Grants for homeless assistance program

Name: Top 25 grants made to homelessness prevention organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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793 homelessness prevention organizations received at least $29.0 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 2,216 grants made from 1,499 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,353. Of these 1,499 foundations, 84% made just a single grant to homeless aid orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more homeless aid orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$28,954,069

Total grant dollars given to homeless assistance program

2,216

Number of grants made annually to homeless assistance program

1,499

Number of grantmakers funding homeless assistance program

$1,353

Median grant size to homeless assistance program

Foundations that support homelessness prevention organizations

Out of all grants made to homeless assistance program, 79% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 85% of the dollar-value of grants to homeless aid orgs. Foundations funding homeless aid orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, food banks, homeless shelters, food distribution programs, and emergency assistance programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,192
Medium	155
Large	152

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	40
Private	1,234
Corporate	94
Other	131

Grants made

Grants made to homeless aid orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	1,269
2-3	180
4-10	36
11+	14

Top 10 foundations supporting homelessness prevention organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to homeless aid orgs	Number of grants made to homeless aid orgs	Median grant size
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.2%	48	$1,000
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	45	$540
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.1%	44	$1,000
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.1%	34	$1,000
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.0%	27	$50
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	25	$158
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	22	$650
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.1%	18	$1,000
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.2%	18	$555
Community Foundation of North Texas (NTXCF)	TX	State	0.1%	15	$1,000

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Homelessness prevention organizations grantees

homeless assistance program with more than $5 million in total revenues received 92% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 52% of all homeless aid orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	2,209
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	7

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$775
$100k-$500k	$1,660
$500k-$1M	$1,100
$1M-$5M	$2,000
>$5M	$1,200

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	309
Texas	194
Massachusetts	190
Illinois	109
Other	1,414

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Boston	183
Los Angeles	146
New York City	118
Washington DC	116
Other	1,592

Top 25 grants made to homeless assistance program

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Heartland Alliance Health	$6,336,048	Cash Provided	Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights
Covenant house California	$3,445,916	Cost	Covenant House International
Covenant house California	$3,445,916	Program Support/ National Sleepout Event	Covenant House International
Next Move	$3,251,507	Homeless Services	Sacramento Steps Forward (SSF)
Coalition for the Homeless of Houston / Harris County	$2,842,975	Housing, Shelter	Greater Houston Community Foundation
FORkids	$2,550,000	Human Services	The Landmark Foundation
Alameda Point Collaborative (APC)	$2,515,000	General Support for Covid-19 Relief, Recovery, and Resilience, Medical Respite Care for Homeless Individuals	East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF)
Funders Together To End Homelessness	$5,000	Support the 2019 Funders Institute Being Held July 23, 2019, in Washington, DC	Annie E Casey Foundation (AECF)
Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for The Homeless	$5,000	General Purposes	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Johnson County Interfaith Hospitality Network	$5,000	Unrestricted General	Taylor and Patti Abernathy Charitable Trust
Our Friends Place	$5,000	Food and Clothing for the	Carrie S Orleans Trust
Opportunity Center for the Homeless (OC)	$5,000	General	Lula Hasam Mcafee Foundation XXXXX7006
Covenant House International	$5,000	General Support	York County Community Foundation
Plowshares Peace and Justice Center	$5,000	Covid-19 Food Relief	Community Foundation of Mendocino County
Odessa Links	$5,000	Homeless Family Services	Junior League of Odessa
Ywca Hartford Region	$5,000	Training in Sports, Other School Related Activities	Trinity Health of New England Corporation
Perspectives	$5,000	General	Michael J and Karen B Frey Foundation
Springfield Rescue Mission	$5,000	Operations	Community Bank Na Foundation of New England
Search Homeless Services	$5,000	General Support	Steen Family Foundation
Shalom House	$5,000	General Use	J Nedra Schilling Foundation Ta
Lava Mae	$5,000	For Unrestricted Support	James Irvine Foundation
Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco (ECS-SF)	$5,000	General Operating	Carter Family Foundation
Homeless Helping Homeless	$5,000	Charitable Purposes	United Way of Central Minnesota (UWCM)
N Street Village	$5,000	General Capacity	The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia (CFNOVA)
So Others Might Eat (SOME)	$5,000	General Capacity, Back-To-School Drive	The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia (CFNOVA)

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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 "homeless assistance program" category for this page is determined by the "P85: Homeless Persons Centers and Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.