Keeping Balanced Foundation is a new charitable organization expanding access to mental-health education, support, and, once authorized, professional care for people facing financial and other barriers. We start where the need is loudest: New York City.
Mental health struggles are universal. Access to care is not. That gap is the entire reason this foundation exists.
people worldwide live with a mental disorder. That is 1.1 billion of us.
WHO, 2021 dataNew York City adults report an unmet need for mental health care.
NYC Health Departmentof New York's need for mental-health providers is met in federally designated shortage areas. The national average is 27%.
HRSA via KFF, Dec 2025Figures reflect the most recent public data available as of August 2026.
A cairn is a stack of stones balanced by hand, left standing so the next traveler knows the path. That is the work: steadying people, one careful act at a time, and leaving something that guides whoever comes next.
Big visions earn trust by showing their work. Here is ours.
New York incorporation, 501(c)(3) filing, Charities Bureau registration, independent board.
Underway nowWorkshops, support groups, education, and resource navigation across New York City.
NextFree and reduced-cost therapy under New York State authorization, funded by grants and donors.
PlannedPartnerships, training, and resources built to travel, so the model can serve far past five boroughs.
The visionPledge a future gift today. No money moves until we are legally cleared to receive it, and you can change your mind anytime.
A full Founding Circle strengthens every grant application we file, so your future gift multiplies before it is even made.
Workshops, groups, navigation, and, once authorized, free and reduced-cost therapy, with every dollar reported back openly.
Cost should never be the reason someone goes without support. That is the whole foundation, in one sentence.
Ruby Mathen, LCSWFounder, Keeping Balanced Foundation
A cairn is built one balanced stone at a time. The first one hundred people to stand with this foundation will be named on our Founding Wall, permanently. We are not accepting money yet. What we are gathering is rarer: people willing to be first.
Occasional updates: milestones, program launches, ways to help. No noise, ever.
We will never sell or share your information.