Funding search · substance use and addiction · Minnesota
Who funds substance use and addiction work in Minnesota
15 funders have a record of paying for substance use and addiction work by Minnesota recipients: 49 grants totaling $5.7M, most recently in 2024 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are The Institute for Intergovernmental ($1.6M), Ucare Foundation ($324,000) and Northland Foundation ($135,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Minnesota recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $261,275 to STATE OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH — preventing and reducing overdose deaths associated with opioids
Ucare FoundationStuart, VACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $324,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to SCOTT COUNTY — funding to enhance prevention activities to help reduce overdose death, reduce access to opioids and control the spread of infectious diseases for individuals with, or at risk of d…
Northland FoundationDuluth, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $135,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to CHILDRENS DENTAL SERVICES INC — to provide comprehensive trauma-informed dental care and opioid and substance use disorder (oud/sud) education in northeast minnesota.
Largest: $646,049 to MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES — to fund the implementation and scale up of a substance use prevention program for middle school students.
Largest: $150,000 to SERVE MINNESOTA — educational achievement, economic opportunity, enviromental protection, substance use recovery, affordable housing
Largest: $15,000 to MILESTONE RECOVERY — to provide services to empower individuals who are experiencing substance use disorders, mental illness and homelessness
Virginia Association ofRichmond, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $800,000 · through 2024Largest: $450,000 to Reading & Math Inc — indigent bed, virginia state opioid response, addiction management assistance
Ucare MinnesotaMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $65,000 · through 2022Largest: $50,000 to KENTE CIRCLE TRAINING INSTITUTE — seeking funds to engage the black community around mental health and substances use. the primary target of the work would be with the barbers and the young people in the black comm…
Largest: $67,500 to AVIVO — addressing the opioid crisis through street outreach capacity building
Minnesota Historical SocietySaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $339,226 · through 2022Largest: $339,226 to REGENTS UNIVERSITY OF MN — legacy grant for stories of the opioid crisis in northeastern minnesota
Largest: $50,000 to BETTY FORD — addiction treatment and advocacy
Duluth-Superior Area CommunityDuluth, MNCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $46,322 · through 2022Largest: $46,322 to CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES — preventive dental services and opioid intervention; native american dental access leader collaboration; improving dental access across northeast minnesota; dental for at-risk pregn…
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