Non-Profit Recovery Resource Guide

If you need to talk, the 988 Lifeline is here.

At the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, we understand that life’s challenges can sometimes be difficult. Whether you’re facing mental health struggles, emotional distress, alcohol or drug use concerns, or just need someone to talk to, our caring counselors are here for you. You are not alone.

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‘s mission is to break free from the stigma surrounding mental health, co-occurring disorders, disordered eating, substance use, and risky behaviors (i.e. self-harm, gambling addiction, etc.) fostering a world where recovery is recognized and respected. We provide education, prevention resources, harm reduction tools, and advocacy to empower individuals and families in their recovery journey, ensuring access to compassionate, inclusive support at every stage. Through community engagement and outreach, we aim to build a society that values and upholds the resilience of those living in recovery.  

The Child Mind Institute is dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders by giving them the help they need to thrive. We’re the leading independent nonprofit in children’s mental health, operating three Mission Areas that work together for greater impact: Care, Education and Science.

Crisis Text Line serves anyone, in any type of crisis, providing access to free, 24/7 support via mediums people already use and trust. How Does it Work? Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a volunteer Crisis Counselor. Crisis doesn’t just mean thinking about ending your own life. It’s any painful emotion and anytime you need support. So, you reach out to a volunteer Crisis Counselor.

Your opening message can say anything. Keywords like “HOME,” “START” and “HELLO” just help us identify how people hear about us. The first two responses are automated. They tell you that you’re being connected with a Crisis Counselor and invite you to share a bit more.

A Crisis Counselor is a trained volunteer, not a professional. They can provide support, but not medical advice. It usually takes less than five minutes to connect you with a Crisis Counselor. The conversation typically ends when you and the Crisis Counselor both feel comfortable deciding that you’re in a “cool,” safe place.

We are peers educating peers, serving our community for the last quarter century. DanceSafe‘s on-site and digital services have impacted countless lives through peer education, direct outreach, and resource provision for people who use drugs and their communities. We’ve distributed free condoms, earplugs, and fact-based educational literature at thousands of events all over the country, and conducted hundreds of thousands of reagent tests as part of our free on-site drug checking services. Our harm reduction initiatives have prevented an unknowable number of medical incidents related to the consumption of substances.

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.

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

The 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.

The Jed Foundation (JED) is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults, giving them the skills and support they need to thrive today…and tomorrow.

Mobilize Recovery brings together a diverse cross-sector cohort of advocates, allies, and stakeholders to drive measurable, sustainable, and action-oriented solutions that create resilient communities of recovery.

National Fentanyl Awareness Day brings together individuals, parents, teachers, corporations, influencers, community groups, and government entities to help put an end to this emergency.

Last year, over 70,000 Americans fatally overdosed on illegally made fentanyl. Fentanyl is now found in fake pills and many street drugs, but users are often unaware that their drugs contain the potent opioid. This is an urgent public health crisis that puts all of us, and our loved ones, at risk. We all must play a role in preventing further tragedies. 

National Harm Reduction Coalition’s mission is to promote the health and dignity of individuals and communities affected by drug use. As a national advocacy and capacity building organization, we aim to shift power and resources to people most vulnerable to structural violence and racialized drug policies.

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.

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 Recovery Advocacy Project (RAP) is a network of people across the country advocating for addiction recovery policies. RAP is committed to giving people in recovery from all pathways, family members, and supporters of recovery the grassroots organizing tools to think and act locally. RAP is working to build a visible and effective constituency in demand of community and public policy based solutions in response to America’s long standing addiction crisis.

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.

The mission of the Safe Project is to contribute solutions toward overcoming mental health challenges, substance misuse, and the addiction epidemic in the United States.

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 SHERECOVERS 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.

The Kennedy Forum (TKF) seeks systemic transformation for mental health and substance use (MH/SU) prevention, treatment, and care. The organization draws on strong relationships with key leaders and partners to create action around MH/SUD policies and issues, including insurance coverage inequities and the escalating youth mental health crisis.

Co-founded by former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy, who led a coalition of diverse stakeholders to pass the bipartisan Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, and his wife, Amy L. Kennedy, the nonprofit plays a distinct role as a catalyst, creating visibility and connectedness for movements of change.

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 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.

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.

Victoria’s Voice seeks to be the trusted national leader in successfully educating and providing the necessary tools for parents and families to take action to prevent substance use disorder and overdose deaths.