Recovery Non-Profit Resource Guide
At The Sober Curator, we believe in the power of giving. Whether it’s through volunteering your time, using your unique talents, or donating money, giving back to the community has numerous benefits. Not only does it make us better humans, but studies have shown that those who give are happier, have longer lifespans, and feel more connected to the world around them.
As Pablo Picasso famously said, the meaning of life is to find your gift, but the purpose of life is to give it away. That’s where Pay it Forward comes in. Our comprehensive resource directory is a curated list of reputable, recovery-related organizations that are seeking donations and volunteers to help enhance our communities.
At The Sober Curator, we are always on the lookout for new opportunities to give back. If you have a favorite nonprofit organization related to recovery and mental health that you think we should feature, please don’t hesitate to contact us at thesobercurator@gmail.com.
Let’s work together to make a difference and spread kindness and generosity wherever we can.
Established in 1987, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community. The program empowers those who suffer to take action against this leading cause of death. Since its founding, AFSP has reached thousands of people at risk for suicide. It has also connected tens of thousands of people who lost a family member, loved one, or friend. They operate local chapters in all 50 states. Plus, they have educated hundreds of communities about suicide prevention and how to prevent it. AFSP continues to support scientific and clinical research and its prevention. Additionally, AFSP has equipped reporters and the media with education and resources on how best to cover suicide.
The Break Free Foundation advocates to end the stigma of mental health, disordered eating, substance use and co-occurring disorders for those to find a path to and through recovery. We provide those who lack the funds to seek inpatient and outpatient services through our recovery scholarships. We are best known for our recovery on the runway fundraiser which is hosted during New York Fashion Week. We also offer bi-weekly online support groups, virtual events, and more.
Founded in 2001, Faces & Voices of Recovery is working to eliminate barriers to recovery for every American, every family and to help today’s children and future generations, who often are the biggest winners in the process of recovery.
The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is the nation’s largest nonprofit treatment provider, with a legacy that began in 1949 and includes the 1982 founding of the Betty Ford Center. With 17 sites in California, Minnesota, Oregon, Illinois, New York, Florida, Massachusetts, Colorado, and Washington, the Foundation offers prevention and recovery solutions nationwide and across the entire continuum of care for youth and adults. programs
Herren Project is a national nonprofit organization providing free resources and support for the treatment, recovery, and prevention of substance use disorder. Treatment and recovery services include treatment placement assistance, long-term recovery support for individuals and families, online support groups, as well as scholarships for treatment programs, recovery housing, and recovery coaching.
Founded by John Winslow in 2019, International Recovery Day, Inc. is a nonprofit free-standing organization dedicated to promoting all pathways of recovery from addiction worldwide and educating the public about the value of addiction recovery.
Our overarching goal is to globally connect recovering individuals, families, and communities in order to provide worldwide hope to overcome addiction.
International Recovery Day connects the dots between all folks in recovery – from all recovery pathways – all around the globe – all in one day: September 30th.
Natural High is a charity that empowers teenagers to find their own natural high/ By providing outdoor activities, it keeps them from abusing drugs to achieve a synthetic high. It was started after the ‘Just Say No’ campaign of the 80s proved to be a complete failure. The founders of Natural High wanted to try something different in the way of drug abstinence advocacy.
The Partnership to End Addiction helps the helpers by working with families, professionals, and other organizations to end addiction. They take a public health approach, rooted in science and compassion. The mission is to transform how our nation addresses addiction by empowering families, advancing effective care, shaping public policy, and changing culture.
The Partnership provides personalized support and resources for families impacted by addiction. It also mobilizes policymakers, researchers, and health care professionals to more effectively address addiction systemically on a national scale.
The Phoenix’s mission is to build a sober active community that fuels resilience and harnesses the transformational power of connection so that together we rise, recover, and live.
When a diverse group of individuals pulls together, inspiring things happen.
Since 2006, we’ve been helping people rise above the ashes of addiction.
The Recovery Café Network is committed to nurturing groups seeking to start recovery communities based on the Recovery Café model. Through a cohort learning model, groups and organizations will be provided mentorship, materials, expertise, and facilitated learning experiences to create a recovery community in their area. The Network is committed to helping those who join the Network as an Emerging Member be successful in starting their program, building recovery capital in their communities, and becoming certified as Full Members of the Network.
The Network creates the structure for us to teach each other about what does and does not work. It also creates a platform to generate greater resources. Recovery Café Network is built upon a foundation that incorporates best practices informed by lived experience and the latest academic research. With this groundwork, the RCN brand is one from which every Member of the Network benefits.
Addiction is our country’s most urgent public health crisis. As a result, 184 of our children, siblings, and loved ones now die from drug overdoses every day. Shatterproof is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to reversing the addiction crisis in the United States. The focus is on one specific goal: transforming America’s addiction treatment system.
Your donations work to ensure that every American with a substance use disorder has access to treatment. Because better addiction treatment means more lives saved. It’s that simple.
Therefore, every dollar you donate is carefully used to support key initiatives. As a result, shatterproof have a big impact on preventing overdose deaths and promoting long-term recovery.
The SHE RECOVERS FOUNDATION is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity with a growing and evolving community. SHE RECOVERYS currently consists of more than 325,000 women seeking recovery from substance use disorders, other behavioral health issues, and life challenges.
This lifeline organization connects women through its virtual platforms and in-person community networks, provides resources and supports women to develop their own holistic recovery patchworks, and empowers them to thrive and share their successes. All efforts are designed to end the stigma and shame often associated with recovery so that more women may heal and grow.
With a special focus on research, the SHE RECOVERS Foundation can also establish a more robust evidence base related to the efficacy of non-traditional recovery pathways.
SHE RECOVERS Foundation stated purpose is to connect, support and empower women in or seeking recovery.
TWLOHA was initially founded as a way to fund treatment for 19-year-old Renee Wohe. This non-profit has grown to raise millions of dollars for organizations around the world. They focus on drug addiction and a wide array of mental health issues. Therefore, a number of celebrities endorse their work. You can show your support with a donation AND by purchasing some very cool TWLOHA merch.
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people between the ages of 13-24. The creators of the Academy Award-winning short film TREVOR founded the nonprofit in 1988.
The Trevor Project provides a number of programs including crisis intervention through their call, text, and chat lines; suicide prevention training and resources for adolescents and adults; and, community resources to help communities. Both in-person and online programs are offered and support each other.
Since their beginning in 2014, the mission of 10,000 Beds has been to connect individuals without resources who are seeking help for a substance use disorder to vetted treatment programs through their scholarship program. They aim to change perceptions of addiction and recovery while supporting families and communities affected by the devastating disease of addiction.
YUCCA VALLEY CENTER FOR CHANGE: Mental Health Systems (MHS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to provide innovative and cost-effective mental health and drug and alcohol recovery services. Our agency was established to improve people’s lives and instill hope by using new and creative treatment strategies that respect time-proven methods of intervention. Currently, MHS operates more than 85 community-based programs throughout California for people who either cannot afford privately paid services or for whom appropriate services are not otherwise available.
Ninety 90 Pictures is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit film and television production company that provides jobs and peer support to people recovering from drugs and alcohol. Founded by Scott Langer and Rachel Ellner in 2020 and is based out of Downtown Los Angeles. Their mission is to help people in addiction recovery achieve long-term stability through gainful employment in the film industry and connect people going through recovery to those who have been through it. They hire people in all stages of recovery for film projects and provide on-the-job training if necessary.
Matching artists in the early stages of recovery seeking support with someone who has already gone through it. This one-on-one relationship gives someone fighting addiction to ask personal questions and get support from someone who has been there before. Creating a safe space for people in recovery is augmented by having a sober set and professional support systems on location.
When they are fully realized, we will be a production company featuring an eclectic body of work and a diverse network of people who have lived to tell the tale and are stronger because of it.
PATH was originally founded in March 2014 by two mothers whose sons were in early recovery from addiction. Seeking guidance through established family support networks, they remained unfulfilled and isolated. As they witnessed the growing problem of substance abuse in their community, the need for family support became paramount. By making personal connection through parent meetings, they forged an alliance with others who had similar thoughts, desires and ideas of what an effective support group could offer. From these ad hoc meetings, PATH was established and on July 28, 2014 PATH received approval as a 50lc3 organization. During the last year, PATH has added six business leaders to our board to help us accomplish our mission.
Mission Statement
We are committed to supporting, educating and promoting recovery for individuals and families struggling with substance use disorders.
Vision Statement
To live a fulfilling life free from addiction.
Since 2002, Healing House has provided recovery housing and support that assists both men and women to experience long-term recovery from substance use disorders. They operate safe and stable recovery residences and offer programs that provide opportunities for spiritual and personal growth. Nearly 200 individuals on any given day reside in our thirteen private homes and two apartment buildings. Last year they served over 1,100 individuals, helping them on the road to recovery and meaningful drug and alcohol-free lives.
Mission: Minnesota Hope Dealerz provides an outlet for people that are struggling and who are experiencing addictions as well as providing a supportive community environment to those dedicated to maintaining a lifestyle of long-term recovery as well. Minnesota Hope Dealerz was launched in 2019 as a way of being of service to the recovery community through empowerment and participating in diminishing the stigmas that are connected to people who have experienced addiction.
Mission: Our mission is to reduce homelessness in our city through treating its root causes – substance-abuse disorders and mental illness.
Vision: All Las Vegans, regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other demographic factor, deserve the opportunity to live a fully productive life free from addiction to opioids and or other drugs of every sort.
Eve Goldberg founded BIGVISION in January 2015, a year after her 23-year-old son, Isaac, died of an accidental drug overdose. She was motivated to do something to help young adults in recovery in New York City learn to live fun, meaningful, sober lives. Eve is part of William Goldberg Diamond, a wonderful family business operating in New York for over 50 years. She has now committed to making BIGVISION a reality by creating entertaining, engaging events and building a community where the BIGVISION “family” can enjoy themselves in a cool, hip, substance-free environment.
Making sobriety exciting and fun takes BIGVISION. They help sustain recovery through community, experiences, and a sober lifestyle. BIGVISION exists to support and encourage young adults in their 20s and 30s, working to sustain their recovery. They’re here to make a difference. To save lives. Treatment isn’t enough and abstinence alone isn’t the answer. BIGVISION is the missing link between traditional recovery programs and breaking back into the real world. They host free, exciting events and experiences in a variety of safe, inclusive environments. BIGVISION also has special programming on their website, IGTV, and social media for anyone, at any age, who is in recovery. That’s the vision behind BIGVISION. They would love for you to join them.
Founded in 1981 Stonewall Columbus is an advocacy and resource organization for the Central Ohio Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer [LGBTQ+] and Allied communities. Stonewall operates the community center aiming to provide connections to social, cultural, and advocacy services for LGBTQ+ Ohioans. Stonewall produces Columbus’ annual Pride Festival and Parade. We aim to increase visibility, inclusion, and connection for the LGBTQ+ community so we see a community where ALL of us thrive.
Mission: To strengthen individuals and families affected by addictions, mental health, poverty and homelessness.
Vision: Creating hope through community.
Anthony Craighead Skateboard Scholarship is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit that provides enthusiastic kids who don’t have resources with skateboards. The organization is honoring a fallen friend by delivering decks to kids who need em’ in Lancaster, PA. To connect with us or nominate a young person to receive products, please reach out on Facebook or @craighead_frontside_shuv
Recovery Army Outreach purpose is to provide essential necessities to the homeless community and to help those still suffering from Substance Use Disorder. They personally get our boots on the ground in the highest impacted areas of the city affected by these unfortunate truths. Their Team Members and Volunteers serve selflessly as a united front with compassion, understanding, and empathy for such less fortunate individuals.
Dallas 24 Hour Club was founded in 1969 by Lee Tillman to have a place open 24 hours per day for individuals suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction seeking help.
Over the next 50 years, they grew to offer housing, the first with 6 beds for homeless men only, to our current facility, which has 75 beds, services for both men and women. The 24 also hosts (37) 12-Step Recovery Meetings each week. They are available for the suffering alcoholic or drug addict 24 hours each day, 365 days each year.
Dogs Matter is the only nonprofit organization providing free, temporary foster care placement and supportive services specifically for dogs of addicts and alcoholics seeking substance abuse treatment and transitioning into recovery. Our primary purpose is ensuring the welfare of the dog and their owner — reuniting them once our client has successfully completed treatment and is ready to be a healthy and responsible dog owner again
For Foundation 45, our mission is simple – to serve the Dallas/ Fort Worth creative community by providing free top-tier mental health and recovery services while working to destigmatize the conversation around mental health. The punk DIY ethos is the spirit behind the organization. We are here to amplify the voices of the unheard. Born of the loss of two members of Deep Ellum’s hometown heroes, Spector 45, the foundation works to provide full circle support for anyone struggling with their mental health. In our world, what we can’t buy, we’ll make. What we can’t find, we’ll create. When a community can’t get the support or services its members need, we’ll come together to provide it.
The Magdalen House is a non-profit organization helping women achieve sobriety and sustain recovery from alcoholism. The program is at no cost and based on 12-Step spiritual principles. Founded in Dallas in 1987, The Magdalen House remains the only agency in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to offer comprehensive recovery services without insurance or state funding. Because of volunteers, grants, and donations, it’s 100% free of charge.
In 2020, The Phoenix DFW Group served 2,000 community members through over 500 free sober events in the DFW Metroplex (i.e. rock climbing, mountain biking, running, CrossFit, yoga, meditation, social events, and paddleboarding). During our inaugural year 2019, the Dallas chapter’s served over 500 members in the first 6 months across 7 DFW cities (Plano, Richardson, Irving, Arlington, Grapevine, Dallas, and Fort Worth). Our COVID 19 Response includes free daily virtual activities and on-demand programming to support those in rural locations, who are socially isolated, incarcerated, or in treatment settings. Your support will further our goal of ensuring that everyone seeking recovery has a safe and supportive community accessible to them. Thank you for your support!
Avalon is a nurturing community that offers hope, compassionate support, resources, and profound connections for women and their families caught in the despair of addiction. Their programs and services are accessible to anyone who identifies and lives full time as a woman and is seeking recovery.
In 2017 Family Recovery Society (Formerly Mothers Recovery Society) began as a support group to help moms in recovery. What began as a Facebook group quickly turned into weekly meet-ups and support meetings for mothers in recovery serving the Metro Vancouver area of BC Canada. In 2018 they became an official non-profit organization and were able to provide funding for mothers to host support meetings in their homes.
During the pandemic, the need for this support became vital to the survival of our members. They felt a call to add extra supports not just for mothers, but all parents trying to navigate recovery. With in-person meetings shut down they quickly got set up to host meetings online and began serving parents across Canada. Since then their organization has experienced huge growth. With the support of the Canadian Red Cross, they have been able to offer life-changing opportunities and access to support for mothers and fathers who are fighting for a better life for their families.
Hope for Freedom Society has been assisting marginalized people in British Columbia since 1997. Their primary focus is providing long-term residential supportive recovery for men and women suffering from addictions. They are certified by the Assisted Living Registry and they have been a registered non-profit since 1998.
Since 2006, they have also been assisting homeless individuals in the Tri-City area through their homeless outreach initiative and their meals program. They are committed to continuing to work to assist the homeless in their communities.
Last Door Recovery Society is Metro Vancouver’s premier drug and alcohol treatment center. They provide addiction recovery services in a licensed accredited environment and have been providing these addiction treatment services for over 35 years.
They are a community that inspires recovery founded on the principles of compassion, trust, faith, integrity, diversity, fun, and unity to provide therapeutic environments in which individuals and families suffering from addiction issues are assisted in developing skills necessary to live free in recovery.
Touched by Addiction was started by those of us that fell into the depth of despair and addiction where very few came back from. We managed to overcome it and are on a mission to help others do the same. Whether it’s a struggling family member, a loved one or yourself, we know how to help you because we have been where they are you are.
Our mission is to inform though sharing our stories, to inspire, while eliminating the stigma of addiction and mental health in general so those that need help will have the courage necessary to do so and reach out for the much needed help.
Mission: Our mission is to help our clients discover their unique path to recovery with supportive housing.
Since 2008, AAHAA Supportive Housing has been leading the way in South King County at the forefront of Addiction Recovery. We employ a modern and flexible approach to combating the ravages of addiction. We have learned through our shared experiences that the most effective way to fight this disease is with integrity and honesty – and with a willingness to come together under a common purpose to hold each other accountable. AAHAA is built on the foundation of coming together as a group – our cornerstone concept is as powerful today as it was at our founding –we work together.
Bridges is an alternative peer group (APG) serving the greater Seattle area. An APG is a highly effective holistic wraparound service for youth in substance abuse recovery and their families because we harness the power of positive peer pressure to get and keep youth sober while working with the families to heal systems that keep kids sick. Through fun activities, the APG makes sobriety more attractive than using substances and literally saves the lives of youth that may otherwise be lost to drugs and alcohol. While the youth are having fun in their sobriety, the APG works with the families to educate and support them in changing their family systems to support their youth’s recovery.
No longer are families alone, floundering in the dark. Through family support groups, book study and peer counseling, families are empowered to create systems that support healthy choices and boundaries.
Evergreen Treatment Services is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a national and regional reputation for excellence that has been delivering evidence-based substance use disorder and social services in Western Washington since 1973. Our interdisciplinary team includes clinicians with advanced degrees in medicine, psychiatry, nursing, psychology, social work, counseling and acupuncture. ETS uses a comprehensive approach to treatment which combines medication assisted treatment with wraparound services such as medical monitoring, counseling, and drug screens. We also support the REACH program which provides street-based, case management and outreach services to adults living outside in the greater Seattle area.
FareStart has been helping people transform their lives through food for nearly 30 years. One person, one job, and one community at a time.
People in poverty struggle to escape the cycle they are in. Often, they face other compounding barriers to getting and keeping a job. FareStart helps people overcome those barriers by teaching them work and life skills. This provides the skills they need to succeed in the foodservice industry and in life.
Through restaurants, cafes, catering, and programs that provide meals to social services, shelters, and schools in the Seattle area, participants in these programs get practical work experience while giving back to their community.
In 2011, FareStart launched a national initiative, Catalyst Kitchens, in order to share our unique model with nonprofit organizations across North America.
Their Mission: Dedicated to preventing death by fentanyl.
Their Vision: Fentanyl United Crisis Coalition reduces death by fentanyl by empowering youth to protect themselves against overdose, partnering with existing successful programs in harm reduction and developing and supporting new and existing strategies for fentanyl-related treatment and recovery.
The King County Recovery Coalition (KCRC) is a regional coalition of the Washington Recovery Alliance. They advance substance use recovery and mental wellness by changing public understanding of behavioral health conditions and advocating for pro-recovery policies in King County. KCRC mobilizes people like you to drive change in behavioral health public policy – because we do recover, and we are the proof.
Their Mission: Advancing substance use recovery and mental health wellness by catalyzing public understanding and public policy innovation through community partnerships.
Their Vision: Recovery is a reality for all.
Peer Washington cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing peer emotional support and development services to those impacted by addiction, mental health, and/or HIV/AIDS.
Peer Washington envisions a community of peers connected by shared experience in compassionate support of one another.
The mission of Recovery Beyond is to empower individuals to achieve long term recovery through a supportive community that enables goal setting, lifelong learning and healthy lifestyles.
Recovery Beyond was created in 2016 as a non-profit organization with the purpose of multiplying the impact discovered on Mt. Rainier. Recovery Beyond’s peer-driven model works in partnership with treatment programs and community partners to provide additional, critical success factors for long-term recovery:
Health – tools for learning to manage the symptoms of substance use disorder and making positive behavioral choices;
Purpose – meaningful activities that allow exploration of interests and development of life goals; and
Community – a network of recovering individuals and their allies who offer support, encouragement, and hope.
Recovery Café was founded on the idea that everyone is loved and has gifts to share. The Members we serve are in recovery from the traumas of homelessness, addiction, and other mental health challenges. Inclusion is primary to our work.
The Recovery Café Network is committed to nurturing groups seeking to start recovery communities based on the Recovery Café model. Through a cohort learning model, groups and organizations will be provided mentorship, materials, expertise, and facilitated learning experiences to create a recovery community in their area.
The Network is committed to helping those who join the Network as an Emerging Member successfully start their program, build recovery capital in their communities, and become certified as Full Members of the Network.
Are you interested in starting up a café in your area?
Be sure to check out their success stories. It is impressive to see how many cafés have been started around the country in just the last five years.
SMASH helps Seattle’s low- and limited-income working musicians stay healthy by providing access to free and low-cost medical, dental, and mental health services, plus support for navigating the complicated and frustrating healthcare system.
WHAT SMASH OFFERS:
Primary care sessions with traditional and naturopathic providers
Hearing screening and protection
Comprehensive dental care at local partner clinics
Low barrier mental health treatment
Health insurance navigation
Health service navigation
SMASH is here to support musicians’ health. The membership process is free and confidential. Your contact information will never be sold for any reason. SMASH is not a health insurance provider, and if you have insurance you can still qualify for SMASH services.
Recover. Restore. Renew. Therapeutic Health Services (THS) operates on the belief that chemical dependency and mental illness are chronic, progressive diseases that respond to appropriate intervention, treatment, and prevention. By effectively employing all three, individuals and families are better able to lead healthy and productive lives in their communities.
Concerned about a lack of an organized voice advocating for recovery issues in Washington state, as well as a desire to capitalize on the excellent foundation of collaboration that the Access to Recovery grant program had built, the Washington Recovery Alliance (WRA) was founded in November 2014.
The WRA is a statewide, grassroots organization comprised of individuals in recovery from addiction and mental health conditions, families impacted by behavioral health conditions, and recovery community organizations driving change in two spheres related to behavioral health recovery: public policy and public understanding.
Want to get involved? Individuals and organizations are both encouraged to get involved! Check out how to get involved here.
Weld Seattle is on a mission to equip system-impacted individuals with housing, employment, and resources conducive to recovery and successful reintegration back into society.
Weld offers safe, dignified, clean and sober recovery housing for people reentering the community from incarceration, homelessness, and in recovery from addiction. Housing members are expected to be actively engaged in their reentry. They work, they volunteer, and they attend community meetings. But mostly, they belong.
Reimagining The Criminal Justice System. Yoga Behind Bars envisions a world where all communities are healthy and thriving, where all people feel safe, connected, and valued. Their programs open doors to self-understanding, resilience, and transformation. They advocate for restorative justice solutions, holistic re-entry services, and the removal of other barriers that prevent formerly incarcerated people from rebuilding their lives upon release. Yoga Behind Bars works with the WA State corrections leadership to create opportunities within the system; This includes yoga classes for prison staff and yoga teacher training for incarcerated people.
Section Sober came into being after Co-founder John Plageman had the idea for a sober support table at Lambeau field. This dream became a reality in 2019, and the group wanted to create a nonprofit charitable organization to support these efforts. Section Sober, Inc. is a registered as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Mission: The mission of Section Sober is to cultivate sober friendly spaces within Brown County, WI communities. We aim to reduce the use of harmful substances and welcome all that support a healthy lifestyle.
Vision: The vision of Section Sober is to spread the concept of sober-friendly spaces across the nation.
