Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (formerly NARSAD)
Mission
The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation is committed to alleviating the suffering caused by mental illness by awarding grants that will lead to advances and breakthroughs in scientific research.
Notes from the nonprofit
100% of every dollar donated for research is invested in our research grants. Our operating expenses are covered by separate Foundation grants.
Ruling year
1981
President & CEO
Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein M.D.
Main address
747 Third Avenue 33rd Floor
New York, NY 10017 USA
Formerly known as
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
NARSAD
EIN
31-1020010
NTEE code
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (T12)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
One in five people live in the United States live with a mental illness. Around 450 million globally people currently suffer from such conditions, placing mental illness among the leading causes of ill-health and disability worldwide. The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) is committed to alleviating the suffering caused by mental illness by awarding grants that will lead to advances and breakthroughs in scientific research. BBRF funds the most innovative ideas in neuroscience and psychiatry to better understand the causes and develop new ways to effectively treat brain and behavior disorders. These illnesses include addiction, ADHD, anxiety, autism, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD, schizophrenia, as well as research in suicide prevention.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Scientific Research Grants
BBRF Grants are one of the highest distinctions in the field of mental health research. Many investigators go on to receive larger federal and private grants based on their BBRF Grant projects. No other organization outside of the federal government has funded the number of mental health research grants that the Foundation has—or been responsible for more breakthroughs in the field.
Grant Expenses
Expenses in giving grants for research.
Where we work
Awards
Outstanding Organization Change Maker Award 2018
Child Mind Institute
Affiliations & memberships
The Mental Health Coalition 2020
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Total number of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Scientific Research Grants
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total dollar amount of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Scientific Research Grants
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is committed to alleviating the suffering caused by mental illness by awarding grants that will lead to advances and breakthroughs in scientific research. Since 1987, we have awarded more than $430 million to fund more than 6,200 grants to more than 5,100 scientists around the world. The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is the nation's top non-governmental funder of mental health research grants. We believe that better treatments and advancements come from scientific discovery.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The Foundation funds the most innovative ideas in neuroscience and psychiatry to better understand the causes and develop new ways to treat brain and behavior disorders. 100% of every dollar donated for research is invested in our research grants. Our operating expenses are covered by separate Foundation grants. We only fund scientists whose research is reviewed and recommended by our all-volunteer, world-renowned Scientific Council representing every major discipline in brain and behavior research.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The BBRF Scientific Council guides the Foundation to fund creative and impactful research relevant to the whole spectrum of mental illness.
Led by Dr. Herbert Pardes, the founding President of our Scientific Council, the all-volunteer group of 183 pre-eminent mental health researchers rigorously evaluates every grant application, identifying the most promising, high-quality science. Research proposals are submitted from around the world. The BBRF Scientific Council reviews hundreds of grant applications submitted from around the world and selects the most promising research ideas with the greatest potential to lead to breakthroughs.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since 1987, we have awarded more than $430 million to fund more than 6,200 grants to more than 5,100 scientists around the world.
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Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (formerly NARSAD)
Board of directorsas of 10/20/2021
Mr. Geoffrey Simon
Geoffrey A. Simon
Miriam E. Katowitz
John R. Osterhaus
Donald M. Boardman
Carol A. Atkinson
J. Anthony Boeckh
Susan Lasker Brody, MPH
Judy Genshaft, PhD
John Kennedy Harrison
John B. Hollister
Carole H. Mallement
Milton Maltz
Jeffrey R. Peterson
Marc R. Rappaport
Mary Rubin
Virginia M. Silver
Ken Sonnenfeld, PhD, JD
Barbara K. Streicker
Barbara Toll
Robert W. Weissman
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