Grants for homeless shelters

Name: Top 25 grants made to homeless housing programs
Creator: Cause IQ
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2,056 homeless housing programs received at least $61.1 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 5,202 grants made from 2,933 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,200. Of these 2,933 foundations, 77% made just a single grant to homeless shelters, and 4% made grants to four or more homeless shelters. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$61,097,847

Total grant dollars given to homeless shelters

5,202

Number of grants made annually to homeless shelters

2,933

Number of grantmakers funding homeless shelters

$1,200

Median grant size to homeless shelters

Foundations that support homeless housing programs

Out of all grants made to homeless shelters, 82% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 83% of the dollar-value of grants to homeless shelters. Foundations funding homeless shelters also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, emergency assistance programs, religious organizations, christian organizations, and food distribution programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	2,427
Medium	274
Large	229

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	60
Private	2,485
Corporate	151
Other	237

Grants made

Grants made to homeless shelters	Number of grantmakers
1	2,271
2-3	526
4-10	98
11+	38

Top 10 foundations supporting homeless housing programs

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to homeless shelters	Number of grants made to homeless shelters	Median grant size
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	101	$500
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.2%	99	$1,000
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.8%	83	$60
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.2%	74	$826
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.2%	68	$586
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	56	$255
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.6%	53	$500
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.3%	47	$240
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.2%	41	$1,000
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.3%	41	$260

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Homeless housing programs grantees

Homeless shelters with more than $5 million in total revenues received 81% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 43% of all homeless shelters.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	5,191
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	11

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,160
$100k-$500k	$2,000
$500k-$1M	$1,701
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	589
Washington	398
Illinois	269
Texas	259
Other	3,687

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Seattle	335
New York City	289
Los Angeles	283
Chicago	246
Other	3,813

Top 25 grants made to homeless shelters

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Covenant House New York (CHNY)	$7,938,500	Cost	Covenant House International
Covenant House New York (CHNY)	$7,938,500	Program Support	Covenant House International
Homeaid Houston	$5,137,007	Housing, Shelter	Greater Houston Community Foundation
Covenant House Pennsylvania	$4,592,280	Program Support/ National Sleepout Event	Covenant House International
Covenant House New Jersey	$4,490,810	Cost	Covenant House International
Covenant House New Jersey	$4,490,810	Program Support/ National Sleepout Event	Covenant House International
Atlanta Mission	$4,000,000	Development of Low-Barrier Shelter for Women and Children at the Atlanta Day Shelter Facility on Ethel Street.	Joseph B Whitehead Foundation
Christ-Centered Ministries	$3,496,826	Healthy Individuals and Communities	Tides Center
United States Veterans Initiative	$3,007,000	To Assist Local Charities	The Home Depot Foundation and Homer Fund
247 Gateway LLC	$2,787,535	Community Benefit	United Way of Greater Atlanta
247 Gateway LLC	$2,787,535	Expense Incurred	United Way of Greater Atlanta
The Homeless Alliance	$5,000	General Support	Love Meyer Family Foundation
Tabor Community Services	$5,000	Support Beth Shalom House	Reese Foundation 47F055017
My Sisters' Place	$5,000	Mary Townsend Seymour Society	Sandra and Arnold Chase Family Foundation
Family Promise of Beaufort County	$5,000	General Operating Support	Kathryn Davis Grado Foundation
The Lord's Place	$5,000	To Break the Cycle of Homelessness By Providing Innovative, Compassionate and Effective Services To Men, Women and Children in Our Community.	The Orchard Farm Foundation
Culpeper Community Development Corporation	$5,000	Shelter for Homeless	Culpeper Wellness Foundation
Prescott Area Shelter Services	$5,000	Women's Shelter	Joseph and May Winston Foundation
Haven for Hope	$5,000	Program Expenses	The Phyllis L Schoener Foundation
Time Is Now To Help the Children and Elderly	$5,000	General Use of Charity	William H and Lois J Mcessy Foundation
Interfaith Community Shelter Group	$5,000	General And/or Educational Purposes	Seed Corn Foundation
Bridge House	$5,000	General Support	Santa Barbara Foundation
Joseph's House and Shelter	$5,000	To Support Ongoing Programs.	The Seymour Fox Memorial Foundation
Homeless Veterans Fellowship	$5,000	Support the Homeless	Weber County Homeless Charitable Trust Fund
Bowery Residents Committee (BRC)	$5,000	General Operating	Sarah I Schieffelin Residuary 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 "Homeless shelters" category for this page is determined by the "L41: Homeless, Temporary Shelter" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.