Funding search · substance use and addiction · New York
Who funds substance use and addiction work in New York
15 funders have a record of paying for substance use and addiction work by New York recipients: 124 grants totaling $80.5M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Mother Cabrini Health Foundation ($4.8M), New Jersey Innovation Institute ($161,500) and Vital Strategies ($2.2M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to New York recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $600,000 to PARTNERSHIP TO END ADDICTION — support low-income spanish-speaking families to prevent substance use
New Jersey Innovation InstituteNewark, NJCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $161,500 · through 2022Largest: $17,000 to FOUNTAINS CCRC HOLDING LLC — substance use disorder program
Vital StrategiesNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $516,060 to LEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC — overdose prevention (opioid)
The Harris ProjectArdsley, NYCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $361,180 · through 2024Largest: $118,548 to WESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES — to assist westchester jewish community services inc. (wjcs) in offering specialized combined treatment to children, teens, and adults who are experiencing co-occurring mental healt…
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 ad…
Mental Health AmericaAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $520,000 · through 2024Largest: $110,000 to MHA OF DUTCHESS COUNTY — substance use disorder research grant
Largest: $25.3M to VITAL STRATEGIES INC — to combat the opioid crisis in the u.s.
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $304,322 to ONEIDA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT — preventing and reducing overdose deaths associated with opioids
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.
Largest: $165,000 to NYU GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — the responses of opioid treatment programs to covid-19: impact on disparities in treatment access and quality
Largest: $200,000 to Sunset Park Health Council — pep talks: preventing teen fentanyl overdose through opioid education, naloxone training, screen...
Largest: $26,000 to WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION — 2023 donation to support the bridge program, which offers those in trouble with the law for substance use related crimes an opportunity to get their lives back on track.
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