Grants for housing search organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to housing search programs
Creator: Cause IQ
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51 housing search programs received at least $86,677 in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 34 grants made from 31 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $2,500. Of these 31 foundations, 93% made just a single grant to housing search orgs, and 0% made grants to four or more housing search orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$86,677

Total grant dollars given to housing search organizations

Number of grants made annually to housing search organizations

Number of grantmakers funding housing search organizations

$2,500

Median grant size to housing search organizations

Foundations that support housing search programs

Out of all grants made to housing search organizations, 58% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 57% of the dollar-value of grants to housing search orgs. Foundations funding housing search orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, food banks, homeless shelters, religious organizations, and educational service providers.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	18
Medium	7
Large	6

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	2
Private	14
Corporate	7
Other	8

Grants made

Grants made to housing search orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	29
2-3	2
4-10	0
11+	0

Top 10 foundations supporting housing search programs

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to housing search orgs	Number of grants made to housing search orgs	Median grant size
Liberty Hill Foundation	CA	Metro	0.0%	3	$1,000
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	2	$276
Robert and Joan Dircks Foundation	MA	Metro	0.9%	1	$5,000
The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository	KY	Metro	0.0%	1	$5,000
Youthbuild Usa	MA	National	0.1%	1	$5,000
United Way of Racine County	WI	Metro	0.2%	1	$5,000
Warm Foundation	WA	Metro	9.2%	1	$5,000
Mississippi Power Foundation	MS	State	0.4%	1	$5,000
United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County	WI	Metro	0.0%	1	$5,000
Washington University in St. Louis (Wash. U)	MO	National	0.0%	1	$5,000

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Housing search programs grantees

Housing search organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 2% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 6% of all housing search orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	34
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	n/a
$100k-$500k	n/a
$500k-$1M	n/a
$1M-$5M	n/a
>$5M	n/a

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
Texas	5
Washington	3
Mississippi	3
Illinois	3
Other	20

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Beaumont	4
Los Angeles	3
Gulfport	3
Chicago	3
Other	19

Top 25 grants made to housing search organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
HomeSharing	$5,000	Shared Affordable Housing	Robert and Joan Dircks Foundation
Metropolitan Housing Coalition	$5,000	L01 Alliance/advocacy Organizations	The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository
Southern Appalachian Labor School Foundation	$5,000	To Create A Solid Mentoring Component in Youthbuild Programs.to Support Building Increased Efficacy, Cohesion and Innovation in the Youthbuild Network.to Support Program on Substance Abuse Prevention and Early Intervention.	Youthbuild Usa
Housing Resources	$5,000	Covid Relief	United Way of Racine County
Upper Valley MEND	$5,000	Holiday Toys/food Baskets	Warm Foundation
Wolf River Conservation Society	$5,000	Donation	Mississippi Power Foundation
Housing Resources	$5,000	Covid 19 Funding	United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County
Council EHOC	$5,000	Sponsorship	Washington University in St. Louis (Wash. U)
Urban Hope	$5,000	Social Responsibility	KT Family Foundation
HousingWorks Austin	$5,000	To Provide Funds for Public Education on Affordable Housing in Austin Area	Rebekah Baines Johnson Center
Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization (HERO)	$5,000	General Fund	Tombigbee Resource Conservation and Development Council
Anayat House	$3,000	Operations	Simpson-Omohundro Foundation Omohundro Educational Trust
Housing Solutions for the Southwest (Formerly Southwest Community Resources)	$2,500	Exempt Purpose	Coleman Charitable Foundation
Inquilinos Unidos	$2,500	Annual Garden Party (No Tickets)	Liberty Hill Foundation
Anayat House	$2,500	Continuing Operations	Mechia Foundation
Beacon Communities Charitable Fund	$2,500	General Support	People's United Community Foundation of Eastern Massachusetts
Anayat House	$2,500	Provide Affordable & Safe	Helen C and Curtis B Locke Charitable Trust
A House in Austin NFP	$2,500	Children's Programs	Newman's Own Foundation
Housing Solutions for Southeastern Massachusetts	$2,500	General Purpose Grant	Bridgewater Savings Charitable Foundation
Blue Ridge Housing Network	$1,500	Assist Working Families in Clarke, Frederick, Warren, Shenandoah Counties and the City of Winchester With Rent, Mortgage Or Utility Costs Due To Loss of Income From Covid-19	American Woodmark Foundation
Nishna Productions	$1,500	Covid Grants	Dwight and Marilyn Conover Foundation
Anayat House	$1,500	General Support	Ba and &amp E W Steinhagen Benevolent Trust
Calvert Vaux Preservation Alliance	$1,140	2020 Nys Historic Marker Program	The William G Pomeroy Foundation
Inquilinos Unidos	$1,000	Sponsorship for the 2019 Garden Party - No Tickets	Liberty Hill Foundation
New Directions Housing Corporation	$1,000	General Charitable Purposes	Huizenga Foundation

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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 search organizations" category for this page is determined by the "L30: Housing Search Assistance" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.