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American Psychiatric Association Foundation

The American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF) is an American nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. It is the charitable subsidiary of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

Partnerships

APAF's strategic partners include:[1]

  • Council of State Governments Justice Center
  • District of Columbia Public Schools
  • Employers Health
  • Mental Health and Faith Community Partnership
  • National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
  • Northeast Business Group on Health
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Corporate Alliance

APAF partners with industry organizations to collaborate on mental health research and development through its Corporate Alliance. Current and former members of the alliance include:[2][3]

  • AbbVie
  • Acadia Pharmaceuticals
  • Alkermes
  • Allergan
  • Avanir Pharmaceuticals
  • Axsome
  • Bausch Health
  • Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Cerevel
  • COMPASS Pathways
  • Eisai
  • Greenwich Biosciences
  • Indivior
  • Intra-Cellular Therapies
  • Janssen
  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals
  • Lundbeck
  • Myriad Genetics
  • Neurocrine Biosciences
  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical
  • Pear Therapeutics
  • Pfizer
  • Sage Therapeutics
  • Sunovion
  • Supernus Therapeutics
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Donors

The foundation received donations in 2019 from:[3:1]

  • Austen Riggs Center
  • BB&T
  • Cenveo
  • GRF CPAs & Advisors
  • Hartford HealthCare
  • John Hancock
  • Marquette Associates
  • McLean Hospital
  • Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
  • Menninger Clinic
  • Mental Health and Addiction Network
  • Neuronetics
  • NeuroStar Advanced Therapy
  • Newport Academy
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Pharmaceutical Media Inc. (PMI)
  • Sheppard Pratt
  • Silver Hill Hospital

Activities

The APAF has provided funding to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH).[4]

  1. Strategic Partnerships. American Psychiatric Association Foundation. Retrieved October 16, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.10.16-203015/https://apafdn.org/about/strategic-partners ↩︎

  2. Corporate Alliance. American Psychiatric Association Foundation. Retrieved October 16, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.10.16-182356/https://apafdn.org/about/corporate-alliance ↩︎

  3. Levin, S., & Porfiri, A. Impact Report 2019. APA Foundation. Retrieved December 15, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20211215161312/https://apafdn.org/getmedia/1c232b5e-1849-4f17-b807-90b06204ec99/2019-APAF-Annual-Report ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. 2020 Donors. Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. Retrieved April 2, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220316135206/https://2020-annual-report.fnih.org/donors/ ↩︎