New York · Public charity
Drug Policy Action
DRUG POLICY ACTION seeks to reform federal, state, and local drug policies. We educate the public about drug laws and involve them in our efforts to ensure that government policies on these issues advance the public interest.
- $6.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,600,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $27M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations Drug Policy Action funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $460k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $6.6M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $1.4M | 80% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $5.7M | 77% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $2.7M | 71% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $5.8M | 80% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $12M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $6.5M | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $345k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drug Policy Alliance | $34,725,884 | 7 | 67% |
| Marijuana Policy Project | $523,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Commit to Change Wa | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unite Oregon Action | $145,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ground Game Texas | $110,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Mike Schmidt for Multnomah Da | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Latino Network | $65,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Imagine Black | $65,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Urban League of Portland Inc | $65,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ground Game Fund | $60,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drug Policy Alliance | $34,725,884 | 7 | 67% |
| Marijuana Policy Project | $523,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Commit to Change Wa | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unite Oregon Action | $145,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ground Game Texas | $110,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Mike Schmidt for Multnomah Da | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Latino Network | $65,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Imagine Black | $65,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Urban League of Portland Inc | $65,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ground Game Fund | $60,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Recovery Advocacy Project Inc | $51,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Friends of Tina Kotek | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregonians for Ethics | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safety and Justice Oregon | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| New Approach Montana | $25,000 | 1 | 78% |
| Nj Can 2020 Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Act 4 SA Action Fund | $20,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Somos Tejas | $20,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Safety and Justice PAC | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Day Nevada | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chaichi for Oregon | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Andrea Valderrama | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Julie Fahey | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Rob Wagner | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Drug Policy Action supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Drug Policy Action
- How much does Drug Policy Action give?
- Drug Policy Action reported 1 grants totaling $6,605,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Drug Policy Action fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (96%), Civil Rights (3%), Public Benefit (1%).
- Who are Drug Policy Action's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Drug Policy Alliance ($35M), Marijuana Policy Project ($523k), Commit to Change Wa ($150k).
- Does Drug Policy Action fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Drug Policy Action?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Open Society Action Fund Inc, Northwest Health Foundation.
- Where is Drug Policy Action based?
- Drug Policy Action is based in NY.
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