our program partners

Since our inception in 2016, we have provided over $700,000 in support to our program partners, all providing essential services within the area of substance abuse. The majority of our grants are awarded in the area of adolescent substance use treatment and prevention and seek to identify worthy areas for social investment including substance abuse research, education, prevention, diagnosis and treatment, and family support.

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Lily’s Place - serving the tiniest of those affected by the opioid epidemic

In order to serve the tiniest of those affected by the opioid epidemic, Lily's Place opened its doors in October 2014 as the first Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Center in the United States. Babies born with NAS require specialized care. Lily's Place strives to make them as comfortable as possible while going through the weaning process. Their facility is designed in a very specific manner to achieve this goal.

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Brooke’s House - A home for women recovering from substance use disorders

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Dana and Kevin Simmers created Brooke’s House in honor of their daughter who passed away due to a drug overdose in April 2015. Brooke’s House provides women a safe and supportive environment to begin recovering from substance abuse. Offering a tranquil, home-like facility, Brooke’s House provides state-of-the-art treatment and recovery services and resources to help residents move forward to achieve their dreams of living drug-free and productive lives.

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Mentor Foundation USA - Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention Program

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Mentor Foundation USA works with innovative, evidence-based intervention approaches to prevent youth substance use and promote health and well-being. The program empowers youth to speak up and out against drugs through interactive outreach campaigns and overall, findings from the first LTE pilot project conducted together with the George Washington University found strong indicators that the LTE program appears to offer a protective effect, with exposure to program messages leading to reduced drug use intentions.

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Institute for Behavior and Health - working to improve prevention and treatment

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The mission of the Institute for Behavior and Health (IBH), Inc. is to reduce the use of illegal drugs and improve prevention and treatment. IBH works to achieve this mission by conducting research, promoting ideas that are affordable and scalable, linking with other individuals and groups to create synergies, presenting new ideas at national meetings and in the media, and writing papers and reports that appear in leading journals and publications. IBH works closely with leaders from across the globe in the fields of public policy, addiction treatment, medicine, law, toxicology, among others, in both the public and private sectors and within federal offices and non-governmental organizations.

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community of concern - A Parent’s Guide for the Prevention of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Use”

In response to a real need for a publication that could help both parents and students gain a better understanding of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, in 1997 a committee of parents from Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, MD, under the leadership of Mimi Fleury, then President, Parent Board, compiled a booklet, “A Parent’s Guide for the Prevention of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Use”© which was published in 1999. The booklet has spread in a grass-roots fashion and there are over 1,900,000 booklets in parents’ hands in 36 states and 4 countries.

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Montgomery County Police Foundation - Narcan program

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Opioid use is one of the main causes of overdose. Naloxone, also known as Narcan©, is a medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. In Montgomery County, public safety workers, including Police and Fire and Rescue Services, carry Naloxone. Montgomery County participates in Maryland’s Overdose Response Program and provides free Naloxone training and kits to the community.

Second Genesis Foundation funded a grant to the Montgomery Police Department Foundation to support the help purchase close to 100 Narcan kits, an essential part of treating opioid overdose patients.

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apply for funding

We provide several grants annually and follow a model that closely resembles what is often known as “venture philanthropy”. Of paramount importance to the Foundation is to support entities that have a high degree of accountability and transparency so that we can measure the impact and performance of our financial support.  It is our goal to develop strong partnerships with substance abuse entities in the areas of prevention, education, diagnosis, and treatment with the objective of maximizing the impact of our resources.

We award the majority of our grants in the area of adolescent substance abuse treatment and prevention and seek to identify worthy areas for social investment. Grantees that can demonstrate effective measure and quality results are more likely to qualify for ongoing support.

we support

  • Substance abuse research

  • Education and prevention

  • Diagnosis and treatment

  • Family support

we DO NOT SUPPORT

  • Organizations which we have not visited

  • Organizations that discriminate, in policy or in practice, on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, physical disability, or sexual orientation

  • Lobbying or political campaigns

  • Individual applicants

  • Land acquisition or construction of new buildings

grant application form

Please submit your grant application to:
Michaela Pratt, Director of Development: michaela@secondgenesis.org.