Points of Distribution

Name

Points of Distribution

Legal name

Points of Distribution

Website

https://pointsofdistribution.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Harm Reduction Supplies

NAICS

Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers (42421)

SIC

Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047), Wholesale-Drugs, Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries (5122)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Supplies & Consumables Wholesale (Non-Device) (CRAOAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Controlled Substances & Compliance-Focused Pharmaceutical Distributors (HLAIAJAN)

Keywords

• Harm reduction supplies
• Syringe service programs
• Overdose prevention supplies
• Naloxone distribution
• Safer drug use equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Tacoma

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Supply Sales: POD operates as a nonprofit marketplace that sells harm reduction supplies at near-cost prices. They add a sliding scale margin (0% to 5%) based on program budget size to offset shipping and handling costs. They explicitly state they make no profit from the sale of supplies.
2. Fiscal Sponsorship Services: POD provides fiscal sponsorship to emerging harm reduction organizations at no charge, offering fiduciary oversight and financial management services to help new projects access opportunities available to existing nonprofits.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Points of Distribution operates a nonprofit e-commerce marketplace that supplies harm reduction organizations and syringe service programs with safer drug use supplies (syringes, needles, cookers, sterile water, brass pipe screens, sharps containers, assembled kits), overdose prevention supplies (naloxone kits, drug test strips), safer sex supplies, hygiene and wound care products, and comfort/outreach items. Products are sold at near-cost with a 0%–5% sliding scale margin based on program budget, and POD additionally provides no-charge fiscal sponsorship and technical assistance to emerging harm reduction organizations.

Product overview

Points of Distribution (POD) is a nonprofit harm reduction marketplace that operates as a single e-commerce platform offering a comprehensive range of supplies to the harm reduction and drug using communities. The marketplace is organized into six main product categories: Comfort and Outreach Items (bags, cleaning supplies, pins, gloves, socks/blankets), Safer Sex Supplies (pregnancy tests, sex work kits, lube, dental dams, condoms), Personal Hygiene and Wound Care (sunscreen, menstrual products, face masks, hygiene kits, wound care supplies), Overdose Prevention (drug test kits including BTNX methamphetamine strips, HCV/HIV/STD tests, and naloxone products including Remedy Alliance kits and generic injectable naloxone), Safer Use Supplies (syringes, needles, sharps containers, cookers, sterile water, tourniquets, brass pipe screens, assembled POD day packs), and branded Merchandise (t-shirts and enamel pins). POD does not make profit on supplies, using a sliding scale margin (0-5%) to offset shipping and handling costs, with pricing based on program budget size. The platform also provides fiscal sponsorship and technical assistance to emerging harm reduction organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Harm Reduction Marketplace (POD Marketplace) Registration-gated e-commerce marketplace where harm reduction organizations and syringe service programs can purchase categorized harm reduction supplies (safer use, overdose prevention, safer sex, hygiene and wound care, comfort and outreach) at near-cost prices with a sliding scale 0%–5% margin based on program budget.
• Fiscal Sponsorship Services No-charge fiscal sponsorship providing fiduciary oversight and financial management for emerging harm reduction organizations that have not yet obtained independent nonprofit status, enabling them to access grant and donation opportunities available to existing nonprofits.
• Technical Assistance and Start Up / Service Gap Funding Technical assistance and capacity-building support for emerging and established harm reduction organizations, paired with Start Up and Service Gap funding that provides free supplies to organizations experiencing supply shortages or funding limitations.
• Safer Use Supplies Comprehensive safer drug use supplies category including sharps containers, syringes and needles, cookers, sterile water and saline, tourniquets, assembled POD day packs and kits, kit components, glassware, filters and cotton, and brass pipe screens for safer smoking.
• Overdose Prevention Supplies Overdose prevention category offering drug test kits (drug panel screening, HCV/HIV/STD, rapid drug checking including BTNX methamphetamine test strips) and naloxone products (Remedy Alliance assembled 2-dose kits, generic 0.4mg/1mL injectable naloxone, wall-mount naloxone cabinets).
• Safer Sex Supplies Sexual health supplies including pregnancy tests, safer sex work kits, lube, dental dams, and condoms for sex workers and the broader community.
• Personal Hygiene and Wound Care Supplies Hygiene and first aid supplies including sunscreen, menstrual products (pads, tampons), face masks and shields, hygiene kits, hair and body health products, oral health items, and comprehensive wound care (petroleum jelly, OTC meds, antibiotic ointment, tape/wraps, gauze, bandages, alcohol wipes, wound dressings).
• Comfort and Outreach Items Outreach supplies including bags, cleaning supplies, pins, gloves, and socks and blankets for harm reduction programs serving unhoused or unstably housed individuals.
• Branded Merchandise Branded apparel and accessories including POD Flame t-shirts, Black and Green Works shirts in sizes XS–XXXL, and harm reduction messaging enamel pins (Boof Seguro, Boof Safe, No More Drug War, No Mas Guerras Contra Las Drogas), with revenue beyond costs supporting free supplies for underfunded programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Sliding scale pricing (0-5%) based on program budget to ensure equitable access

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SmokeworkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSmokeworks supplies harm reduction organizations with safer smoking supplies. They are listed as a partner organization on POD's resources page, indicating a collaborative relationship within the harm reduction supply ecosystem.
• Remedy Alliance / For The PeoplecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRemedy Alliance / For The People supplies harm reduction organizations with naloxone, emergency contraceptives, and other hard-to-access supplies. POD sells products sourced from Remedy Alliance, including assembled 2-dose naloxone kits and 0.4mg/1mL generic injectable naloxone. Purchase of these products supports Remedy Alliance's Community Support Initiative.
• NASTAD (National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNASTAD is one of the largest technical assistance organizations operating in the HIV space with a Drug User Health Initiative. POD references NASTAD's Drug User Health Team as an additional resource for organizations and mentions them in the context of technical support and harm reduction best practices.
• National Harm Reduction CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as the largest and oldest harm reduction advocacy organization. POD is connected to this organization through the harm reduction resource ecosystem.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• NEXT Distro: Online mail-based harm reduction supply distribution service that ships supplies directly to people who use drugs. Highly comparable business model (online marketplace, sliding-scale access) serving a different but adjacent end customer.
• Smokeworks: Distributes safer smoking supplies to harm reduction organizations — listed as a POD partner. Overlapping product category (safer smoking) and customer base (harm reduction programs).
• Remedy Alliance / For The People: National nonprofit that bulk-procures and distributes generic injectable naloxone and harm reduction supplies to community programs. Closest direct peer — POD is in fact a downstream distributor of Remedy Alliance's naloxone stock.

Emerging players

• DanceSafe: Harm reduction nonprofit distributing drug-checking test strips and supplies. Partial overlap with POD's overdose prevention / drug-checking category, with a more nightlife- and electronic-music-focused audience.
• Sanvello / Bicycle Health (harm reduction pharmacy services): Telehealth providers of medication-assisted treatment and harm reduction-oriented pharmacy services. Adjacent peer in the broader harm reduction care continuum; partial overlap in serving people who use drugs.

Broad incumbents

• National Harm Reduction Coalition: Largest and oldest U.S. harm reduction advocacy and capacity-building organization. Comparable as a national platform serving harm reduction programs, but focused on advocacy and technical assistance rather than supply distribution.
• McKesson Medical-Surgical: One of the largest U.S. medical supply wholesalers. Serves the same underlying medical supply category (syringes, wound care, naloxone-adjacent) but does not specialize in harm reduction or sliding-scale access to community programs.
• Cardinal Health: Major U.S. pharmaceutical and medical product distributor. Comparable in product categories (naloxone, syringes, wound care) but operates at healthcare-system scale, not community harm reduction.

Others

• North American Syringe Exchange Network (NASEN): National network supporting syringe service programs and harm reduction supply access. Ecosystem peer that connects many of the same downstream programs that POD serves.
• NASTAD (National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors): National technical assistance organization operating a Drug User Health Initiative. Serves the same harm reduction programs as POD but as a TA provider and policy convener rather than a supply distributor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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