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.