavioral health into education.

Our active grantees are listed below, updated monthly. We hope you will engage with and support these inspiring organizations. Annual giving numbers updated as of 12/31/25.

New grants made in 2026 are added each month and shown below. Please note that we cannot accept unsolicited grant applications.

Behavioral Health grants strengthen the systems within behavioral health care, providing scholarships and training to build the workforce necessary to meet increasing need, and integrating behavioral health into the education system so that more children, families, and communities can access high-quality mental health care.

Ballmer Group’s first grants centered on the child welfare system – a network of services whose purpose is to ensure child safety and to strengthen permanency in families. These grants continue to support affected families and kids and to transform systems in order to improve prevention and to reduce racial disparities in care.

Our Community Impact grants strengthen local Place-Based Partnerships, including building leadership pipelines, to help communities working to address complex issues and achieve measurable results.

Early Childhood & Families grants build systems of support and care for our littlest ones in the most critical point of their brain development by promoting equity in prenatal and maternal health, as well as helping all families access high quality childcare and early education.

K-12 Education grants seek to reduce and eliminate inequities that shortchange student achievement, by strengthening both the in-school academic experience as well as wrap-around and afterschool support. We believe that all neighborhoods deserve strong schools and a more representative, racially diverse workforce of teachers and school leaders.

Public Safety grants support leaders and organizations working to advocate for and scale effective public safety initiatives. Our National Impact grants focus on opportunities to strengthen impact across the country, and partners with regional teams to advance key issues.

In the Ballmers’ home state of Washington, our grants focus on public systems transformation, with deep investments in child welfare, behavioral health, and education as levers for change. In the home of the Clippers, the Los Angeles County grants support building more equitable public systems, focusing on education, criminal justice, and a community-led vision of safety.

The Southeast Michigan grants works across the tri-county area surrounding Steve Ballmer’s hometown, bringing philanthropy, government, and business together to tackle economic mobility, and focusing on education and community development.

## A New Way Of Life Reentry Project $3,656,280 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors $2,500,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 ## Aerospace Machinists Joint Training Committee $800,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## African American Male Education Network & Development $750,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 $5,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 $4,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 ## Alliance for Children’s Rights $1,350,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Alliance for Early Success $10,500,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Alliance for Education $1,500,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 $2,250,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 $3,041,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 ## America’s Community Council $2,391,244 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Anti-Recidivism Coalition $3,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services $750,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Arizona State University $1,050,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 $1,800,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 $1,345,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 ## Beeck Center for Social Innovation and Impact $8,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2028 ## Behavioral Health Catalyst $7,685,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 $15,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2027 ## Bipartisan Policy Center Inc $2,925,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 ## Bipartisan Policy Center Inc $3,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2027 ## Blue Meridian Partners Inc $350,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2029 ## Boys & Girls Clubs of America $32,444,666 granted from 2023 - 2027 ## Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan $10,603,523 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Boys & Girls Clubs of Washington $34,248,872 granted from 2022 - 2027 ## Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles $500,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 $1,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 $500,000 granted from 2026 - 2027 $5,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 ## California Budget & Policy Center $750,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## California Policy Collaborative $600,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 ## California State Alliance of YMCAs $20,214,150 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## California State University Dominguez Hills $22,100,000 granted from 2023 - 2029 ## California State University Dominguez Hills $29,000,000 granted from 2026 - 2031 ## California State University Dominguez Hills $1,500,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 ## California State University Long Beach $11,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2029 ## California State University Los Angeles $48,000,000 granted from 2026 - 2031 ## California Volunteers Fund $1,750,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 ## Camelback Ventures Inc. $3,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 ## Camino Nuevo Charter Academy c/o Pueblo Nuevo Education And Development Group $1,500,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Campaign for College Opportunity $1,500,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 ## Capital Region Educational Service District 113 $21,261,000 granted from 2025 - 2026 ## Career Connect Washington $400,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 $3,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Catholic Charities of Spokane $3,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Center for Employment Opportunities $25,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2027 ## Center for Law and Social Policy $2,600,000 granted from 2024 - 2028 ## Center for Public Sector AI $2,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2027 ## Center for Strategic Partnerships $225,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Center for Urban Families $1,922,181 granted from 2022 - 2027 ## Center on Budget and Policy Priorities $2,500,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Centinela Youth Services, Inc. $1,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Charter School Growth Fund $50,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2028 $10,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2027 $3,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles $1,050,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 ## Child Care Aware of Washington $4,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 ## Child Welfare Playbook $1,600,000 granted from 2026 - 2027 $500,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 ## Children’s Campaign Fund Action $1,130,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 ## Children’s Funding Project $4,400,000 granted from 2024 - 2028 ## Children’s Institute, Inc. $6,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 $1,800,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 $2,500,000 granted from 2022 - 2027 $8,575,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 $21,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2027 $3,360,000 granted from 2025 - 2029 $3,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## City Year Seattle/King County $4,250,000 granted from 2022 - 2026 $4,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2026 $8,650,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Clean Slate Initiative $12,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2029 ## Coalition for Responsible Community Development $5,142,610 granted from 2025 - 2028 $9,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 $4,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2026 ## Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance Inc $600,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## College Advising Corps $10,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2027 ## College Match Los Angeles $1,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 $10,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2027 ## College Possible Washington $725,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## College Success Foundation $1,975,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 $1,175,000 granted from 2025 - 2026 $2,425,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Communities In Schools $20,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2027 ## Communities In Schools $165,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2028 ## Communities In Schools of Los Angeles (CISLA) $1,700,000 granted from 2022 - 2026 ## Communities in Schools Washington $9,796,750 granted from 2023 - 2028 ## Community Based Public Safety Collective $3,750,000 granted from 2022 - 2026 $2,550,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 $345,000 granted from 2025 - 2026 ## Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan $3,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 $1,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2026 ## Compass Working Capital $9,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Compton Community College District $1,900,000 granted from 2024 - 2028 ## Coro Southern California, Inc. $750,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Council Of Chief State School Officers $3,750,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Credible Messenger Mentoring $750,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 $1,500,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 $1,350,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 $228,500 granted from 2025 - 2026 ## Deloitte Consulting LLP $915,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 ## Detroit Children’s Fund $1,000,000 granted from 2026 - 2027 ## Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation $2,015,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 ## Detroit Justice Center $800,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 ## Detroit Life is Valuable Everyday $700,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Detroit Public Schools Foundation $3,401,226 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation, Inc. $3,375,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation, Inc. $2,600,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 $1,500,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 ## Developing Kingdoms In Different Stages $1,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2026 ## Digital Harbor Foundation $10,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2027 ## Diversity in Leadership Institute $650,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 ## Downtown Emergency Service Center $12,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Dream Centers of Michigan $400,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 $3,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 $1,950,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 $10,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2028 ## Economic Security Project $900,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 ## Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach $1,500,000 granted from 2025 - 2027 ## Education Service District 105 $3,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Education Service District 105 $854,000 granted from 2025 - 2030 ## Educators For Excellence $5,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Enterprise Community Partners $1,200,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 ## Enterprise Community Partners $18,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Enterprise Community Partners $4,500,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 ## Enterprise Community Partners $1,500,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Enterprise Community Partners $9,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 $1,600,000 granted from 2022 - 2026 ## Equal Justice Initiative $3,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 ## Equity Alliance of Michigan $2,760,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 $1,200,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 $1,200,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 ## Family Assistance for Renaissance Men $365,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 $1,400,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Fines and Fees Justice Center $4,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 $900,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## First Five Action Fund $12,600,000 granted from 2024 - 2028 $4,937,415 granted from 2025 - 2028 $2,928,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Foundation for Health Care Quality $1,300,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Friends of LACOE: A Foundation for Learning $3,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Friends of the Children $2,310,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 $2,737,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 ## Funders for Housing and Opportunity $2,400,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 $5,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2027 $16,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2026 ## Golden State Opportunity Foundation $1,875,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Goodwill Foundation of Central & Southern Indiana $4,800,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Goodwill Industries International, Inc. $6,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 $800,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 ## Great Public Schools Now $7,350,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 $825,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 ## Green Dot Public Schools California $2,250,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 $1,925,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Health Alliance for Violence Intervention $8,200,000 granted from 2022 - 2026 ## Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) Youth Inc. $3,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2027 $2,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 $2,984,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 $2,850,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 ## Hispanas Organized for Political Equity-California $600,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 $3,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2026 $3,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 $3,189,250 granted from 2023 - 2027 ## Horatio Williams Foundation $730,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Housing Authority of the City of Tacoma $1,233,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 $8,100,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Housing Partnership Network $3,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 $750,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 $5,190,000 granted from 2025 - 2027 $10,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2027 ## Impact Fellows Action Fund $7,750,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 $6,000,000 granted from 2026 - 2029 ## Inner City Education Foundation $1,500,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 $1,650,000 granted from 2025 - 2027 $2,500,000 granted from 2025 - 2029 $750,000 granted from 2025 - 2026 ## Institute for Child Success $575,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 ## Institute for Family Development $1,450,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Institute for Workforce Development and Sustainability $800,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 ## JB and MK Pritzker Family Foundation $15,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Jobs For The Future Inc $2,700,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 $1,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Junior Achievement, Inc. $335,000 granted from 2026 - 2027 $3,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 $20,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2027 ## Justice Innovation Lab $900,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 $4,500,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Kent School Services Network $500,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 $675,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 $1,800,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## King County Children, Youth, and Young Adults Division $300,000 granted from 2025 - 2027 $10,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2028 ## KIPP SoCal Public Schools $2,250,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Koreatown Youth and Community Center $1,500,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## LA Partnership for Early Childhood Investment $2,109,400 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## LA Partnership for Early Childhood Investment $1,415,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 ## Learning Policy Institute $1,200,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles $2,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Legal Counsel for Youth & Children $3,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2027 ## Linc Housing Corporation $1,500,000 granted from 2026 - 2027 $750,000 granted from 2022 - 2027 ## Los Angeles Education Partnership $2,625,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Los Angeles Philharmonic Association $1,950,000 granted from 2025 - 2027 ## Los Angeles Room & Board $1,300,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation $6,050,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Low Income Investment Fund $750,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Macomb Community College $2,960,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 $500,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 $30,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2028 $20,000,000 granted from 2018 - 2027 $10,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 $7,500,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Michigan Afterschool Partnership $2,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2027 ## Michigan Center for Youth Justice $450,000 granted from 2025 - 2028 ## Michigan College Access Network $4,750,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Michigan League for Public Policy $780,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 ## Michigan State University $750,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 $750,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 $3,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2030 ## MomsRising Education Fund $1,850,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 $6,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 $15,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2027 $5,578,550 granted from 2023 - 2026 $5,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2027 ## National Alliance of Trauma Recovery Centers $2,400,000 granted from 2023 - 2027 ## National Board for Professional Teaching Standards $2,700,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 ## National Center for Teacher Residencies $40,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2029 ## National Center for Youth Law $2,250,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 ## National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) $2,875,550 granted from 2024 - 2029 ## National Housing Crisis Task Force $1,000,000 granted from 2025 - 2026