RIZE will award $3,750,000 over three years to organizations with locally led initiatives to reduce the harms caused by the opioid epidemic through its Community-based Opioid Response Efforts (CORE) grant program.
Donor Name: RIZE Massachusetts Foundation
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/14/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The primary goal of this first round of grantmaking is to help organizations deepen their impact, scale their work, and build a strong and sustainable infrastructure. Grants will provide general operating support with a focus on capacity building. Nonprofits can use this unrestricted funding to address urgent and emerging issues, sustain operations, strengthen organizational infrastructure, or meet different operational needs.
The grants will be awarded to organizations that center the voices of those most affected by the opioid epidemic in their communities. The organizations should be focused on one or all of the following: prevention, harm reduction, treatment, recovery, trauma, and family supports. Organizations in communities across the Commonwealth are encouraged to apply.
Focus Areas
The RIZE Massachusetts Foundation should be focused on prevention, harm reduction, treatment, recovery, trauma, and family support.
Funding Information
The three-year general operating support grants will range from $50,000 to $150,000 annually, depending on the organization’s size and budget.
- Organizations with budgets of $250,000 or less may request up to $50,000 per year or 30% of their annual operating budget, whichever is less, for three years.
- Organizations with budgets between $250,000 and $1 million may request up to $100,000 per year or 30% of their annual operating budget, whichever is less, for three years.
- Organizations with budgets ranging from $1 to $5 million may request up to $150,000 for three years.
Eligibility Criteria
RIZE seeks to fund nonprofit organizations that work on any aspect of the care continuum from prevention to recovery and that work with diverse communities and populations that are historically underserved and have experienced a higher rate of opioid-related overdose deaths. This includes nonprofit organizations that:
- Have a total annual operating budget of under $5 million.
- Deliver prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery programs and services in Massachusetts.
- Are in good standing and current on state and federal reporting requirements.
Ineligibility
- Fundraising pursuits
- Capital campaigns, endowments, or annual appeals
- Clinical or drug trials
- Support for individuals or the promulgation of religious beliefs
- Lobbying or legislative activity.
For more information, visit RIZE.
