Research Foundation For Mental Hygiene, Inc.

City-funded organization

Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. is a nonprofit created in 1952 to support the research, training and program objectives of New York State's mental-hygiene agencies -- the Office of Mental Health, Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, and Office of Addiction Services and Supports -- and is based in Menands, NY. It holds $147,015,213 in active NYC contracts as of August 2026 (3) with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and Department of Education for community mental-health and substance-abuse program administration, and has been awarded $260,183,741 across 20 city contracts since 2008 ($97,061,771 paid to date), 99% of which was won without a fresh competitive bid (largely under government/legal-mandate and renewal awards).

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$147,015,213 · 3 contracts
Awarded all-time
$260,183,741 · 20 since 2008, incl. expired
Paid to date
$105,803,697
Won without a fresh bid
99% of contract value · $256,333,741 · 18 contracts
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$786,344 · Kelly Posner, Research Scientist
Based in
Menands, NY (NY State)

Holds contracts at

City contracts

Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).

Officer & key-staff pay

Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2024). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed +27% from FY2020 to FY2024. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.

Federal awards

Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this

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