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: The Andrew Kukes Foundation is focused treatment and awareness of social anxiety disorder. A significant number of its grants go to college campus-based mental health programs, especially those that involve peer-to-peer counseling. 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 its common co-condition, 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 foundation awards grants to organizations helping those 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.
This funder makes about $90,000 in grants a year, with grants ranging from $10,000 to $75,000. The foundation’s average grant size is about $15,000. 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.
The Andrew Kukes Foundation does not run an open grant application program at this time. Interested grantseekers may contact this funder via email with questions and ideas.
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