Bernie Wong | Manager of Research & Design, Mind Share Partners
Mental health employee resource groups (ERGs) are an emerging trend among leading companies, with the potential to make significant progress in reducing stigma in the workplace. With 84% of employees having experienced symptoms of poor mental health at work and 69% of employees hiding their condition from coworkers, mental health and stigma is an increasingly visible priority for companies.
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In our article on Thrive Global, we discuss how mental health-related ERGs are an effective resource that reduces mental health-related stigma through an evidence-based model of social contact, peer support, and education. In fact, supporting mental health at work has been shown to translate $4 in benefits to the company for every $1 invested. Employees can feel less alone, connected to a community, and realize that there are other, high-performing professionals who share a common experience. Mental health ERGs can also be a catalyst for organization-wide change and advocacy. Ultimately, mental healths ERGs can provide an invaluable resource for both employees’ and a company’s overall health.
Mental health ERGs are just emerging at leading companies. We compiled an ongoing list of existing ERGs in the U.S. that were either formed exclusively for mental health at work or incorporate mental health into their mission and activities. As new groups are formed or discovered, we will update this list to reflect the landscape of mental health ERGs as a resource for company leaders and change-makers.
Are you part of or thinking about creating a mental health ERG at your company? Join our virtual community for mental health ERG leaders.
Don't see your ERG in this list? Email bwong@mindsharepartners.org to get added.
Mental health ERGs or groups
(Alphabetical by company name)
Accenture, US Mental Wellness ERG
Affirm, Mental Wellness ERG
BigID, BigMIND
Branch Metrics, Minds Matter
Coinbase, Thrive ERG
Cengage, Mental Health Alliance
County of Los Angeles, Mental Health and Wellness eBRG
Crisis Text Line, LivedExperience@CTL
Flexera, Mental Wellness
FINRA, US Mental Wellness ERG
Gannett, Mentally Forward
Genentech, Mental Health Champions
Handshake, Mental Health Allies | Learn more >
Johnson & Johnson, Mental Health Diplomats | Learn more >
Lever, Simple Machines
National Science Foundation, Mental Health Advocates
Netflix, Mental Health Employee Resource Group | Learn more >
New Relic, NeuRelics
Novartis, Mental Health Restoration (MEHR)
Rogers, Mental Health Alliance
Ryan Companies, Support Without Stigma
Symetra, One DMC: Disabilities, Mental Health and Caregivers United
The Standard, Partners in Mind
Toast, Inc., Complex Carbs | Learn more >
Udemy
Welkin Health, MEH ERG
Companies & ERGs that include mental health
E.g., Neurodiversity ERGs, ability-based ERGs (Alphabetical by company name)
Accenture, Disability Employee Resource Group
Adobe, Access Adobe | Learn more >
Airbnb, Able@ | Learn more >
Astrazeneca
Backerkit, Neurodiversity Club
Best Buy, disABILITIES
BlackRock, Ability & Allies Network | Learn more >
Covestro, Covestro Accessibility Resource Effort (CARE) | Learn more >
Drift
Ernst & Young, EY AccessAbilities | Learn more >
Esurance, eBility
Google, Mental Health Anonymous (part of their Disability Alliance ERG)
Health Care Service Corporation, In-Abled
Humanity United
Intuit, Special Needs and Abilities Network | Learn more >
Kaiser Permanente, KPability | Learn more >
LinkedIn, EnableIn | Learn more >
Microsoft, disAbility | Learn more >
NextRoll, RollAble
Nike, Ability & Friends Network | Learn more >
Norton Rose Fulbright, Breathe | Learn more >
PayPal, Opportunity ERG | Learn more >
PG&E
Pinterest, PinAble Qualcomm, AbilityQ | Learn more >
Red Hat, Neurodiversity at Red Hat | Learn more >
RetailMeNot, RMN Rx | Learn more >
SAP, Differently Abled People | Learn more >
Slack, # hello-abilities
Splunk, Neurodiversity@Splunk
Staples, All Abilities BRG
Squarespace, MINDS (Mental Inclusivity + Neurodiversity at Squarespace)
Symetra, One-DMC (Disability, Mental Health, & Caregivers; United)
Uber, Able at Uber | Learn more >
Under Armour, Abilities
VMWare, Disability@VMware
Walmart, Advocates for Disability Awareness and Education (ADAE)
Walt Disney Company, Disney T.R.U.S.T.
Willis Towers Watson, Workability
Yahoo, Neurodiversity ERG| Learn more >
Zillow Group, ADAPT (Able and Disabled Advocates Partnering Together)
Mind Share Partners launched a free toolkit that outlines the 7 essential steps to creating a mental health ERG. Drawing from the scientific literature, insights from Mind Share Partners' forums and workshops, and interviews with companies such as Google, Johnson & Johnson, Yahoo, and Zillow Group, we created a one-stop resource to equip you with the facts, questions, and considerations for creating an effective mental health ERG. Learn tips ranging from how to make the case for a mental health ERG to company leaders and employees, to naming and setting parameters using careful language and framing to reduce stigma, and to comply with workplace regulations and how to collaborate with your human resources team.
Bernie is a Senior Associate at Mind Share Partners. He leads the organization's research and development, visual design and branding, and other special projects. He is a widely-published author on mental health at work and advises companies on mental health strategy and initiatives.
Bernie holds a Master of Health Science in Mental Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from UC Berkeley.