Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund – Pennsylvania - fundsforNGOs

The City of Philadelphia and the Scattergood Foundation are partnering to launch the second cycle of the Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund.

Donor Name: The Scattergood Foundation

State: Pennsylvania

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 01/11/2024

Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000

Grant Duration: 1 Year

Details:

The Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund uses national opioid settlement dollars to repair the harms inflicted on communities across Philadelphia as a result of the opioid epidemic and overdose crisis.

The Fund draws on lived experience and community participation to direct resources to organizations doing work in the following three areas: overdose prevention, community and family healing, and/or substance use prevention.

Grant Types

The Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund is offering two different types of grants. Applicants may apply for one of the following grant types:

Organizational Support Grants for $20,000 can support organizations that are working to advance overdose prevention, community and family healing, and/or substance use prevention. Funding can be used to support a wide range of operating and program costs.
Program Grants for $100,000 can support specific programs and projects that directly advance overdose prevention, community and family healing, and/or substance use prevention. Funding can be used to support staff time and specific program-related costs.

Core Values

The Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund is guided by the following community identified core values:

They prioritize community voice and participation in decision making.
They highlight community strengths and opportunities for growth.
They consider the whole person and their context.
They support a range of services to meet people where they are.
They seek justice, challenge oppression, and distribute resources equitably.
They are open to change and responsive to new learning.
They draw on lived experience, data, and evidence to inform strategy.

Grant Focus Areas

The Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund supports organizations and programs that are doing work in at least one of the following focus areas:

Overdose Prevention: The focus of the funded work is to prevent overdose among people who use drugs. Work in this focus area includes but is not limited to outreach, education, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services.
Community and Family Healing: The focus of the funded work is to promote healing for individuals, families, and communities that have been impacted by the overdose crisis. Work in this focus area includes but is not limited to grief counseling and healing services, building social connection and resilience in impacted communities, and supporting the wellbeing of community workers in the substance use field.
Substance Use Prevention: The focus of the funded work is to provide education and supportive opportunities for people who may be at risk of using drugs. Work in this focus area includes but is not limited to awareness building and outreach, education, training, and other prevention-focused programming.

Grant Period

May 2024 – May 2025

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for funding, organizations must meet the following requirements:

Non-Profit: Applicants must be a non-profit and provide their 501(c)(3) designation letter or have a fiscal sponsor.
- If the applicant has a fiscal sponsor, they must provide the fiscal sponsor’s 501(c)(3) letter and the fiscal sponsor agreement. The agreement should detail the role and responsibility of each party and should describe the administrative fee that the sponsored organization will provide to its fiscal sponsor, as well as any recordkeeping responsibilities that the sponsored organization owes the fiscal sponsor.
Geographic Location: Applicants must be headquartered in and serve communities in Philadelphia.
- Organizations can apply to one of three different applicant pools:
  - Kensington: Funded work must take place within the 19124, 19133, and/or 19134 zip codes
  - North Philadelphia: Funded work must take place within the 19132 and/or 19140 zip codes
  - Citywide: Funded work may take place in any other City of Philadelphia zip code.