The Plight of a Forgotten Cause
Financial Times – November 9, 2007
Summary: Financial Times reported that non-profit organizations dedicated to helping people with mental illness are being neglected. Even though mental illness is more prevalent than cancer or diabetes, non-profit organizations that aim to serve people with mental illness and family members who support them remain hand-to-mouth organizations. While mental health giving grew in the 1990s, an article published in Health Affairs (September/October 2003) found the rate of growth was far below that for total foundation giving or giving for health.