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Berks Coalition to End Homelessness Inc

The coalition develops and implements strategies, coordinates resources and targets efforts to end homelessness in berks county.

$127k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$551kCommunity Improvement$432kHealth$408kHuman Services$122kEducation$51k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $111k
$51,371
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYERTOWN AREA MULTI-SERVICE INC$60,000
ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY$51,371
LANCASTER COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY$15,587
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $119k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE RUDDEN FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%MARY'S SHELTER: $14k → 11%SAFE BERKS: $26k → 11%SAFE BERKS: $26k → 11%CLARE OF ASSISI HOUSE INC: $20k → 11%SAFE BERKS: $15k → 11%SAFE BERKS: $15k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 7 repeat orgs$161k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
8

Total granted

$1.4M
$94k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+28%

Still filing today

100%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementHealthHousing & ShelterReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BC
    BERKS COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $432k · revenue +18%
  • CO
    COUNCIL ON CHEMICAL ABUSE INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $360k · revenue +66%
  • OH
    OPPORTUNITY HOUSE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $106k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • CO
    CLARE OF ASSISI HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue -55%
  • CW
    CONNECTIONS WORKgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +28%
  • MS
    MARY'S SHELTER
    one grant, 2021 · $14k · revenue -7%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Berks Coalition to End Homelessness Inc

The coalition develops and implements strategies, coordinates resources and targets efforts to end homelessness in berks county.

Human Services
2
Bridge of Hope Buxmont

Provides assistance to single mothers with dependent children experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness in bucks and montgomery counties in pennsylvania.

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3
Family Service Association of Bucks County

Mission: we listen, care and help. every day. vision: a community where anyone can achieve their full potential. programs: our services treat mental health issues; reduce substance use; shelter, feed, educate and seek permanent housing for…

Human Services
4
Treatment Access & Services Center of Berks County Inc

The treatment access and services center of berks county (tasc), inc. is committed to combating the problems of chemical dependency and mental illness by: a) providing a central point of intake, evaluation, and referral for the public…

Health
5
Brooklyn Community Housing and Services

To provide short term, transitional and permanent housing, homelessness prevention, personalized case management, mental health care, on-site nursing, vocational training, substance abuse counseling, recreational activities and other vital…

Human Services
6
Berks Community Health Center

Berks community health center provides exceptional family-centered primary and preventive healthcare for all residents of berks county, regardless of economic status.

Health
7
Bucks County Housing Group Inc

Bucks county housing group (bchg) mission is to end food and housing insecurity within our communities. supportive housing program our supportive housing program (shp) is a transitional shelter program where we seek to empower individuals…

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8
The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

The brien center provides a continuum of care for children, adolescents, adults and families living with significant and persistent mental health and substance use disorders. we are guided by the belief that everyone in berkshire county…

Health
9
Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery

See schedule o.power's mission is to help women reclaim their lives from addiction and related emotional health issues and improve the well-being of future generations. we provide a range of gender-responsive, trauma-informed drug and…

Health
10
Lancaster Harm Reduction Project Inc
Health
11
Bridge of Hope Inc

The mission of bridge of hope national is to engage christian faith communities in ending family homelessness through neighboring relationships that demonstrate christ's love.

Human Services
12
Maranatha Ministry Inc

To provide food and transitional housing to low income/homeless families and individuals in franklin and surrounding counties in pa

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Berks County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Alvernia University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BERKS COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $432,201 · Community ImprovementBERKS COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM I…LANCASTER REDEVELOPMENT FUND: $15,587 · Community ImprovementFAMILY PROMISE OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $306,254 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PROMISE OF BERKS COUNT…OPPORTUNITY HOUSE: $106,000 · Housing & ShelterOPPORTUNITY HOUSECOUNCIL ON CHEMICAL ABUSE INC: $360,000 · HealthCOUNCIL ON CHEMICAL ABUSE INCBERKS COUNSELING CENTER INC: $48,000 · HealthBERKS COUNSELING CENTER INCBOYERTOWN AREA MULTI-SERVICE INC: $70,000 · OtherBOYERTOWN A…ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY: $51,371 · OtherALVERNIA UN…CONNECTIONS WORK: $15,000 · OtherCONNECTIONS…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN INC: $10,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CH…HOPE RESCUE MISSION OF THE CITY OF READING: $9,079 · OtherHOPE RESCUE…SAFE BERKS: $80,642 · Human ServicesSAFE BERK…CLARE OF ASSISI HOUSE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCLARE OF …MARY'S SHELTER: $13,620 · Human ServicesMARY'S SH…YMCA OF READING & BERKS COUNTY: $11,500 · Human ServicesYMCA OF R…RUDDEN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesHANNAHS HOPE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · Religion
Community Improvement$447,788Housing & Shelter$412,254Health$408,000Other$155,450Human Services$130,762Religion$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBERKS COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $432,201 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetCOUNCIL ON CHEMICAL ABUSE INC: $360,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $306,254 over 4y, 25% of budgetOPPORTUNITY HOUSE: $106,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSAFE BERKS: $80,642 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBOYERTOWN AREA MULTI-SERVICE INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetALVERNIA UNIVERSITY: $51,371 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKS COUNSELING CENTER INC: $48,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCLARE OF ASSISI HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCONNECTIONS WORK: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMARY'S SHELTER: $13,620 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYMCA OF READING & BERKS COUNTY: $11,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHANNAHS HOPE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE RESCUE MISSION OF THE CITY OF READING: $9,079 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRUDDEN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

United Way of Berks C…Helping Harvest Fresh…Berks County Communit…The Breidegam Family …The Wyomissing Founda…Penn Entertainment Fo…Firstenergy FoundationBlue Mountain Foundat…Henry Janssen Foundat…Council on Chemical A…The Kindness CoalitionThe Gulati Family Fou…
United Way of Berks County IncPA30.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Berks County Inc · Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank · Berks County Community Foundation Inc · The Breidegam Family Foundation · The Wyomissing Foundation Inc · Penn Entertainment Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · Blue Mountain Foundation · Henry Janssen Foundation · Council on Chemical Abuse Inc · The Kindness Coalition · The Gulati Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Berks Coalition to End Homelessness Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Berks Coalition to End Homelessness Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 17 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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