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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “opioid”
Where the money went
Oneohio Recovery FoundationWesterville, OHCharity · may take applications
177 matching grants · $35.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.1M to OHIO RECOVERY HOUSING — opioid abatement
Vital StrategiesNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
175 matching grants · $22.7M · through 2024Largest: $127,128 to UNC INJURY PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER (IPRC) OPIOID DATA LAB — overdose prevention (opioid)
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
152 matching grants · $17.7M · through 2024Largest: $23,947 to LEGISLATIVE ANALYSIS AND PUBLIC POLICY ASSOCIATION — research, prepare, and issue information sharing guidance documents related to opioid use
Virginia Association ofRichmond, VACharity · may take applications
72 matching grants · $12.9M · through 2024Largest: $737,918 to The McShin Foundation — indigent bed, virginia state opioid response, addiction management assistance
Largest: $396,496 to EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS — mobilizing a legal fellowship cohort to address the legal consequences of the opioid crisis
Rize Massachusetts FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
55 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2024Largest: $58,334 to POINTS OF DISTRIBUTION — mosaic opioid recovery partnership community-based opioid response efforts 09/01/2024 - 08/31/2027
Largest: $571,000 to RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY — to fund a second evaluation of new jersey's opioid overdose recovery program, which links opioid overdose survivors to medication-assisted treatment.
Wheeler ClinicPlainville, CTCharity · may take applications
38 matching grants · $852,862 · through 2024Largest: $45,000 to WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY — the sor mini-grant is used for campus opioid and stimulant education and awareness programs.
Largest: $150,000 to CHEROKEE COUNTY — this grant will support cherokee county in planning of their peer support programming and other opioid abatement strategies as part of their preparation for receipt of opioid settl…
Community Foundation for SoutheastDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2023Largest: $118,276 to WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — scholarships and state opioid response
Largest: $400,000 to ORTHOCAROLINA RESEARCH INSTITUTE — to reduce opioid prescriptions by testing and evaluating opioid-free surgical procedures and to disseminate findings nationally.
Largest: $25.3M to VITAL STRATEGIES INC — to combat the opioid crisis in the u.s.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →