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Grants paid by Drug Policy Alliance, tax year 2018
EIN 52-1516692 · New York, NY · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE F20Z
In tax year 2018, Drug Policy Alliance (EIN 52-1516692) reported 47 grants paid totaling $974,278. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2018
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | A New Path Spring Valley, CA | A | $53,500 | paid | 1) GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR BOTH PATH'S WORK IN CALIFORNIA AND FOR OUR NATIONAL MOMS UNITED TO END THE WAR ON DRUGS CAMPAIGN AND 2) ADVOCATING FOR STATEWIDE SYRINGE EXCHANGE. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | A New Way of Life Los Angeles, CA | A | $50,000 | paid | 1) SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO UNITE WITH DPA TO PROMOTE STATEWIDE/NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY, PROP. 47/64 IMPLEMENTATION, AND IN BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE WAR ON DRUG'S VICTIMIZATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS AND 2) PRESENTING SPONSOR FOR 19TH ANNUAL GALA. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Voices of Community Activists & Leaders Vocal-NY Brooklyn, NY | A | $50,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR VOCAL'S COMMUNITY ORGANIZING WORK TO ADVANCE DRUG POLICY REFORM. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | San Francisco Drug Users Union (fs Harm Reduction Therapy Center) San Francisco, CA | A | $35,000 | paid | SUPPORT FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DPH, THE SF POLICE AND SF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN ORDER TO INFLUENCE THE CARE OF DRUG USERS VIA A COMPREHENSIVE SUPERVISED INJECTION FACILITY AND WORK TOWARDS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SIF. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | The Ordinary People Society Inc (tops) Dothan, AL | A | $33,750 | paid | 1) SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE AFFECTED POPULATIONS IN THE SOUTH BY EXPANDING AND ESTABLISHING LEADERSHIP TEAMS AND TOPS CHAPTERS IN NEW CITIES AND TOWNS, 2) TRAVEL SUPPORT TO INCREASE THE REPRESENTATION OF FIP AT REFORM ATL, AND 3) TO SUPPORT OF 4TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY BUILDING GALA. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Chicago Urban League Chicago, IL | A | $30,000 | paid | TO CREATE POSITIVE POLICY CHANGE WITHIN CHICAGO, COOK COUNTY, AND ILLINOIS. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Legal Services for Prisoners With Children San Francisco, CA | A | $27,500 | paid | 1) SUPPORT FUNDING TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: 1) CONTINUE TO WORK WITH LOCAL AND STATE POLICYMAKERS TO ENSURE THAT FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE ARE TREATED EQUITABLY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION (PROPO 64); 2) INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION AND LEADERSHIP OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE IN ADVOCATING FOR OUR RIGHTS AT LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS. EXPAND EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, BENEFITS AND FAMILY RIGHTS FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE; 3) SECURE VOTING RIGHTS FOR PRISONERS AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE, AND INCREASE OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS.2) TRAVEL SUPPORT TO INCREASE THE REPRESENTATION OF FIP AT REFORM ATL. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Boomhealth Bronx, NY | A | $25,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS, SUCH AS DPA, NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, OTHER SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROVIDERS, AND SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference Chicago, IL | A | $25,000 | paid | TO SUPPOSRT THE LAUNCH OF THE "BAN THE BOX" CAMPAIGN TARGETING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCU). | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Capital Area Re-Entry Services Inc (carp) Baton Rouge, LA | A | $25,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF LIFE-SAVING EFFORTS OF CARP'S BE SAFE PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY ITS EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Institute of Black World 21st Century East Elmhurst, NY | A | $25,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR JUSTICE COLLABORATIVES IN PITTSBURGH, PHILADELPHIA AND WASHINGTON, D.C. TO SUPPORT BLACK COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE WAR ON DRUGS. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (ccjrc) Denver, CO | A | $25,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO HELP JUSTICE-INVOLVED PEOPLE, INCLUDING THOSE WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS, GAIN BETTER ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND AVOCATE FOR POLICIES THAT PROTECT EXISTING HEALTHCARE SUCCESSES; REALLOCATE FUNDS FROM THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (DOC) BUDGET INTO TREATMENT AND COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT SERVICES. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Community Partners Los Angeles, CA | A | $23,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT THAT WOULD BE USED IN THREE WAYS: 1) INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT AND EXPAND CURRENT ACTIVITIES AROUND PROP. 64 AND 47; 2) ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR REENTRY HOUSING DESIGNED AROUND HARM REDUCTION AND HOUSING FIRST MODELS, AND 3) PROMOTING AND PROTECTING CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 64 AND 47. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Tides Center San Francisco, CA | A | $20,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND THE PRODUCTION OF A 20 TO 25-PAGE REPORT TO EXAMINE PORTUGAL'S DRUG DECRIMINALIZATION POLICY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE BASED DRUG DECRIMINALIZATION MODEL IN THE U.S. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | New York Harm Reduction Educators New York, NY | A | $20,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT NYHRE DEVELOP "DIVERSE STORIES FROM THE FRONT LINE," A SPECIFIC SPEAKERS' BUREAU INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANDED CAPACITY OF TRAINED PEER EDUCATORS, CALLED "STORYTELLERS," THAT WILL MOBILIZE ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO USE DRUGS. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Latinojustice Prldef New York, NY | A | $20,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO ASSIST IN THE ORGANIZATION OF A CONVENING OF LATINX NATIONAL LEADERS. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Brotherhoodsister Sol Inc New York, NY | A | $20,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT THEIR DECARCERAL EDUCATION PROJECT (DEP). | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Interfaith Movement for Human Equity Los Angeles, CA | A | $20,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO IMPLEMENT A FAITH-ROOTED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE IN THE WATTS COMMUNITY OF LOS ANGELES WHICH WILL BRING TOGETHER RESIDENTS, MAINLY LOWER INCOME PEOPLE OF COLOR AND IMMIGRANTS; CLERGY; LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS; SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO HARNESS THEIR POWER AND TO IDENTIFY WAYS THEY CAN COLLABORATIVELY COMBAT HIGH RATES OF DRUG TRAFFICKING AND USE, CRIME AND VIOLENCE, PARTICULARLY AMONG YOUTH; SUPPORT THE RE-ENTRY OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED RETURNING CITIZENS; IMPROVE COMMUNITY-POLICE RELATIONS; AND, PROMOTE INCREASED CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND UNITY. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | New York Academy of Medicine New York, NY | A | $20,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO HELP FUND ONE FULL-TIME STAFF PERSON WHO, ALONG WITH AN ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME STAFF PERSON, WILL COORDINATE THEIR DRUG POLICY WORK AND ENSURE THAT IT IS FOCUSED, EFFECTIVE, AND SUSTAINABLE. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Colorado Nonprofit Development Center Denver, CO | A | $20,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO OPEN A SUPERVISED INJECTION FACILITY (SIF) IN THE DENVER AREA TO BETTER MEET THE HEALTH AND WELFARE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Public Defender Association Seattle, WA | A | $20,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO CONTINUE GROWING VOCAL-WA, A SEMI-AUTONOMOUS PROJECT OF PDA AND AFFILIATE OF VOCAL-NY. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Alternet San Francisco, CA | A | $20,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT THE FUNDS ALTERNET COMMITS TO THE SALARY OF OUR DRUG REFORM EDITOR AND OUR FREELANCE WRITING COVERAGE. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition Durham, NC | A | $20,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO ENGAGE ITS COALITION MEMBERS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE NEED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION, MOVE AWAY FROM CRIMINALIZATION OF DRUG USE, BAN THE BOX, AND INTRODUCE AND PASS LEGISLATION TO EXPAND NALOXONE ACCESS. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Prevention Point Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | A | $19,628 | paid | TO COVER THE STIPEND OF A LEGAL FELLOW TO COORDINATE A STATEWIDE COALITION, DEVELOP LEGISLATION, AND CREATE A RELATED ADVOCACY TOOLKIT. ADVOCACY TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED TO COALITION MEMBERS. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Intercambios Puerto Rico Fajardo, PR | A | $18,500 | paid | SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF A MULTIFACETED PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN WITH THE GOAL OF DECRIMINALIZING DRUG USERS AND PROMOTING OTHER DRUG POLICY REFORM IN PUERTO RICO. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Center for Living and Learning Van Nuys, CA | A | $18,000 | paid | TO CONTINUE ITS MULTI-YEAR PROJECT WITH DPA TO ADDRESS THE NEED TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF TREATMENT AND RE-ENTRY PROVIDERS FROM WITHIN THE PROVIDER COMMUNITY, TO EMBRACE HARM REDUCTION AND SPECIFICALLY OVERDOSE PREVENTION EDUCATION. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Broken No More Indio, CA | A | $17,500 | paid | TO SUPPORT BNM'S GRIEF RECOVERY AFTER A SUBSTANCE PASSING (GRASP) BI-ANNUAL GATHERING OF PARENTS AND LOVED ONES LEFT GRIEF-STRICKEN BY THE DEATH OF FAMILY MEMBERS FROM DRUG OVERDOSE. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Fusion Partnerships Baltimore, MD | A | $16,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF A COMMUNITY COALITION AIMED AT REALIZING LEGAL SAFE CONSUMPTION SPACES (SCS) IN BALTIMORE. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | United Advocacy Group Bridgeton, NJ | A | $15,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO EXPAND THEIR WORK IN NEW JERSEY ON THE ISSUES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AND MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION IN COALITION WITH DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE'S NEW JERSEY OFFICE. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Partnership for Safety & Justice Portland, OR | A | $15,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT MAJOR STRATEGIC GOAL-SETTING PROCESS. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Puerto Rico Community Network for Clinical Research On AIDS San Juan, PR | A | $15,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT THE PURCHASE OF AN INDUSTRIAL GENERATOR THAT WILL ALLOW FOR ORGANIZATIONAL OPERATIONS TO BE REINSTATED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO IMPACTED BY THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE MARIA. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Center for Law and Justice Albany, NY | A | $15,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT THREE PROGRAMS: HIRING A FULL-TIME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR (CEC); EXPANDING ITS LEGAL RIGHTS EDUCATION PROGRAM; AND CONTINUING ITS ADVOCACY FOR REPARATIVE JUSTICE AND THE FORMATION OF A "TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION" IN NEW YORK STATE. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | People's Harm Reduction Alliance Seattle, WA | A | $15,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT CONTINUED EFFORTS TO MAKE A SUPERVISED DRUG CONSUMPTION FACILITY IN SEATTLE. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Vorp of Denver Denver, CO | A | $15,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO SCALE UP A PROJECT PREVIOUSLY FUNDED THROUGH SPECIAL OPPS, WHICH PROVIDES TRAINING FOR YOUTH LEADERS ON MARIJUANA PREVENTION FOR TEENS, EXPLORE THE WAR ON DRUGS, HOW LEGISLATION AND POLICY IS MADE, TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE TOOLS, AND ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY SKILLS TO ADDRESS THE LARGE NUMBER OF JUVENILES BEING TICKETED FOR POSSESSION OF AND/OR INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE MARIJUANA IN DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOL (DPS). | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Drcnet Foundation Inc Washington, DC | A | $15,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT, TO BE APPLIED TO CONTINUING WORKING ON AND IMPROVING ONLINE EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING AND THE DRUG WAR CHRONICLE NEWSLETTER. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii Honolulu, HI | A | $15,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO WORKS FURTHER SOCIAL JUSTICE AND DRUG SENTENCING REFORM INCLUDING: LEGALIZING MARIJUANA, WORKING ON SENTENCE REDUCTION WITH THE HOPES OF MOVING TOWARDS DECRIMINALIZATION; TACKLING THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY FACED BY IMMIGRANTS WHO RISK PROLONGED DETENTION THEN DEPORTATION FOR ANY DRUG CONVICTIONS; AND REFORMING THE CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE PROGRAM. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Justice Now Oakland, CA | A | $15,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT WORK AGAINST INCARCERATION IN CALIFORNIA THROUGH LEGISLATIVE AND BUDGET ADVOCACY, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Protect Families First Providence, RI | A | $15,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO WORK ON THREE MAIN OBJECTIVES. FIRST, THEY WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOUTH ADVOCATES, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO EDUCATE LAWMAKERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES MARIJUANA PROHIBITION AND ADVOCATE FOR MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Downtown East AIDS Network Ellesworth, ME | A | $15,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT THE POWER IN NUMBERS PROJECT, WHICH IS AN EFFORT TO EDUCATE, EMPOWER AND MOBILIZE PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS AND AFFECTED FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TO ADVANCE THEIR POLITICAL INTERESTS. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Women With a Vision New Orleans, LA | A | $15,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO CONTINUE CURRENT DRUG POLICY ADVOCACY EFFORTS. THIS FUNDING CYCLE WWAV WILL FOCUS ON BROAD COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT RELATED TO THE RENEWED NATIONAL FOCUS ON INCREASING FAILED DRUG WAR EFFORTS AND THE RESULTING INCREASES IN INCARCERATION AND CRIMINALIZATION. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition Atlanta, GA | A | $15,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT BRING AWARENESS TO POLITICAL LEADERS, COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, UNIVERSITIES, AND PUBLIC ON THE BENEFITS AND IMPORTANCE OF SYRINGE EXCHANGE AND HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES FOR THE IDU POPULATION. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | One Voice Jackson, MS | A | $12,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO REMOVE DRUG SENTENCE MINIMUMS AND ENHANCEMENTS. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Drug Policy Forum of Texas Houston, TX | A | $10,000 | paid | SUPPORT TO CONTINUE WORKING ON PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS THROUGH ITS POPULAR RADIO PROGRAM ADDRESSING THE FAILURES AND CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG POLICES IN THE U.S., AND THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF ALTERNATIVES TO PROHIBITION. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Impact Network Denver, CO | A | $10,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT THE #IMPACTADDICTION PROJECT WHICH AIMS TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY AND AWARENESS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT AND OPIOID ADDICTION, PROVIDING A SOLUTION TO NATION'S OPIATE EPIDEMIC AND REDUCING SUBSTANCE ABUSE-RELATED CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Cangress (dba la Community Action Network) Los Angeles, CA | A | $10,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT THE CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND MOBILIZATION, ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION COMPONENTS TO EFFECT DRUG POLICY REFORM, REVERSE THE PUNITIVE APPROACH TO DRUG OFFENSES IN LOS ANGELES, AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF MOST EXISTING DRUG POLICIES. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Repairers of the Breach Inc Durham, NC | A | $10,000 | paid | SEEKS TO DISRUPT THE FLOW OF PEOPLE UNJUSTLY CONVICTED OF DRUG LAW VIOLATIONS BY ADVANCING A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN DESIGNED TO ACTIVATE AND EMPOWER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS METRICS SO THAT THEY CAN HOLD PROSECUTORS IN THE RALEIGH-DURHAM AREA ACCOUNTABLE. | 201931059349301368 |
| 2018 | Poor Peoples United Fund Boston, MA | A | $9,900 | paid | SUPPORT FOR SUPERVISED INJECTION FACILITIES/SAFE CONSUMPTION SPACES IN MASSACHUSETTS AND TO ENSURE THE MOVEMENT IS DRIVEN BY PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS AND COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY THE WAR ON DRUGS INCLUDING PEOPLE OF COLOR. | 201931059349301368 |
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