Open Alaska behavioral-health and beneficiary-services funding opportunity. The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority accepts Partnership Grant applications quarterly from organizations serving Trust beneficiaries for projects consistent with the Trust’s mission and current strategic priorities.
Next deadline: The published recurring deadline is November 15 at 5:00 PM Alaska Time. The Trust states that if a deadline falls on a weekend or State of Alaska holiday, it rolls to the close of the next business day at 5:00 PM Alaska Time. Because November 15, 2026 is a Sunday, the next deadline is Monday, November 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM Alaska Time.
Funding: Current Partnership Grant materials reviewed do not publish a per-award maximum or a dedicated Partnership Grant pool. The Trust’s overall grants page states that trustees authorize approximately $20 million in grants annually across Trust grant programs. Atlas did not infer a Partnership Grant ceiling from historical awards.
Eligible organizations: Foundations, government agencies, tribal entities, nonprofits, and corporations that serve Trust beneficiaries. Trust beneficiary groups include Alaskans with mental illness, developmental disabilities, chronic alcoholism and other substance-related disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, and traumatic brain injuries. The Trust also supports prevention and early intervention for individuals at risk of becoming beneficiaries.
Current strategic priorities: Prevention & Early Intervention; Crisis Response; Treatment & Recovery; and Ongoing Support and Wellbeing.
Core funding requirements: Requests must identify the specific Trust beneficiary group or groups to be served, show a clear and strong connection between the proposed project and direct beneficiary impact, and not duplicate services already provided elsewhere in local, state, or federal government.
Published funding examples: The current Partnership Grant Guidelines expressly allow pilot projects using promising, emerging, and evidence-based models with data to assess beneficiary impact; capital construction or major renovation for facilities serving beneficiaries, generally proportional to the beneficiary share; inclusive projects with generally proportional funding; and prevention projects with a strong beneficiary rationale and an impact-data plan.
Not funded under the current guidelines: Continuing operating expenses such as personnel, services, or facility rental; continuation funding for a previously Trust-funded grant; and vehicles, fuel, or vehicle maintenance.
Match / cost share: The current Partnership Grant page and guidelines reviewed do not state a mandatory non-Federal match or cost-share requirement. Applicants should rely on the live application and award terms for project-specific requirements.
Technology and equipment: The Trust’s broader grants page identifies equipment purchases among the purposes supported across Trust grantmaking and cites telehealth system improvements as a system-level example. The current Partnership Grant Guidelines do not expressly create a blanket technology or remote-exam equipment category, so applicants should confirm project-specific allowability before budgeting N9+, telehealth, remote-examination, or other clinical technology.
Application: Apply through the Trust’s Blackbaud GrantsConnect portal. Applicants requesting $25,000 or more must provide the financial and organizational documentation required by the Trust. The Trust estimates approximately 3–5 months from application submission to final decision, although some cases may take longer.
Contacts: Lucas Lind, Grants Administrator, Lucas.Lind@alaska.gov; Carrie Predeger, Grants Accountability Manager, Carrie.Predeger@alaska.gov.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 94/100. Strong statewide fit for behavioral health, IDD, dementia/aging, substance-use recovery, TBI, prevention, crisis response, capital, and beneficiary-focused pilots.
N9+ Fit Score: 72/100 conditional. N9+ could be legitimate in an applicant-defined beneficiary-serving pilot, telehealth workflow, or remote-examination project, but current Partnership Grant guidance does not expressly guarantee device or technology allowability. Atlas will not force the fit or assume an equipment purchase is allowable without project-specific confirmation.
QC Healthcare / Dr. Miltie fit: 62/100 conditional. Corporations are expressly within the eligible organization classes, so Dr. Miltie is not excluded solely by entity type. Direct pursuit remains on hold unless an actual Alaska beneficiary-serving project, nonduplication rationale, measurable impact/data plan, and allowable budget are substantiated.
Official sources: Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority – Partnership Grants and Partnership Grant Guidelines.