Christopher D. Smithers Foundation

The mission of the Christopher D. Smithers Foundation is to educate the public that alcoholism is a respectable, treatable disease from which people can and do recover; encourage prevention programs and activities, with an emphasis on high-risk populations; and continually fight to reduce and eliminate the stigma that is associated with the disease of alcoholism.

The Foundation focuses its grantmaking on the issue of alcoholism, including prevention, treatment, research, public education, and creating awareness of alcoholism problems in the nation's work world.

The main thrust of the Foundation's funding is in the field of alcoholism prevention though education. While a number of grants go to national organizations, regional and local organizations across the country also receive funds.

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