Grants
Bringing SLEEP to college with Active Minds
We are pleased to again sponsor the Active Minds National Conference, where college students and their support teams gather to learn strategies that help to change the conversation around mental health and prevent suicide. In collaboration with Active Minds, we are also thrilled to bring our #mindbodyconnect message to these students through speakers Birdie Cunningham and Roxanne Prichard, PhD from […]
JKBF’s Grant to Bard College supports Mental Health Initiatives
Bard College recently shared an update on their implementation of JKBF’s 2018 grant, which is funded in honor of Jamie by donations made by the Bernard family. One of Jamie’s favorite places at Bard was the library, and upgrades to library services this year provided new opportunities for students to step back from their work […]
JKBF Funds Evidence-Based Guidelines through Active Minds to Reduce Stigma, Support Awareness, and Foster Intervention
Since 2010 JKBF has been funding the work of Active Minds, the nation’s premier nonprofit organization supporting mental health awareness and education for students. Focusing on reducing stigma and helping high school and college students know about mental health strategies and resources, Active Minds has grown to more than 450 student-led chapters across the nation […]
Announcing 2018 Grant Awards
In remembrance of the passing of Jamie Bernard on January 25, 2010, the James Kirk Bernard Foundation (JKBF) is pleased to announce its December 2018 grant funding to Active Minds and Bard College. Active Minds (activeminds.org) is the nation’s premier nonprofit organization supporting mental health awareness and education for students and young adults ages 14–25. […]
2012 Grant Support For Active Minds, changing the conversation…
The Foundation will provide a grant of $20,000 to Active Minds. Active Minds is the only organization working to utilize the student voice to change the conversation about mental health on college campuses. By developing and supporting chapters of a student-run mental health awareness, education, and advocacy group on campuses, the organization works to increase students’ […]
2011 Grant to Bard College
A $15,000 grant will be awarded to Bard College which will be used for initiatives like Let’s Talk where members of the Counseling Center go out to popular campus gathering spaces and hold drop-in sessions for all students; support of the Bard Active Minds chapter, and mental health peer counselors. In addition, funding will be used for […]
2011 Grants to Active Minds and Oberlin
The Foundation will provide a grant of $10,000 to Active Minds. Active Minds is a rapidly growing network of thousands of college students working towards one goal: to create campuses where students feel encouraged to speak openly about mental health and seek help. Active Minds takes a grassroots approach to changing the conversation about mental health […]
JKBF Provides Support for Active Minds and Extreme Sports Camp in 2010
2010 The Foundation will provide a grant of $10,000 to Active Minds. This grant will support the development of an Interactive Program Bank, support one Chapter Coordinator Sustainability trip and provide scholarships for the organization’s annual conference. The Active Minds Interactive Program Bank is an online resource where college chapters from across the country can share […]
JKBF makes first grant to Bard College Scholarship Fund
The James Kirk Bernard Foundation’s first grant since its inception in February 2010 will go to the Bard College Class of 2010 Scholarship Fund. The fund was established by the graduating senior class to provide scholarships to rising seniors unable to complete their education due to financial hardship. The fund honors the memory of the three […]