Grants to address the overdose crisis

A funder created specifically for the overdose crisis, moving faster than federal cycles on treatment access, harm reduction and recovery supports, and funding evaluation alongside services.

Indicative award

$100k–$500k (total award)Project grants; several rounds have funded work in the low hundreds of thousands.

Timing

Periodic callsNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Periodic funding opportunities rather than a fixed annual cycle.

Who can apply

Any faculty rank, Community organisation, Practitioner

Eligibility

US organisations including universities. People with lived experience of substance use are expected in the work, not consulted at the end.

SSWR clusters

Special Interest Groups

Topics

overdose · harm reduction · treatment access · recovery supports

Apply at

https://forefdn.org/

This entry

Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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Grants to address the overdose crisis

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