Funding search · substance use and addiction · Washington DC
Who funds substance use and addiction work in Washington DC
15 funders have a record of paying for substance use and addiction work by Washington DC recipients: 59 grants totaling $11.6M, most recently in 2025 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts ($1.9M), Sasha Bruce Youthwork ($327,346) and Laura and John Arnold Foundation ($1.4M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Washington DC recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $146,355 to NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR STATE HEALTH POLICY — strengthening state-level prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction infrastructure to address the opioid and substance use crisis
Sasha Bruce YouthworkWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $327,346 · through 2024Largest: $58,343 to THE H3 PROJECT — opioid awareness
Largest: $249,528 to URBAN INSTITUTE — to analyze state-level data on prescription drugs used to treat opioid use disorder and opioid overdoses.
Largest: $1.7M to PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS — to combat the opioid crisis in the u.s.
American Society of Addiction MedicineRockville, MDCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $210,487 · through 2025Largest: $107,753 to NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH — support for substance abuse and mental health services opioid str
Vital StrategiesNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $329,374 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES RESEARCH FOUNDATION — overdose prevention (opioid)
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $358,609 · through 2022Largest: $244,675 to THE URBAN INSTITUTE — complete a report that summarizes the nature and extent of opioid abuse and illegal distribution in the us
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical EducationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $300,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — action collaborative on combatting substance use and opioid crises
Largest: $100,000 to BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC — support bipartisan policy center youth mental health and substance use task force
American Medical AssociationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — the national academy of medicine opioid collaborative
Largest: $450,000 to NATIONAL ACAD OF MED — 80356 developing solutions that address health disparities in solving the opioid crisis and that inform the response to future substance-use crises
Largest: $100,000 to BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC — thig grant will support the bipartisan policy center efforts to tackle the opioid epidemic. funds will be used to convene an opioid crisis task force comprised of leading experts a…
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