Grants for housing providers and shelters

Name: Top 25 grants made to housing providers and shelters
Creator: Cause IQ
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5,623 housing providers and shelters received at least $444.8 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 8,940 grants made from 4,492 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,200. Of these 4,492 foundations, 73% made just a single grant to housing orgs, and 5% made grants to four or more housing orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$444,794,847

Total grant dollars given to housing providers and shelters

8,940

Number of grants made annually to housing providers and shelters

4,492

Number of grantmakers funding housing providers and shelters

$1,200

Median grant size to housing providers and shelters

Foundations that support housing providers and shelters

Out of all grants made to housing providers and shelters, 82% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 66% of the dollar-value of grants to housing orgs. Foundations funding housing orgs also made grants to homeless shelters, multiservice human service organizations, food banks, religious organizations, and homeless assistance program.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	3,704
Medium	437
Large	344

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	89
Private	3,775
Corporate	201
Other	427

Grants made

Grants made to housing orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	3,297
2-3	932
4-10	206
11+	57

Top 10 foundations supporting housing providers and shelters

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to housing orgs	Number of grants made to housing orgs	Median grant size
Habitat for Humanity International	GA	National	0.7%	228	$1,257
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	2.1%	195	$400
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.3%	158	$1,100
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.4%	142	$850
Baird Foundation	WI	National	1.7%	120	$125
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.4%	114	$978
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.2%	96	$152
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.9%	85	$500
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.5%	81	$125
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.4%	67	$100

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Housing providers and shelters grantees

Housing providers and shelters with more than $5 million in total revenues received 85% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 38% of all housing orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	8,877
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	63

Grant amount by grantee size

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

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	831
Washington	574
Georgia	490
New York	463
Other	6,582

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Seattle	464
New York City	453
Los Angeles	368
Chicago	360
Other	6,501

Top 25 grants made to housing providers and shelters

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Nef Community Investments	$31,760,947	FMV	National Equity Fund
Nef Community Investments	$31,760,947	FMV	National Equity Fund
Enterprise Community Partners	$31,510,407	Cost	Enterprise Community Investment
Blugold Real Estate Foundation	$16,663,788	Cash	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Foundation
Heartland Housing	$12,565,580	Cash Provided	Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights
PathStone Corporation	$10,489,259	Support	National Council on the Aging (NCOA)
Siemer Institute	$10,000,000	Approved Grant	The Siemer Family Foundation
Siemer Institute	$10,000,000	Social Services	The Siemer Family Foundation
Mercy Housing / Affordable Housing for Amer in Need	$9,923,744	Cash	Mercy Housing
Enterprise Community Partners	$9,681,525	General Support	Enterprise Community Investment
Enterprise Community Investment	$9,681,525	Cost	Enterprise Community Investment
Enterprise Community Partners	$9,672,242	Cost	Enterprise Community Investment
National Church Residences	$9,212,188	General Support	National Church Residences Foundation
Daughters of Miriam Foundation	$8,449,544	Actual Expense	Daughters of Miriam Association
American Opportunity for Housing	$8,123,148		American Agape Foundation
American Opportunity for Housing	$8,123,148		American Agape Foundation
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
Community Housing Network (CHN)	$6,904,105	For Use in Their General Operations.	Community Shelter Board
Enterprise Community Investment	$6,782,413	Cost	Enterprise Community Investment
Enterprise Community Investment	$6,741,210	Cost	Enterprise Community Partners
Eden Investments	$6,630,730	Book Value	Eden Housing
Eden Investments	$6,630,730	Grants To Support Affordable Housing Activities	Eden Housing
Eden Investments	$6,630,730	Book Value	Eden Housing
The Housing Partnership Fund	$5,322,441	Fair Value	Housing Partnership Network (HPN)

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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 "Housing providers and shelters" category for this page is determined by the "L00: Housing, Shelter: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.