Funding search · substance use and addiction · Illinois
Who funds substance use and addiction work in Illinois
15 funders have a record of paying for substance use and addiction work by Illinois recipients: 57 grants totaling $3.8M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Illinois Primary Health Care Association ($636,950), Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts ($563,678) and Illinois Public Health Institute ($408,907).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Illinois recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Illinois Primary Health Care AssociationSpringfield, ILCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $636,950 · through 2024Largest: $107,694 to Heartland Health Centers Tapestry 360 — to improve health insurance marketplace enrollments, oral health care services, and substance use disorder treatment.
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
Illinois Public Health InstituteChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $408,907 · through 2022Largest: $74,170 to Saint Anthony Hospital — cdph opioid project - subaward
Largest: $15,000 to OMNI YOUTH SERVICES — substance use prevention program
Largest: $12,200 to ROSENCRANCE FOUNDATION — addiction treatment center and drug above recovery
Largest: $400,000 to CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS INC — to evaluate the implementation and testing of a syringe service program based model for linking patients with opioid use disorder to medication assisted treatment.
Vital StrategiesNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $316,213 · through 2024Largest: $148,900 to ANSWER DETROIT A PROJECT OF THE WORKERS CENTER FOR RACIAL JUSTICE — overdose prevention (opioid)
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $376,593 · through 2022Largest: $155,820 to COOK COUNTY HEALTH — opioid overdose prevention activities and care programs upon release from incarceration
Largest: $76,360 to LIVE 4 LALI — to support individuals with substance use disorder.
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare GroupChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $130,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to STEPPING STONES INC — addressing substance use disorder
Largest: $10,000 to McDermott Center - Haymarket — to support the free onsite childcare program for the children of mothers in residential treatment for substance use disorder
Largest: $181,500 to American Academy of Pediatrics — improving adolescent substance use & mental health outcomes through pediatric primary care program
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