RIZE News

BOSTON (Oct. 15, 2020) – RIZE Massachusetts, an independent nonprofit foundation working to end the opioid overdose epidemic in Massachusetts, announced today that it is investing nearly $1.1 million in grant programs designed to improve racial equity in healthcare...

The past few months have been marked by unimaginable tragedy. The COVID-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 100,000 lives across the United States, with the greatest on Black and Latinx communities demonstrating the ongoing impact of racism on health. COVID-19...

BOSTON (June 10, 2020) – RIZE Massachusetts, an independent nonprofit foundation working to end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, announced today that it has extended its inaugural grant program, Saving Lives, Improving Health: Redesigning Opioid Use Disorder...

During this generation-defining pandemic, caring for people with opioid use disorder (OUD) requires hands-on tactics to meet people where the need is greatest.  RIZE Massachusetts is collaborating with the City of Boston and community-based organizations to help...

BOSTON (May 5, 2020) – RIZE Massachusetts Foundation, an independent nonprofit foundation working to end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, announced today that it has awarded $300,000 in grants to support Boston nonprofits working with vulnerable populations that...

RIZE Massachusetts Foundation has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Boston Resiliency Fund.  We thank Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and the Boston Resiliency Fund Steering Committee for this opportunity to offer more support to people with opioid use disorder...

Rapid Response Grantee Uses Funds to Support Emergency Homelessness Services On March 23, RIZE Massachusetts Foundation announced that it had distributed nearly $200,000 in rapid response grants to support nonprofit organizations strained by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

PAARI Exemplifies Partnership Between Government, Nonprofits and Corporations During Covid-19 Pandemic Small nonprofits can have a big impact when they partner with other organizations. One RIZE rapid response grant recipient, the Police Assisted Addiction and...

Q&A with Executive Director of Life Connection Center in Lowell As news started spreading about COVID-19, what did you and your team do to prepare? It was all a matter of getting ahead of the situation while we could. The first...

BOSTON (March 23, 2020) – RIZE Massachusetts Foundation, an independent nonprofit foundation working to end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, announced today that it has awarded nearly $200,000 in rapid response grants to support nonprofit organizations strained...