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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 94-1585914

Mental Research Institute

A private foundation in Menlo Park, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 33 grants and $560,280 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $560,280

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $11,256,580

  • Tax year 2024

    $412,565

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $10,584,159

  • Tax year 2023

    $326,362

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $10,384,450

  • Tax year 2022

    $138,738

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $9,650,040

  • Tax year 2021

    $294,690

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $10,494,210

  • Tax year 2020

    $258,060

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $10,526,099

Grants paid in 2025

33 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL

    Neural synchrony during emtional interactions as p

    $25,000
  2. Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA

    Exploring relational impacts student-designed mind

    $25,000
  3. Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT

    Systemic child anxiety intervention on family func

    $25,000
  4. University of North Carolina at GreGreensboro, NC

    Centering youth voices humanizng mental health

    $25,000
  5. Duke UniversityDurham, NC

    Understanding how interpersonal relationships and

    $25,000
  6. New York University- Metropolitan CNew York, NY

    Emotion regulation and psychological well-being

    $25,000
  7. University of Massachusetts FoundatNewton Center, MA

    Dyadic processes underlying loneliness and risk of

    $25,000
  8. Seattle UniversitySeattle, WA

    Daily emotion regulation strategies and depression

    $25,000
  9. Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, PA

    Cueing parents to reframe negative emotions for TH

    $25,000
  10. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Fostering the compassionate mind implementing comp

    $25,000
  11. University of GeorgiaAthens, GA

    Coregulatory synchrony and resilience in child-par

    $25,000
  12. University of DenverDenver, CO

    Exploring maternal grandmother support in prenatal

    $25,000
  13. Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, CA

    Shared remembering in romantic relationships

    $25,000
  14. University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI

    How couples use humor to navigate gendered inequal

    $23,000
  15. University of Denver Department ofDenver, CO

    Parent-infant group therapy for interrupting abuse

    $20,121
  16. Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, TX

    Romantic relationship functioning in autistic adul

    $20,000
  17. University of Georgia Foundation inAthens, GA

    Protective role of couple relationship functioning

    $20,000
  18. University of DenverDenver, CO

    Cueing parents to reframe negative emotions for CH

    $19,336
  19. Texas Am UniversityCollege Station, TX

    Neural pathways to positive family development PR

    $18,000
  20. University of North FloridaJacksonville, FL

    Food and screens relate to parent-child interactio

    $15,000
  21. Wayne State UniversityDetroit, MI

    Enhancing adolescent friendships through digital e

    $15,000
  22. University of Notre Dame Du LacNotre Dame, IN

    Evidence based family support for palestine famili

    $14,823
  23. University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN

    Behaviors as promotive factor in family relationsh

    $10,500
  24. University of DenverDenver, CO

    Maternal prenatal depression reduction and observe

    $10,000
  25. University of Arizona Norton SchooScottsdale, AZ

    Understanding prosocial communication in substance

    $10,000
  26. University of MissouriColumbia, MO

    Examination of social support in text messages

    $5,000
  27. State University of IowaIowa City, IA

    Exploring the impact of a digital storytelling gro

    $5,000
  28. Florida State UniversityTallahassee, FL

    Mental health outcomes for sandwiched caregivers

    $5,000
  29. Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA

    Examination of identity in new motherhood

    $5,000
  30. University of MinnesotaSaint Paul, MN

    Regulation in mentoring the role of mentors emot

    $5,000
  31. Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY

    Perceived partner responsiveness as a scaffold for

    $5,000
  32. University of RochesterRochester, NY

    Seeing clearly or seeing through tinted glasses

    $5,000
  33. University of GeorgiaAtlanta, GA

    Cultural socialization black mothers

    $4,500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education10 grants $164,33687% of the total
  2. Sports and recreation1 grant $25,00013% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado4 grants $74,457
  2. Pennsylvania3 grants $55,000
  3. California2 grants $50,000
  4. North Carolina2 grants $50,000
  5. Georgia3 grants $49,500
  6. Texas2 grants $38,000
  7. New York3 grants $35,000
  8. Connecticut1 grant $25,000
  9. Illinois1 grant $25,000
  10. Massachusetts1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Peggy BradshawTREASURER Hours 5Pay $0
  • Mary Ann NorfleetPRESIDENT Hours 5Pay $0
  • Sophie SubervilleEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 20Pay $85,208
  • Patrick WhalenSECRETARY Hours 2Pay $0
  • Kathryn DewittBOARD MEMBER Hours 3Pay $0

The return

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