MATTHEWS HOPE FOUNDATION

What MATTHEWS HOPE FOUNDATION does

Matthew's Hope Foundation is a Houston, Texas-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2015 by Larry Wedekind following the death of his son Matthew Glenn Wedekind from opioid addiction. The foundation is dedicated to helping individuals struggling with opioid and substance use disorders (SUD), along with their family members, recover and heal. Its primary service is the Matthew's Hope Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), delivered in person at its Houston headquarters (5600 NW Central Drive, Suite 107), which incorporates "IASIS Technology" as a recovery program component alongside recovery care guidelines and legislative guidelines for abstinence-based recovery.

Beyond direct service delivery, the foundation runs mass media campaigns in select U.S. markets aimed at education, awareness, and recovery, and operates "Relevant Recovery Radio" as a multimedia outreach channel. It also publishes online resources targeted at two primary personas: individuals suffering from SUD and family members coping with a loved one's addiction, with secondary audiences including veterans with pain/PTSD and post-surgical patients at risk of opioid dependency. The organization cites the CDC statistic that 80% of heroin addictions begin with prescription painkillers as the central public-health framing for its awareness work.

The foundation employs approximately 6 people and is funded entirely through donations rather than service fees or product sales. It maintains a 24/7 phone line (844-263-4673) and a website donation portal. No public revenue figures, donor disclosures, funding rounds, or institutional grants are documented; financial transparency is provided only through public tax filings, Texas state tax exemption documentation, and Secretary of State filings. The organization has no parent company, subsidiaries, patents, trademarks, or documented partnerships in the input data.

Name

MATTHEWS HOPE FOUNDATION

Legal name

Matthew's Hope Foundation

Website

https://mhdrp.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Matthew's Hope Foundation is a Houston-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides opioid and substance use disorder recovery services, including an Intensive Outpatient Program and family support resources, funded through donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Addiction Recovery Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Substance Use Disorder Prevention & Recovery Services (BPAGACAE)

Keywords

• Opioid addiction recovery
• Substance use disorder treatment
• Intensive outpatient program
• Family addiction support
• Nonprofit recovery services

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Matthew's Hope Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that delivers opioid addiction recovery services and family support programs, headlined by its Houston-based Intensive Outpatient Program and the IASIS Technology treatment component. It supplements direct recovery care with mass media awareness campaigns, Relevant Recovery Radio content, and structured resources for families and individuals affected by substance use disorders.

Product overview

Matthew's Hope Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization offering a suite of addiction recovery programs and resources. The core offerings include an Intensive Outpatient Program and IASIS Technology for treatment, supplemented by Recovery Care Guidelines and Legislative Guidelines for Abstinence-Based Recovery. The foundation also operates Mass Media Campaigns to raise awareness and provides educational content through Relevant Recovery Radio and Helpful Resources for both families and individuals suffering from substance use disorders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Matthew's Hope Intensive Outpatient Program An intensive outpatient recovery program for individuals struggling with opioid addiction and their families, delivered at the foundation's Houston headquarters.
• IASIS Technology Program A technology-based recovery treatment component used as part of the foundation's Intensive Outpatient Program for individuals recovering from opioid addiction.
• Recovery Care Guidelines Guidelines and structured resources to help individuals and families navigate recovery from substance use disorders.
• Relevant Recovery Radio A radio/multimedia content program offering recovery-related information and stories for individuals and families affected by substance use disorders.
• Mass Media Awareness Campaign Foundation-created and funded mass media campaigns in select U.S. markets dedicated to saving lives through education, awareness, action, and recovery related to opioid addiction.
• Family Support Resources Educational and support resources specifically designed for family members of individuals struggling with substance use disorders.
• Resources for Individuals with SUD Direct resources and support materials for individuals experiencing substance use disorders.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation: Large non-profit addiction treatment organization operating residential and outpatient programs across multiple U.S. sites. Directly comparable as a non-profit delivering substance use disorder treatment with strong brand and donor support, though at materially greater scale than Matthew's Hope.
• Faces & Voices of Recovery: Recovery community organization that promotes recovery and amplifies the voices of people in long-term recovery. Comparable to Matthew's Hope's family/peer-recovery orientation and donor-supported advocacy model.
• Shatterproof: National non-profit that combines public advocacy, treatment access, and public-awareness campaigns for substance use disorder. Comparable to Matthew's Hope because of its emphasis on mass-media-driven stigma reduction and system-level opioid response.
• Caron Treatment Centers: Non-profit addiction treatment provider with inpatient and outpatient programs and family services. Comparable because it combines clinical treatment with family-focused programming for opioid and broader substance use disorders, similar to Matthew's Hope's integrated model.
• Partnership to End Addiction: National non-profit focused on supporting families affected by adolescent and young-adult substance use. Highly comparable to Matthew's Hope's family-healing pillar and its emphasis on prescription-to-heroin opioid pathways.
• NCADD (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence): Long-standing non-profit advocacy and education organization addressing alcoholism and drug dependence. Comparable because of its parallel mission to raise awareness and support recovery across substance use disorders.

Broad incumbents

• The Recovery Village: Multi-site for-profit addiction treatment provider offering inpatient and outpatient programs. Comparable in the SUD treatment category, though it is a for-profit chain and therefore a different operating model than a 501(c)(3) foundation.
• American Addiction Centers: Public, for-profit operator of multiple addiction treatment facilities with national reach. Comparable as an outpatient/residential SUD treatment provider, and a benchmark for what scaled, capitalized players look like in the same market.
• McLean Hospital: Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital with dedicated substance use treatment programs and research. Comparable as a clinical provider in the addiction treatment category with substantially greater research depth and accreditation than Matthew's Hope.

Emerging players

• SMART Recovery: Non-profit that delivers self-empowering addiction recovery support groups and an online community. Comparable to Matthew's Hope's recovery-support orientation and self-funded, mission-driven model, though SMART is secular and abstinence-flexible.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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