# StrongMinds

**Org ID:** `org_strongminds`  
**Entity type:** `organization`  
**Recommendation tier:** `top_charity`  
**Recommendation source:** Happier Lives Institute  
**Last reviewed:** 2026-10-01  

**Website:** https://strongminds.org/  
**Donate:** https://strongminds.org/  
**EIN:** `46-2090059`  

## Summary

HLI Top Charity: lay group psychotherapy for depression in LMICs.

## Key claims

### Happier Lives Institute — `eval_hli_sm`

Outcome metric: `cost_per_wellby` · confidence: `high` · as_of: 2026-10-01

HLI Top Charity; deep analysis.

| Label | Value | Unit | Period | Verified |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WELLBYs per $1,000 | `40.37` | `WELLBY_per_1000_USD` | HLI table | yes |
| Cost per WELLBY | `24.77` | `USD_per_WELLBY` | HLI table | yes |
| Cost per person treated | `44.56` | `USD_per_person` | HLI table | yes |
| Effect per person | `1.8` | `WELLBY_per_person` | HLI table | yes |
| Multiple of GiveDirectly | `5.3` | `x_givedirectly` | HLI comparison | yes |

**Citations:** <https://www.happierlivesinstitute.org/strongminds-comprehensive-summary/>, <https://www.happierlivesinstitute.org/report/the-wellbeing-cost-effectiveness-of-strongminds-and-friendship-bench-combining-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis-with-charity-related-data-nov-2024-update/>

## Trust snapshot

- **IRS status:** `exempt_501c3_eo_bmf`
- **Registry status:** `pending_manual`
- **Website reachable:** `ok`
- **Donate URL status:** `ok`
- **Flags:** `EIN_FROM_ORG_PAGE`, `IRS_EO_BMF_MATCHED`, `US_DEDUCTIBLE_PER_EO_BMF`
- **Checked at:** 2026-10-01
- **IRS notes:** Matched IRS EO BMF extract 2026-10-01: NAME=STRONGMINDS INC; SUBSECTION=03 (501c3); STATUS=01 (unconditional exemption); DEDUCTIBILITY=1. Interactive TEOS (apps.irs.gov) returned HTTP 403 from this environment; Pub78/auto-revocation UI not re-checked — EO BMF presence is the verified public source.

## Related interventions

- [`int_group_ipt` — Lay group interpersonal psychotherapy](../interventions/group-ipt-strongminds.md)

## Causes

- `cause_mental_health_lmic`
- `cause_global_health_wellbeing`

## Machine-readable

- JSON-LD: [`org_strongminds.jsonld`](org_strongminds.jsonld)
- Source org record: [`data/orgs/org_strongminds.json`](../../../data/orgs/org_strongminds.json)
- Claims index: [`data/claims_index.json`](../../../data/claims_index.json)

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