Title says it all. What are the best US based charities that help the mentally ill that you guys recommend?

I'm trying to build feedback on my eBay account so I thought of the idea to buy cheap items such as office supplies, books, art supplies, nick nack items, and smartphone accessories such as cases, ear buds, and chargers and post the items for sale for below market value but donate 100% of the sale proceeds to charity.

Bump for the win!

Would like to know before Sunday because that's when I want to start my listings.

I am just seeking to know which one's are good here

[winter4me]

Consumer Reports does a "best charities for your money" rating, and there are others, you want to look at what percentage of the money actually goes to the stated goal of the organization vs administrative costs (which should be less than 15% generally).
There are also other places to check ratings.
Nice idea btw

[*Laurie*]

NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI is the nation's largest grassroots organization that works directly with the mentally ill.

I thought their was 1 that specialised in therapy dogs to help people with say depression, or something

because I remember hearing about it and thinking.. wow. what a great charity

[Mike_J]

DBSA is another national group, mostly they have local peer support groups.

My own opinion is to keep the donations local.

What about helping a local support group? Local mental health association? Sponsor a therapy dog?

ANother thing that comes to mind is the mental health ward at your local hospital. Mine relies on donations of hygene items like soaps, shampoo, feminine products - laundry detergent too.

[Unrigged64072835]

Sponsor a service dog. They can be really expensive and families with needs can't afford them.

[mugwort2]

I don't know. However you check out charities with charitynavigator.org. It tell show much of the funding goes to the charity or cause. You can tell where the cash is going and how effectively the funding is.

[mugwort2]

Originally Posted by *Laurie*

NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI is the nation's largest grassroots organization that works directly with the mentally ill.

NAMI does very little for housing. Its does nothing for discrimination in housing, unfair bias in employment and higher education.