The Fortune Society, Inc.

The Fortune Society, Inc., doing business as The Fortune Academy, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Long Island City, New York that receives federal grant awards to deliver housing, workforce development, and substance use disorder treatment services to justice-involved individuals experiencing homelessness across New York City. The organization operates as a prime grant recipient across HUD, SAMHSA, the Department of Labor, and the EPA, with 67 of 82 total awards (82%) as prime recipient grants and 15 as sub-recipient awards (18%).

The Fortune Society's federal grant portfolio centers on three core capability areas. Under the HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267), the organization has received recurring annual project grants since 2021, most recently a $2.1 million award (November 1, 2025, completion October 31, 2026) to provide permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, case management, and homelessness prevention services for justice-involved individuals in the Astoria area and across New York City's five boroughs. The organization also holds a $8 million Department of Labor Reentry Employment Opportunities (CFDA 17.270) project grant (July 1, 2024 through December 31, 2027) to deliver occupational skills training, job readiness preparation, case management, and employment placement for justice-involved populations. SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment funding supports three active grants: a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the EPA's Brownfields Job Training program (CFDA 66.815, August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2028) to train 96 individuals in environmental remediation and hazardous-waste site assessment with industry certifications including 40-Hour HAZWOPER and OSHA Construction Safety; a five-year Grants for the Benefit of Homeless Individuals (GBHI) program grant (September 30, 2023 through September 29, 2028) providing integrated behavioral health treatment and wraparound services to 275 justice-impacted adults experiencing homelessness across all five NYC boroughs; a five-year Adult Reentry Program grant (September 30, 2023 through September 29, 2028) serving 40 participants per year (200 total over five years) with substance use disorder treatment and recovery services for adults recently released from NYC and New York State correctional facilities; and a five-year Medication-Assisted Treatment for Justice-Involved Populations grant (September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2026) providing MAT induction and continuation using buprenorphine and abuse-deterrent formulations to at least 75–100 justice-involved individuals annually.

Customer concentration is dominated by HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (31 awards, 78% of top-customer concentration), followed by SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (13 awards), the Environmental Protection Agency (4 awards), and the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (3 awards). The organization serves 17 distinct federal agencies. The Fortune Society operates as a sub-recipient on research and treatment initiatives managed by Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, George Mason University, the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports, the Unified Court System of New York State, and the Center for Effective Public Policy, focusing on post-incarceration health interventions, substance use prevention and recovery, desistance research, and women's mental health screening in criminal court.

Recent activity has grown from three awards in 2022 to ten in 2024, with seven awards in 2025 and one award in 2026 to date. Two awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, creating limited recompete exposure in the near term. The Fortune Society's federal footprint reflects institutional expertise in criminal justice reentry, housing support for homeless populations, and substance use disorder treatment, with service delivery concentrated in New York City and workforce training partnerships with private partners including Ando International.