Addiction Recovery Charities to Support
Charities supporting recovery from substance abuse, alcohol dependency, and addiction through treatment and rehabilitation.
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Associação Portuguesa de Apoio à Vítima
Portugal
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Lisboa
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Community Development
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Fundacion Milenio, Ac
Mexico
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Nuevo León
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Social Services
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Trempoline
Belgium
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Châtelet, Hainaut
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Education
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Florinhas Do Vouga
Portugal
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Aveiro
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Community Development
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Associação Oficina da Compaixão
Portugal
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Lisboa
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Community Development
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Fundação "O Século" ao Serviço da Infância Desprotegida
Portugal
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Cascais, Lisboa
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Community Development
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Centrum voor Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg Schelde Dender Waas
Belgium
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Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders
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Health
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Centre local de promotion de la santé de l'arrondissement de Verviers
Belgium
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Verviers, Liège
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Health
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Stichting "stem in de Stad"
Netherlands
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Haarlem, North Holland
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Social Services
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Association Guépart
France
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Santeny, Val-de-Marne
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Sports & Recreation
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mediCuba-Suisse
Switzerland
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Zürich, ZH
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Community Development
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Association Familiale Catholique D'Ajaccio
France
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Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud
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Education
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Academia Estadual de Cuidados Paliativos de Minas Gerais/sociedade de Tanatologia e Cuidados Paliativos de Minas Gerais (Aecp-Mg/sotamig)
Brazil
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Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
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Health
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Centre for Animal Rehabilitation and Education
South Africa
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Phalaborwa, Limpopo
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Education
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Cevi Region Basel
Switzerland
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Basel, BS
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Youth Development
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Groupe santé Genève
Switzerland
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Genève, GE
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Community Development
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Uturn Homeless Ministries
South Africa
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Cape Town, Western Cape
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Community Development
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insieme Zürcher Oberland
Switzerland
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Uster, ZH
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Community Development
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Blaues Kreuz Schaffhausen-Thurgau
Switzerland
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Weinfelden, TG
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Community Development
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Caritas Zürich
Switzerland
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Zürich, ZH
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Religion
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What is an addiction recovery charity?
Addiction charities work on prevention, treatment, and long-term recovery from substance use and behavioral addictions: rehab providers, peer support fellowships, sober housing projects, harm reduction services, and family support groups. The organizations listed here carry the Addiction Recovery cause tag, which GiveRadar assigns from each charity's name, stated mission, and registry classification: tags are never chosen by, or sold to, the charities themselves. Narrow the directory above with the country and size filters, and check any charity's registration and financials before you give.
An addiction recovery charity is a nonprofit that helps people overcome dependence on alcohol, drugs, gambling, or other addictions through treatment, peer support, housing, or harm reduction, rather than operating for profit. The category spans very different structures: licensed treatment centers with clinical staff, volunteer-run mutual aid groups, and advocacy organizations that push for better addiction policy. What they share is a registered nonprofit status and a mission centered on recovery, not the same size, methods, or funding model. Some rely entirely on donations; others charge program fees or receive government health contracts, which their filings should show.
What do addiction recovery charities do?
Addiction recovery charities run treatment programs, housing, peer support, harm reduction services, and prevention work in varying combinations. Their websites and filings should make clear which of the following they operate:
- Residential and outpatient treatment programs, often alongside or under contract with public health systems
- Peer support and mutual aid groups where people in recovery help each other stay sober
- Sober living and transitional housing for people leaving treatment or prison
- Harm reduction services: overdose prevention, naloxone distribution, needle exchange, and drug checking where legal
- Helplines and referral services that connect people and families to treatment options
- Family support: counselling and education for relatives affected by a loved one's addiction
- Prevention and education programs in schools, workplaces, and communities
What to check before donating to an addiction recovery charity
Before donating to an addiction recovery charity, check what the organization actually operates: treatment, housing, peer support, or awareness campaigns are very different activities with very different cost structures. Specific points for this cause:
- Licensing on top of registration. Residential and clinical treatment usually requires a healthcare or care-facility license separate from charity registration. If an organization says it treats patients, its website should say under what license or in partnership with whom.
- Fees and donations. Many rehab providers are registered nonprofits that also charge program fees or bill insurers and governments. That is legitimate, but the filings should show how donation income and program revenue are used.
- Referral transparency. In parts of the rehab sector, paid referral arrangements exist. A charity that explains openly how people enter its programs is easier to evaluate than one that only advertises intake phone numbers.
- Claimed success rates. Recovery outcomes are genuinely hard to measure, and comparable published rates are rare. Treat any guaranteed or unusually precise success percentage as a claim to question, not a fact.
- Small does not mean suspect. Volunteer-run mutual aid groups often file minimal financials because they have minimal budgets. Thin paperwork from a tiny fellowship is a scale signal, not a warning sign.
Each charity page here shows registration status, available financials, and an integrity assessment. The integrity assessment measures how much an organization discloses: it is not a verdict on the quality of its treatment or its impact. For the general checklist that applies to every donation, see our guide for donors.
Common questions
What is an addiction recovery charity?
An addiction recovery charity is a registered nonprofit that helps people overcome alcohol, drug, gambling, or other addictions through treatment, peer support, sober housing, harm reduction, or prevention work. The category includes licensed treatment providers, volunteer-run recovery fellowships, and family support organizations. They differ widely in size and method, so their registration and filings are the clearest way to see how each one operates.
How can I tell a legitimate rehab charity from a paid referral operation?
A legitimately run rehab charity shows up in the official charity register of its country, holds whatever healthcare license its clinical work requires, and explains openly how people enter its programs; paid referral operations tend to advertise only an intake phone number and say little about who provides the treatment. Read the filings for how donations are spent and whether contact details and leadership are published. You can look up any organization's registration status and available financials with our free charity checker; where registries publish the data, it appears on the charity's page.
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