The Damon and Stella Foundation For Mental Health was founded in 2006 by survivors of suicide, and is an alliance of artists and health care professionals dedicated to expanding our cultural awareness of mental disease.  With over 30,000 completed suicides in the United States each year, and with 250,000 to 790,000 estimated attempts, our aim is to draw attention to this crisis through aggressive communication, compassion, and community campaigns.
	Damon Ivey	Stella Barrett

What We're Going To Do Together

Our goal is simple:  to bring more awareness to mental illness by producing a series of Public Service Announcements, stimulating a national discussion of the prevalence of Depression, Bi-Polar, and other mental diseases.

PSA's are expensive to both produce and air.  Our aim is to raise $1,000,000 by 2008 and a total of $10,000,000 by the end of 2012.  Donations are tax-deductible to the extent of our current code, and they will ensure the foundation is secure to provide guidance to those in need.

These are lofty goals, but with an estimated 250,000 to 790,000 suicide attempts per year, necessity trumps our fear of failure.

"Mental illness accounts for over 15% of the burden of disease in established market economies...
This is more than the disease burden caused by all cancers."
-NIMH Statistics for 2004