Grants for home repair programs

Name: Top 25 grants made to home improvement and support programs
Creator: Cause IQ
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873 home improvement and support programs received at least $97.8 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 637 grants made from 464 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $2,000. Of these 464 foundations, 84% made just a single grant to home repair programs, and 3% made grants to four or more home repair programs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$97,784,828

Total grant dollars given to home repair programs

637

Number of grants made annually to home repair programs

464

Number of grantmakers funding home repair programs

$2,000

Median grant size to home repair programs

Foundations that support home improvement and support programs

Out of all grants made to home repair programs, 64% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 98% of the dollar-value of grants to home repair programs. Foundations funding home repair programs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, educational service providers, youth development programs, and community development corporations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	299
Medium	75
Large	90

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	24
Private	313
Corporate	45
Other	82

Grants made

Grants made to home repair programs	Number of grantmakers
1	393
2-3	53
4-10	15
11+	3

Top 10 foundations supporting home improvement and support programs

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to home repair programs	Number of grants made to home repair programs	Median grant size
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	2.0%	23	$500
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	14	$1,850
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.1%	11	$2,500
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	7	$1,000
Enterprise Community Investment	MD	Metro	64.3%	6	$7,266,990
The Columbus Foundation	OH	State	0.0%	6	$5,000
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.1%	6	$750
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	6	$64
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.0%	5	$500

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Home improvement and support programs grantees

Home repair programs with more than $5 million in total revenues received 93% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 24% of all home repair programs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	623
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	14

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$2,000
$100k-$500k	$2,800
$500k-$1M	$2,000
$1M-$5M	$2,500
>$5M	$1,500

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	46
Washington	43
Massachusetts	38
New York	37
Other	473

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Boston	27
Washington DC	26
Baltimore	26
New York City	25
Other	473

Top 25 grants made to home repair programs

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Enterprise Community Partners	$31,510,407	Cost	Enterprise Community Investment
PathStone Corporation	$10,489,259	Support	National Council on the Aging (NCOA)
Enterprise Community Partners	$9,681,525	General Support	Enterprise Community Investment
Enterprise Community Partners	$9,672,242	Cost	Enterprise Community Investment
The Housing Partnership Fund	$5,322,441	Fair Value	Housing Partnership Network (HPN)
Enterprise Community Partners	$4,861,739	Cost	Enterprise Community Investment
Enterprise Community Partners	$4,077,500	In Support of Neighborhood Revitalization	JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Enterprise Community Partners	$4,026,758	Cost	Enterprise Community Investment
El-Ada Community Action	$3,406,914	To Alleviate the Causes and Conditions of Poverty in Idaho Communities	Community Action Partnership Association Of Idaho
Mercy Properties	$2,967,393	Low-Income Housing	Mercy Housing
RCAP Solutions	$2,762,094	Technical Assistance, Training and Research and Economic Development	Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP)
Community Housing	$2,600,000	Cost	Enterprise Community Investment
The Housing Partnership Fund	$2,500,000	Fair Value	Housing Partnership Network (HPN)
Mission First Housing Group	$2,500,000	Economic Development	PIDC-Local Development Corporation
Worcester Common Ground	$5,000	Affordable Housing Project	Ruth H and Warren A Ellsworth Foundation
Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing	$5,000	General Donation	The Millar Family Foundation
Just-A-Start Corporation	$5,000	Unrestricted General	F Lutze and C Rausch Family Foundation
Casa Familiar	$5,000	General	Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego
Community Action House (CAH)	$5,000	General Operation	Craig and Wendy Spoelhof Foundation
Northwest Side CDC	$5,000	Human Services Program Support	Greater Green Bay Community Foundation (GGBCF)
Milwaukee Community Land Trust	$5,000	Human Services Program Support	Greater Green Bay Community Foundation (GGBCF)
Rebuilding Together Fox Valley	$5,000	Human Services Program Support	Greater Green Bay Community Foundation (GGBCF)
Partners in Community Building (PICB)	$5,000	Human Services Program Support	Greater Green Bay Community Foundation (GGBCF)
Rebuilding Together-Warner Robins	$5,000	Support the Exempt Purpose of Rebuilding Together	Robins Financial Credit Union
San Luis Valley Housing Coalition	$5,000	General Operating Ez	The Colorado Trust

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Home repair programs" category for this page is determined by the "L80: Housing Support Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.