Our Impact

Connecting People to the Resources They Need

The mission of Hearts 4 Minds Inc. (“H4M”) is to help build healthy futures by breaking down the stigma of mental illness and ensuring that people impacted by mental illness get the help they need. We never want a family to lose a loved one simply because they didn’t know where to turn.

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The Need

The sad reality is that 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 3 youth
in the United States have a mental health disorder.

Unfortunately, mental illness has been lumped in with negative stereotypes and scary images depicting sufferers as dangerous and unpredictably violent. As these types of images are ingrained in our minds, stigma is created. Perpetuating stigmatizations of mental illness causes real harm. People with mental illnesses can be discriminated against, bullied or even ostracized by those who simply do not understand. During a speech in 2018, the US Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams, identified stigma against mental illness as a major barrier to mental healthcare, causing many to needlessly suffer in silence rather than seek help. This has led to less than 44% of the more than 52.9 million adults suffering getting the help they need and deserve.

Importantly, on average there is an 11-year delay between the onset of symptoms and treatment1. Simply a lack of understanding and a lack of information is preventing millions of people from leading full, healthy lives. Hearts 4 Minds recognizes the need to close this gap. H4M has created solutions that drive change by providing the community with information to learn, share and connect. Donations made to Hearts 4 Minds help ensure that our programs designed to reduce stigma, drive early identification and facilitate early treatment of mental illness reach those in need throughout our community.

The Solutions

The work of H4M is grounded in four pillars of support for the community.

Break Stigma | Raise Awareness | Education | Connections to Care

Laying a foundation of destigmatization, awareness and education enables early identification and facilitation to effective treatment. Early identification gives patients a higher likelihood of a positive treatment outcome. Through our programs, we can reach a broad demographic and make effective strides towards closing the gap in care. We actively work to drive change and eliminate barriers to care for patients and their families.

TOGETHER We Have Made Great Progress

Awards / Grants

  • Positively Jax Award May 2021

  • Charity of the Day – Furyk and Friends Constellation

  • Awarded $100,000 Grant from the CDC and administered through the FL Department of Health and OD2A

  • City of Jacksonville Legislative Grant of $200,000 over 3 years beginning May 2021 to implement a mental health awareness campaign

  • Fully funded the Dragonfly Care Coordinator at Baptist Health for life with a $1.5 million raise to Alex’s Dragonfly Endowment for Young Adult Mental Health

Achievements / Press

The Work Must Continue

DESPITE ALL OF OUR MOMENTUM, THE WORK MUST CONTINUE. YOUR HELP CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HOPE, HELP AND HEALING.

As our programs grow and develop, Hearts 4 Minds takes time to help one person at a time, celebrating every life saved and every connection made! But in order for us to make a broader impact, we have to help people help themselves by reaching further into our community, providing clear education and a robust technology platform that creates critical provider connections.

Thank you to our corporate partners, donors, provider partners, volunteers, fundraisers and all those who join us to support those who need help today. You make our work possible!

If you would like to contribute to our future success, please visit:
Hearts4minds.org/donate

Funding

Total Funding to Date: $2,059,877.93*

Funding Detail

  • Care Coordinator Partnership Program funding is pass-through funding from H4M to Baptist Health – made possible with a matching grant of $750,000 from the Jim Moran Foundation in 2021.

  • Individual, corporate and group donations help support overhead and general expenses.

  • The CDC/OD2A Grant for the grant period September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023 is directed funding for Murals with Meaning.

  • City of Jacksonville funding is directed funding for a mental health awareness campaign for the period May 2021 to May 2024.