“Not acknowledging that millions are dealing with mental health conditions is costing an enormous amount both in terms of dollars and cents and, more importantly, people's lives."
Arianna Huffington
Mental Health at Work Mini-Conference, May 2018
"I personally would like to thank Mind Share Partners for all of your support of this ERG and community from the very beginning when we were unsure, driven, and quite a bit scared on launching something that would make us so vulnerable. You provided resources and insight that gave us direction, hope, and reminded us that what we were creating would matter to our peers. To which, you were right. I'm thankful for Mind Share Partners, what you stand for and all that you're creating in this new area of diversity, inclusion, and belonging."
"After the Mind Share Partners conference, we created our own Mental Health Fund, since our health insurance excludes it, and talked about it so our team knew we had their back and they'd be covered for emergency care for suicidal thoughts, etc.
It's a start. Stigma runs deep. It's good that [Mind Share Partners] is helping workplaces talk about it!"
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After careful consideration, the Board of Mind Share Partners (MSP) has made the difficult decision to sunset the organization. As we navigate this transition, we are committed to ensuring that Mind Share Partners’ most important resources remain accessible and continue to support the field. For now, you can continue to find them on the website. For more information, please read the latest newsletter.
Creating and sustaining mentally healthy workplaces
at nonprofit organizations
Meeting the moment
Mission-driven work can be personally meaningful and deeply satisfying, being a part of addressing community challenges and needs directly. At the same time, nonprofit workers can experience unique stressors related to issues like low compensation compared to workload, worries about long-term funding, and seeing first hand the impact of social drivers of health and wellbeing, like poverty, violence and racism.
At this moment in time, many nonprofits are struggling with a rapidly changing landscape, both politically and financially. What were once significant but manageable stressors have now grown to create a pressure cooker environment. Sudden policy and priority changes at the federal level, along with drastic implications for funding, are testing the ability of nonprofits leaders to steer their ships through unsteady waters.
Earlier this year we hosted a webinar called “Caring for Nonprofit Worker Mental Health in Uncertain Times.” In our polling of nearly 100 attendees from a wide range of nonprofit organizations, we asked what factors were affecting their mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. The top response was the political climate and impact, with the next highest response being the emotional labor required in their work. One participant was discussing the current political climate and stated, “At any given moment I experience a fight, fright, or flight response.”
As the nation's leading nonprofit focused on helping organizations create and sustain workplace cultures that are mentally healthy, with an emphasis on workers who experience the worst mental outcomes at work, we recognize this moment of extreme uncertainty as a significant risk to many organizations that serve as a lifeline in their communities.
Case Studies
To learn more about our work with nonprofits, check out these case studies.
