What is the Foundation?
The Psychiatric Foundation of North Carolina was officially incorporated in March of 2007 as the successor organization of the NC Foundation for Mental Health Research, Inc, which was formed in 1961. The Foundation is under the care of the North Carolina Psychiatric Association.

The Foundation will support educational initiatives within our profession and across our state’s communities. Our goal is to
raise awareness, advance understanding and improve treatment of mental illnesses.  Our work will touch persons with mental
illnesses, their families, employers, teachers, young people, medical students, psychiatrists and residents. Through training, education and research, the Foundation seeks to improve care to the psychiatric patient.

The Purpose of the Foundation
The Psychiatric Foundation of North Carolina, organized for charitable, educational and research purposes, has identified the following purposes for the organization:
• To support training, education and research to improve care for the psychiatric patient.
• To educate the public about psychiatry, psychiatric illnesses, and treatments.
• To enhance the quality of assistance to the psychiatric patient, particularly by improving access to care, improving conditions in hospitals, mental health centers and other facilities, and changing perceptions of mental illness and the process of recovery.
• To remove any discrimination against people with mental illness, which may inhibit or prevent proper care, through educational and public service activities.
• To undertake other projects for public benefit as agreed from time to time by the Foundation’s Board of Directors.
• Provide support to the North Carolina Psychiatric Association in its efforts to achieve these purposes.
• To increase public awareness of the signs and symptoms of psychiatric illness, the availability and methods of treatment, and the sources of assistance for persons with psychiatric illness


You Can Help the Foundation NOW:
The Foundation needs your support and your donation is a tax-deductible contribution. Help the Foundation continue its good work - Make your donation by December 31 to apply to this year’s taxes.  (Note: Your donation will be applied to the year in which it is given.)

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Specialized Donations:
Do you want to make a Tribute or Challenge donation? Yearly or Monthly Pledge?  
Click HERE for a Foundation Donation Brochure.

If you have any questions concerning Foundation Donations, please contact the NCPA offices at 919-859-3370.