:American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

The organization was founded in 1987. Gebbia, Robert; Moutier, Christine (2021) [https://academic.oup.com/book/31744/chapter-abstract/265633700?redirectedFrom=fullt The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)]. Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention 2 edn 93: 781-784. Retrieved 2023-01-08.

According to a Charity Navigator rating published in 2023, more than 81% of the organization's finances went towards program expenses (based on financial data from fiscal year 2022), which, according to Charity Navigator, received a "perfect rating for accountability and transparency."{{cite web |url=https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/133393329 |title=Charity Navigator - Rating for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention |author= |website= Charity Navigator|access-date=2023-08-02}} AFSP also partners with Aetna.{{Cite news|url=https://news.aetna.com/2017/09/protective-factors-can-provide-hope-fight-prevent-suicide/|title=Protective factors can provide hope in fight to prevent suicide - The Health Section|date=2017-09-10|work=The Health Section|access-date=2019-04-09}}

For 2018, AFSP received $37 million in financial contributions from 700,000 new and returning donors.{{Cite web|url=https://afsp.org/about-afsp/annual-reports/annual-report-2018/|title=American Foundation for Suicide Prevention 2018 Annual Report|website=afsp.org|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-20}}

Through an alliance with OSHA, AFSP "provides local [workplace] communities with support services for survivors of suicide loss."{{cite web |title=American Foundation for Suicide Prevention |url=https://www.osha.gov/alliances/afsp/afsp |website=Occupational Safety and Health Administration |date=7 September 2022}}

Programs designed to educate the larger public about suicide and prevention best practices, such as Talk Saves Lives: An Introduction to Suicide Prevention,{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2018-09-26/answering-the-call-for-help-how-we-can-make-a-difference-this-suicide-prevention-month|title=Answering the Call for Help|date=September 26, 2018|website=U.S. News}} are offered by AFSP under the umbrella of prevention education and provide a general understanding of suicide, including its scope and what can be done to prevent it.

International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day (also known as "Survivor Day") is an event occasionally co-sponsored by AFSP. Originally introduced as "National Survivors of Suicide Loss Day" in 1999, when United States Sen. Harry Reid—himself a survivor of suicide loss—formally introduced a resolution to the Senate,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sprc.org/news/international-survivors-suicide-loss-day-0|title=International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day {{!}} Suicide Prevention Resource Center|website=www.sprc.org|access-date=2019-04-09}} the day is officially observed annually on the Saturday before American Thanksgiving.

The Interactive Screening Program, or ISP, is an online tool offered by AFSP first piloted at Emory University, and has since been implemented in colleges, police departments, workplaces and the NFL Players Union.{{Cite journal|last1=Garlow|first1=Steven J.|last2=Rosenberg|first2=Jill|last3=Moore|first3=J. David|last4=Haas|first4=Ann P.|last5=Koestner|first5=Bethany|last6=Hendin|first6=Herbert|last7=Nemeroff|first7=Charles B.|date=2008|title=Depression, desperation, and suicidal ideation in college students: results from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention College Screening Project at Emory University|journal=Depression and Anxiety|volume=25|issue=6|pages=482–488|doi=10.1002/da.20321|pmid=17559087|s2cid=34343779|issn=1091-4269|doi-access=free}}

In August 2016, AFSP formed a partnership with the National Shooting Sports Foundation,{{Cite web|url=https://afsp.org/american-foundation-suicide-prevention-national-shooting-sports-foundation-partner-help-prevent-suicide/|title=American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the National Shooting Sports Foundation Partner to Help Prevent Suicide|last=AFSP|date=2016-08-10|website=AFSP|access-date=2019-04-09}} a gun industry trade association. In December 2017, The New York Times released an opinion piece written by Erin Dunkerly, a volunteer whose father died by suicide using a firearm. The piece cites that there is a high risk of suicide from keeping firearms in the home, but claims that local AFSP staff told volunteers not to discuss the topic of gun control. The piece goes on to say that AFSP excluded from its walks violence prevention groups that promoted gun control, and that AFSP excludes the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence from donating or participating.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/26/opinion/gun-lobby-suicide-prevention.html|title=Opinion {{!}} The Gun Lobby Is Hindering Suicide Prevention|last=Dunkerly|first=Erin|date=2017-12-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-04-09|issn=0362-4331}} According to a post published on digital health community The Mighty, similar accounts of gun safety groups have been reported in Wisconsin by Khary Penebaker, in San Diego by Wendy Wheatcroft, and in Maine by Judi Richardson.{{Cite web|url=https://themighty.com/2017/11/american-foundation-for-suicide-prevention-afsp-gun-control-nssf-partnership/|title='Gun Control' T-Shirt Dispute Sparks Concern Over Suicide Nonprofit's Partnership With Gun Group|website=The Mighty|access-date=2019-04-09}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.afsp.org}}
• [https://afsp.org/international-survivors-of-suicide-loss-day International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day]
• [https://seizetheawkward.org/ Seize the Awkward]
• [https://project2025.afsp.org/ Project 2025]
• [https://www.unitedtovolunteer.org/need/detail/?need_id=511535 Unitedvolunteer.org]

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