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Comer Family Foundation

Syringe Service Program

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Max Funding

Up to $20K

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Application Due Date

Nov 1, 2026

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Funder Details:

Funder Type:

Family Foundation, Private

Funding Frequency:

Biannual Grant

Use of Funds:

General Operating, Programs/Projects

Funding Duration:

One-Year Grant

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Application Type

Full Application

Eligibility:

✅ 501(c)(3) Organizations, ✅ Nonprofits with an Affiliate Sponsor

Program Areas:

Human Services, Homelessness, Substance Abuse, Minorities, Imprisonment, Immigration

Locations:

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Puerto Rico, Washington DC

About The Grant

Comer Family Foundation supports comprehensive harm reduction programs that improve the health and wellness of people who use drugs. These programs provide free sterile syringes, education, and community wraparound services to reduce opioid overdose and the transmission of HIV and viral hepatitis.


Funding Priorities:


  • Organizations led by a majority of people who use drugs


  • Organizations led by a majority of Black, Indigenous, and people of color and/or others disproportionately impacted by the criminalization of drug use (Including those with a history of incarceration, sex work, immigration, etc.)


  • Organizations in geographic areas in which limited funding is available for syringes and safer smoking supplies


  • Organizations serving areas in which limited to no other programs exist within 100 miles


  • Organizations serving areas in which policy improvements can have local, state, and/or national impact


  • Organizations serving areas with higher HIV/AIDS and HCV prevalence, injection drug use prevalence, overdose incidence


  • Statewide strategic partnerships


  • Organizations offering innovative services at a regional or national level


Types of Funding Available:


  • General operating funds including harm reduction supplies

  • Harm reduction supplies only


Length of Funding: Single-year grants.


Amount of funding: Average single-year grants range from $2,500 to $20,000.


Application Dates: Applications are accepted on May 1 and on November 1 of each calendar year.


Applications are accepted online by 11:59pm CST on May 1 and November 1.


Requirements

  • The Comer Family Foundation will make grants to organizations that are exempt from federal tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.


  • Syringe Service Programs must be in operation for one full year before application submission. 


  • We welcome applications from organizations that require a fiscal sponsor. 


  • Organizations with total organizational budgets of less than $600,000. 


  • Organizations grounded in harm reduction principles and practice providing access to sterile syringes, safer smoking, and snorting kits through comprehensive harm reduction syringe service programs. 


  • Harm reduction syringe service programs have been in operation for one full year.

Grantor Information:

Name:

Comer Family Foundation

Type:

Family Foundation, Private

Contact:

Email: grants@comerfamilyfoundation.org

More Info: 

www.comerfamilyfoundation.org/syringe-service-program/grant-applicants.html

Restrictions:

Not Specified

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