How to Apply for Funding
The Mental Health Initiative has an open pre-application process. If the work of your organization falls clearly within the Funding Guidelines detailed below and you would like to be considered for an invitation to submit a full proposal, please write a one-page letter which contains the following information:
- The purpose and goals of your organization
- The project for which funding is requested
- The amount of funding requested
- The total income of your organization in the last financial year
- Some biographical details of your organization's leadership
All letters should be sent to mhi@osi.hu.
Funding Guidelines
The Mental Health Initiative's funding strategy is geared toward the sustainable development of quality community-based alternatives to institutionalization for people with mental disabilities (intellectual disabilities and/or mental health problems) and toward the development of government policies that promote the social inclusion of people with mental disabilities. Accordingly, MHI provides funding to organizations that work in community-living, deinstitutionalization and prevention of institutionalization. Examples of the types of projects MHI supports include community-based housing, early intervention, inclusive education and supported employment. MHI also provides support for organizations working on policy-based advocacy at local and/or national levels with the aim of promoting community living for people with mental disabilities.
The Mental Health Initiative provides funding to non-governmental organizations in Central and Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union, or to organizations based in other countries of the world that focus their activities in Central and Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union.
Please note that the Mental Health Initiative does not fund projects which are in any way connected to increasing the capacity of, or to improving, residential institutions for people with mental disabilities. This includes renovations or any other upgrades, equipment, charitable contributions or humanitarian aid, events organized within an institution, and any other form of core support to residential institutions.