Financial Information
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is the leading not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research and education, and to reaching out to people with mood disorders and those impacted by suicide.
To fully achieve its mission, AFSP engages in the following Six Core Strategies:
- Funds scientific research
- Offers educational programs for professionals
- Educates the public about mood disorders and suicide prevention
- Promotes policies and legislation that impact suicide and prevention
- Provides programs and resources for survivors of suicide loss and involves them in the work of the Foundation
- Provides programs and resources for people with mood disorders and their families, and involves them in the work of the Foundation
The Foundation's activities include:
- Supporting research that is improving our understanding of suicide and its prevention. Since 2000, AFSP has invested over $8 million in new studies, including research into treatments for people who are depressed and suicidal.
- Providing education and information about depression and suicide to professionals, the media and the public through workshops, trainings, the AFSP website, videos, publications, brochures and public service announcements. AFSP's PSA, "Suicide Shouldn't be a Secret" has reached 90 million television viewers.
- Publicizing the magnitude of the problems of depression and suicide, advocating for policies and legislation that can help prevent suicide and working to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental illness and suicide.
- Offering programs for survivors of suicide loss that can be of assistance and involving survivors in suicide prevention. AFSP survivor initiatives include the National Survivors of Suicide Day program, which is broadcast to over 250 communities and simulcast on the AFSP website, the Survivor e-Network and trainings for survivor support group facilitators.
By walking in an Out of the Darkness Community Walk you will be helping to support the following:
- Research to improve the understanding of factors that contribute to suicide;
- Suicide prevention of college campuses through the dissemination of an educational film;
- National Survivors of Suicide Day conferences;
- Development of national centers that will evaluate the effectiveness of suicide prevention treatments;
- Creation of new survivor support groups;
- Local suicide prevention programs.
AFSP uses 82.9 percent
of all donations given to
support its programs.
Only 17.1 percent of
donations fund AFSP's
administrative costs.
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For more information about AFSP or how funds from the Out of the Darkness Community Walks will make a difference, download AFSP's annual report or visit www.afsp.org.
Tax Information
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Your donation is deductible as a charitable contribution as allowed by law. All donors who give an email address will receive a receipt via email. Donations of $250 or more will be acknowledged by mail at the end of each tax quarter. Please note that all donations are non-refundable and non-transferable. Click here to download a copy of our 501(c)3 letter.
Financial Reporting
The Out of the Darkness Community Walks are a self-sustaining event benefiting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The proceeds will be used to fund research and education, promote public awareness and provide programs for survivor treatment. A portion of the contributions will pay for expenses arising from The Out of the Darkness Community Walks, an extraordinary opportunity to meet others whose lives have been touched by suicide, reflect and share. While it is difficult to know in advance the costs of the event, contributors can be reassured that AFSP shall maintain the highest degree of fiscal responsibility.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10005
Toll-free: 1-888-333-AFSP
Phone: (212) 363-3500
Fax: (212) 363-6237
Website: www.afsp.org
Email: inquiry@afsp.org
