Funding search · substance use and addiction · Pennsylvania
Who funds substance use and addiction work in Pennsylvania
15 funders have a record of paying for substance use and addiction work by Pennsylvania recipients: 114 grants totaling $9.8M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Scattergood Behavioral Health ($1.1M), Vital Strategies ($2.5M) and Quest for the Best ($44,728).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Pennsylvania recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $50,000 to UNIDOS INC — substance use - harm reduction
Vital StrategiesNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2024Largest: $365,534 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PHYSICIANS — overdose prevention (opioid)
Largest: $18,200 to GOOD FRIENDS — assist with substance use disorder
Largest: $135,000 to ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK — mobile community based engagement and retention for persons with opioid use disorder
Largest: $44,200 to PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS — 76818 broadening the community opioid response and evaluation project in addressing barriers to implementing a comprehensive response to the opioid epidemic
Largest: $75,000 to PROJECT HOME — to expand preventative, early-intervention and other mental health services for homeless people and those with co-occurring substance use at four locations in philadelphia.
Allone FoundationWilkesbarre, PA
3 matching grants · $382,500 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to TREATMENT COURT ADVOCACY CENTER — opioid addiction solutions
New Jersey Innovation InstituteNewark, NJCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $89,750 · through 2022Largest: $64,250 to HEALTHSHARE EXHANGE OF SOUTHEASTERN PA INC — substance use disorder program
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $428,600 · through 2022Largest: $143,764 to COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND — preventing and reducing overdose deaths associated with opioids
Alliance of Pa CouncilsCamp Hill, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $420,000 · through 2021Largest: $178,887 to ACCESS MATTERS — opioid programs
Largest: $30,000 to ESPERANZA HEALTH CENTER — legal advocacy to support the housing and income stability of patients with substance use disorders
Family Health Council of Central PaCamp Hill, PACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2023Largest: $1.3M to HAMILTON HEALTH CENTER INC — family planning, health resource center, ppa outreach, hiv/aids, state opioid response
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