Community-Driven Responses to Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose Mortality 2025 – Capacity-Building Grants RFP
The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (“FORE”) has issued an RFP for community-driven responses to opioid use disorder and overdose mortality.
Founded in 2018 as a private 501(c)(3), the national, grant-making foundation is focused on addressing the United States’ opioid and overdose crisis.
Grants will be awarded to buttress the capacity of community-based organizations (CBOs) to address opioid use disorder and overdose mortality through work such as organizational strengthening, program development, and community partnerships. Funding is for specific activities or projects designed to strengthen an organization’s operations, leadership, technology, programmatic, and administrative capacity. FORE will provide support for requests that lead to greater capacity for and expected sustainability of initiatives that reduce the burden of OUD and overdose in local communities.
About
Requests may include one or more of the following, or may propose other activities:
- Enhance operational effectiveness: To improve productivity and organizational functioning in areas such as administration, finance, human resources, and technology, to plan for longer-term sustainability and diversified funding.
- Strengthen communication: Efforts to raise awareness about an organization’s mission and attract attention and resources to the organization.
- Strengthen and evaluate programming: To enhance access and delivery of evidence-based OUD services to more individuals and families in their communities.
- Foster collaborations with a broader range of allies: Areas include education, workforce, criminal justice and specialty courts, primary and behavioral health care to strengthen community engagement that results in stronger and expanded services.
Applicants may apply for a grant of up to $75,000 per year for up to two years (up to $150,000 total). Award amounts and project duration must align with the scope of work and the capabilities of the applying organization.
This funding opportunity is limited to CBOs in the United States. Academic institutions, healthcare systems, and national organizations are ineligible, though they may partner with a CBO as long as the CBO is the lead applicant and recipient of the majority of requested funds. Eligible CBOs include those providing social, health, and/or substance use-related services within a given geographic area and whose priority issue areas and strategies are based on specific local needs.
Requirements
Applicant organizations must:
- Be a 501(c)(3) organization or nonprofit with a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor
- Have been in operation for at least two years
- Have an annual operating budget between $150,000 and $7 million.
Complete information regarding organizational and project eligibility for a FORE grant can be
found on our website’s Grant Guidelines and Eligibility page. If you have further questions
regarding eligibility for a FORE grant, please contact info@ForeFdn.org.
Key Dates
All applications must be submitted through FORE’s online grants management system (here is the application portal). This will be a two-stage application process.
Concept notes are due 11:59 PT on July 2, 2025. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal, due at 11:59 PT on September 15, 2025. Key dates are as follows:
- May 29, 2025: RFP released on FORE website
- June 5, 2025: Informational Webinar on RFP (register here)
- July 2, 2025: Deadline to submit Concept Note
- August 15, 2025: Latest notification for Request for Full Proposal
- September 15, 2025: Deadline to submit Full Proposal (if invited)
For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the full RFP on the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts website.
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