Andrew Kukes Foundation for Social Anxiety
/OVERVIEW: The Andrew Kukes Foundation for Social Anxiety prioritizes grantmaking for education and outreach, as well as improved treatment, interventions and access to mental health care for social anxiety disorder.
IP TAKE: This funder provides significant support to campus-based mental health programs, especially those that involve peer-to-peer counseling. It also supports mental health professionals with opportunities to further develop their knowledge about social anxiety disorder and maintains a Network of Informed Professionals and Organizations on its website. While this funder does not run an open grant application program, interested grantseekers may contact the foundation via email.
PROFILE: Andrew Kukes Foundation for Social Anxiety (AKFSA) was created by Patricia and Jefferey Kukes to honor their son, Andrew, who sadly committed suicide in 2009. Andrew Kukes battled severe depression and social anxiety throughout his twenties. The foundation seeks to “educate social anxiety sufferers, mental health and educational professionals, physicians, family and the general public about the diagnosis and treatment of social anxiety disorder.” The Kukes Foundation partners with “with like-minded organizations to make a significant impact on those who suffer, their families and the professionals who provide treatment.”
Grants for Mental Health
The Kukes Foundation awards grants to organizations helping people suffering from social anxiety and their families, placing a strong emphasis on young adults and peer-to-peer counseling programs at college campuses. Recent grantees include programs at Florida International University, Georgia State University, William Patterson University and Friendship Circle, a Michigan-based organization that supports individuals with special needs and their families.
Important Grant Details
This funder’s grants typically range from $10,000 to $75,000.
A significant portion of grantmaking goes to campus-based mental health programs and peer-to-peer counseling for young adults.
Grantmaking appears to be limited to the states of Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey, although the foundation does not name geographic limitations.
For additional information about past grantmaking, see this funder’s recent tax filings.
The Andrew Kukes Foundation does not run an open grant application program at this time. Interested grantseekers may contact this funder via email at hello@akfsa.org with questions and ideas.
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