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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 “reduction”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY-ST PAUL — tuition reduction
National Harm Reduction CoalitionNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
95 matching grants · $6.7M · through 2024Largest: $31,449 to Stockton Harm Reduction Program Harm Reduction Services — harm reduction programming
California Fire Safe CouncilSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
95 matching grants · $9.1M · through 2022Largest: $694,522 to NAPA COMM FIREWISE FOUNDATION — wildfire protection projects including pre-fire planning, hazardous fuels reduction, project monitoring, and fire-protection, mitigation, and education activities.
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
85 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2023Largest: $52,500 to Florida Harm Reduction Collective Inc — swop behind bars - general operating support for harm reduction, general operating support, lips (ladies intervention project for success) - general operating support for harm redu…
Largest: $500,000 to AIDS FOUNDATION OF CHICAGO — reduction of hiv/aids
Largest: $600,000 to CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — violence reduction
National Alliance of State andWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
41 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2023Largest: $181,567 to HARM REDUCTION MICHIGAN — support infectious disease workforce in partnership w/ ssps to serve as access points for covid19 education/testing/referral to medical care/contact tracing/vaccination for pwid
Largest: $150,000 to BLACK INITIATIVE FOR A NEW DRUG POLICY (INNPD) — to support the grantee's impact evaluation research on a harm reduction and violence reduction program led by the state of bahia, in northeast of brazil
Largest: $165,000 to HOLLER HARM REDUCTION — this project will support holler harm reduction to continue to build its capacity as an integral harm reduction provider in madison county.
Largest: $1.0M to HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION — to support new research and data analysis to inform forthcoming policy discussions related to medicare sustainability and affordability in four areas: 1) medicare advantage; 2) med…
Largest: $241,495 to NEXT HARM REDUCTION INC — to upgrade next distro's digital and operational infrastructure to provide harm reduction services to rural communities and traditionally under-served populations to mitigate the o…
Largest: $1.4M to Fresh Energy — to move minnesota and the midwest toward dramatic near-term reductions in carbon pollution through equity-centered policy work, partnerships, and innovation
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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 →