Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2009.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
20 people listed on the 990; $983K paid to officers and key staff.
Pushkar Joshi’s $485K as Chief Strategy & Science Officer is at the 92nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 746 $10–100M mental health nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton Delan | — | $596,694 | $395,385 | $391,192 | $332,558 |
| Pushkar Joshi | $485,442 | $373,529 | $324,999 | — | — |
| Kathleen Pike | $395,192 | $98,180 | — | — | — |
| Tal Gerzon | $360,769 | $244,847 | $241,250 | $206,000 | $164,195 |
| Brandon Staglin | $342,500 | $272,113 | $232,500 | $192,648 | $172,781 |
| Christina McCarthy | $310,000 | $255,577 | $204,807 | — | — |
| Kelly Deckert | $252,500 | $174,899 | — | — | — |
| Marcus Sauter | $249,740 | $170,871 | $75,946 | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See One Mind Institute executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Funds and accelerates collaborative scientific research and advocacy to help individuals facing brain health and psychiatric challenges build healthy, productive lives.
Questions for One Mind Institute
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Rising Star Awards
Given the challenges of understanding and finding therapies for brain illnesses and injuries, the one mind rising star awards encourage the community of researchers to innovate in their basic and translational science to benefit patients, while supporting the research of emerging leaders in the field.
Through the medical foundation of north carolina at unc, one mind supports the aurora program. The aurora study is a major national research initiative to improve the understanding, prevention, and recovery of individuals who have experienced a traumatic event.
Through the university of california, davis, one mind supports the learning health care network as a component of the one mind aspire program. Aspire (accelerating serious psychiatric illness recovery) is one mind's initiative to support those with serious psychiatric illness (spi).
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
The auditor reported: a weakness in money controls.
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.2M | $2.3M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $3.2M | $3.7M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.5M | $1.4M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.7M | $2.2M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $3.9M | $3.9M | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $27K | $27K | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $83K | $83K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $1.0M | $391K | $408K | $206K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $776K | $776K | ||
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $131K | $22K | $22K | $87K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $78K | $78K | ||
| Management feesLn 11a | $1.3M | $1.2M | $4K | $111K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $9K | $9K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $59K | $46K | $14K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $158K | $117K | $41K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $150K | $426 | $142K | $7K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $51K | $32K | $3K | $16K |
| TravelLn 17 | $48K | $26K | $16K | $6K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $25K | $25K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $7.8M | $6.6M | $721K | $474K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 11, 2025 | $10.1M | $8.3M | $1.8M | $6.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2024 | $11.3M | $8.5M | $2.8M | $5.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 | $9.3M | $9.5M | −$269K | $2.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 15, 2022 | $8.4M | $7.8M | $551K | $2.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 | $6.2M | $7.1M | −$901K | $1.7M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $8,373,615 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $8,373,615 across 9 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,822,788 across 15 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $3,691,228 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,249,081 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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