Foundation of Hope for Research and Treatment of Mental Illness

What it reported doing in 2024

Mental health initiative grant funds and research grant funds were provided to unc department of psychiatry for the following studies: dr. Jessica cohen & dr. John gilmore "development of individual differences in adolescent brain structure and risk"dr. Anthony zannas "epigenetic mechanisms linking psychological stress with dementia risk in minoritized individuals"dr. Flavio frohlich "the carolina recovery from depression protocol (cared): a novel rapid treatment paradigm for depression"dr. Emily pisetsky "addressing an urgent need: developing and disseminating a brief eating disorders intervention for primary care (fast-ed)"dr. Samuel mclean "written exposure therapy to improve recovery among sexual assault survivors"dr. Danielle roubinov "identifying modifiable risk factors associated with suicidality in adolescents following acute psychiatric hospitalization"dr. Cope feurer, dr. Aysenil belger, & dr. Danielle roubinov "identifying novel biological profiles of early risk and intervention for mood disorders in adolescents: mapping stress-responsive changes in electrocortical indices in adolescent anhedonia"dr. Tyehimba hunt-harrison "youth mental health first aid training of rural black church leaders as a tool to improve mental health literacy and access"dr. Julia riddle "the other postpartum: depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder following stillbirth and neonatal death"dr. Erin bondy "examining the effect of estradiol on mood symptoms during perimenopause through immune gene expression"dr. Antonio florido "developing a pre-clinical model to study the interaction of female pubertal hormones and early-life stress in vulnerability to anhedonia"dr. Rebecca grzadzinski "establishing the validity of a wearable technology of objective arousal measurements across development"dr. Alex gertner "the effects of addressing children's early life social needs on behavioral health"dr. Karen poulos & dr. Amy ursano "unc multidisciplinary child psychiatry collaborative - signature grantee"

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 69.2%; rating input score 69
• Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: $20.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 95%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 29.8%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.98; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings