Opportunity Overview
The Kalamazoo Community Foundation (KZCF) 2026 Opioid & Substance Use Community Health Grant supports opioid-remediation work benefiting Kalamazoo County residents affected by opioid use disorder, including treatment, harm reduction, prevention, recovery, and related mental-health services.
Funding and Deadline
KZCF states that $138,210 is available in 2026 and projects 2-4 annual grants. Current category allocations are Treatment $63,035, Harm Reduction $48,100, Prevention $11,150, and Recovery $15,925. KZCF does not publish a universal per-request maximum. Applications opened August 12, 2026 and are due September 23, 2026 by noon. The controlling KZCF page does not publish a time zone, and Atlas does not infer one.
Eligibility and Use of Funds
Eligible applicants include registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits, registered faith-based organizations, public entities such as governmental agencies and educational institutions, and projects fiscally sponsored by one of those eligible organizations. Proposed work must benefit Kalamazoo County residents impacted by opioid use disorder, align with approved Exhibit E opioid-remediation uses, and expand rather than supplant existing opioid-remediation funding.
KZCF expressly allows capital needs, including renovations and equipment purchases, when directly related to opioid remediation. Pre-grant-term costs are not reimbursable. KZCF directs requests to include a 5% indirect or administrative rate. The scoring rubric currently linked from the 2026 page states that the proposed budget should be reasonable, should not exceed 50% of the organization’s operating budget, and should not exceed 5% indirect cost.
Application and Scoring
The online application requires a proposed program budget and, when applicable, a fiscal sponsor agreement. The current materials collect organization and leadership information, operating-budget information, project timeline, evidence-based project narrative, community-need evidence, population demographics, collaborations, outcomes, and reporting commitments. KZCF prioritizes urgent service gaps, disparities in access, evidence-based project design, service to marginalized populations, collaboration, measurable outcomes, and a clear opioid-remediation budget.
Atlas Strategic Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 91/100. The opportunity is open, has a defined Kalamazoo County behavioral-health purpose, broad eligible applicant classes, a current application path, explicit opioid-remediation priorities, and a published 2026 funding pool. The short remaining application window and unpublished deadline time zone reduce execution certainty but do not prevent publication or scoring under the current Atlas verification rules.
N9+ Fit Score: 90/100 conditional. Exhibit E expressly supports telehealth expansion for opioid-use-disorder treatment, and KZCF expressly permits directly related equipment. A legitimate N9+ pathway is applicant-led and must be tied to a documented treatment-access need, an Exhibit E-aligned project, a reasonable budget, and any applicable vendor or procurement requirements.
Direct Applicant and Vendor Review
Dr. Miltie, LLC is not among the published eligible prime-applicant classes and should not apply directly. Dr. Miltie or QC Healthcare may participate only as an equipment or service vendor or partner when an eligible applicant’s project and KZCF rules support that structure. The public KZCF page does not publish separate competitive-bid, subcontractor, or vendor-qualification rules, so those must be confirmed before any vendor commitment is represented as allowable.
Verified Source
Kalamazoo Community Foundation — Opioid & Substance Use Community Health Grant