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Foundations that fund substance use and addiction research
15 private foundations with a record of paying for substance use and addiction, taken from their IRS Form 990-PF filings. These are grants already made — evidence of what a funder backs, not an open call.
LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION
30 grants · $7.3M · through 2023
Largest: $222,076 to LEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC — to conduct research into the prevalence and costs of specific limitations on substance use disorder treatment services and evidence of violations of the mental health parity and addiction equity act and create nonpartisan, educational resources to support greater enforcement of the parity act, with the overall goal of increasing access to high-quality substance use disorder treatment.
IRS filings for EIN 263241764FOUNDATION FOR OPIOID RESPONSE EFFORTS
34 grants · $3.4M · through 2023
Largest: $233,724 to HEKTOEN INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE — supporting opioid use disorder treatment to recovery through piloting an intervention addressing intimate partner violence and substance use coercion
IRS filings for EIN 824973537DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST
21 grants · $3.2M · through 2023
Largest: $20,272 to GRAHAM COUNTY — this grant will support graham county to collaborate with the eastern band of cherokee indians and an expert consultant experienced in community-based harm reduction and substance use research and evaluation to inform a collaborative strategic plan to improve and save the lives of county residents affected by substance use.
IRS filings for EIN 830590696PALLOTTINE FOUNDATION OF HUNTINGTON
24 grants · $1.3M · through 2023
Largest: $41,775 to MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION — to provide support to launch a substance use prevention training and internship program for youth that will include intensive training on the principles of evidence-based substance use prevention, leadership, peer-to-peer teaching, mentoring, entrepreneurship, basic community coalition prevention strategies, and other topics. the interns will then work directly with other youth in local schools and youth attending summer and after-school programming.
IRS filings for EIN 815135504THE CHARLES F AND BEATRICE D ADAMS
17 grants · $1.3M · through 2024
Largest: $125,000 to SUNRISE OPPORTUNITIES — community caring collaborative for operating support and development of children's behavioral health pilot projectue its work with substance use disorder collaborative
IRS filings for EIN 046556188MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
15 grants · $3.2M · through 2023
Largest: $200,000 to MOUNTAIN TOP CARES COALITION INC — support recovery outreach center, which provides substance use addiction recovery services
IRS filings for EIN 830590263Elevance Health Foundation Inc
15 grants · $3.1M · through 2023
Largest: $100,000 to Partnership to End Addiction — digital helpline support for pregnant and postpartum people struggling with substance use in new...
IRS filings for EIN 352122763THE FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY AND HEALTH
16 grants · $424,909 · through 2023
Largest: $5,000 to HOPE FOR ADDICTION — grant award-substance use disorder
IRS filings for EIN 852248373CJ LOMAS RECOVERY FOUNDATION
16 grants · $91,610 · through 2023
Largest: $21,200 to 3 RIVERS RECOVERY — assist with addiction treatment
IRS filings for EIN 364729463THE DUKE ENDOWMENT
12 grants · $2.6M · through 2023
Largest: $210,000 to KEYSTONE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES — to expand an alternative model for school-based services aimed at addressing mental health concerns and substance use for students in york county.
IRS filings for EIN 560529965SCATTERGOOD BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
9 grants · $450,000 · through 2023
Largest: $50,000 to BLACK WOMEN'S HEALTH ALLIANCE — substance use - harm reduction
IRS filings for EIN 231352178SHIPLEY FOUNDATION INC #0755496
8 grants · $766,050 · through 2023
Largest: $250,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — for projects addressing substance use disorder
IRS filings for EIN 237015570VAN AMERINGEN FOUNDATION INC
8 grants · $725,000 · through 2023
Largest: $150,000 to LEGAL ACTION CENTER — renewed support for mental health parity in new york state, along with enhanced community-based care for people with mental illness and substance use disorders.
IRS filings for EIN 136125699ETHEL AND JAMES FLINN FOUNDATION
9 grants · $652,500 · through 2023
Largest: $75,000 to SAMARITAS — to provide innovative substance use disorder treatment focusing on vaping/e- cigarette use for adolescents, foster care, and transitional youth ages 13-19 through the oakland county clinic.
IRS filings for EIN 382143122THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
7 grants · $1.1M · through 2023
Largest: $180,492 to CONNECTICUT U OF — 77432 studying how cross-sector alignment, with a social-service focus on transit, can improve substance-use outcomes and reduce treatment costs
IRS filings for EIN 226029397
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Start with one paperSource: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, filing years 2019–2023. Foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.