New York · Public charity
Covenant House
In 34 cities across five countries, COVENANT HOUSE builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. We meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health care; support them to advance their goals of education and employment; and offer homelessness…
- $36M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $32M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,462,594
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,821,954
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $162M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Covenant House funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $32M | 7% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $32M | 7% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $33M | 7% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $35M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $34M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $32M | 7% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $33M | 8% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $33M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 21 | $77,370,727 | 9 | 45% |
| Covenant House New Jersey Inc | $34,636,242 | 9 | 37% |
| Covenant House California | $21,735,903 | 9 | 26% |
| Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21 | $20,268,246 | 9 | 54% |
| Covenant House Florida Inc | $19,107,865 | 9 | 36% |
| Covenant House Washington DC | $15,125,596 | 9 | 40% |
| Covenant House Texas | $15,031,508 | 9 | 35% |
| Covenant House New Orleans | $13,927,714 | 9 | 32% |
| Covenant House Georgia Inc | $10,888,534 | 9 | 35% |
| Covenant House Illinois Inc | $10,710,496 | 8 | 73% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 21 | $77,370,727 | 9 | 45% |
| Covenant House New Jersey Inc | $34,636,242 | 9 | 37% |
| Covenant House California | $21,735,903 | 9 | 26% |
| Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21 | $20,268,246 | 9 | 54% |
| Covenant House Florida Inc | $19,107,865 | 9 | 36% |
| Covenant House Washington DC | $15,125,596 | 9 | 40% |
| Covenant House Texas | $15,031,508 | 9 | 35% |
| Covenant House New Orleans | $13,927,714 | 9 | 32% |
| Covenant House Georgia Inc | $10,888,534 | 9 | 35% |
| Covenant House Illinois Inc | $10,710,496 | 8 | 73% |
| Covenant House Alaska | $8,171,087 | 9 | 16% |
| Covenant House Missouri | $8,096,822 | 9 | 35% |
| Covenant House Michigan | $7,658,678 | 9 | 22% |
| Covenant International Foundation | $366,901 | 3 | 100% |
| Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21 Holdings Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 64% |
| US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc | $76,653 | 2 | 0% |
| Charlotte Rescue Mission | $25,329 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Covenant House supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 13 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Bright Funds Foundation · Zumiez Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Verizon Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Covenant House
- How much does Covenant House give?
- Covenant House reported 15 itemized grants totaling $32,014,596, out of $36,430,248 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Covenant House fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (66%), Housing & Shelter (29%), Youth Development (4%).
- Who are Covenant House's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Under 21 ($77M), Covenant House New Jersey Inc ($35M), Covenant House California ($22M).
- Does Covenant House fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Covenant House?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bright Funds Foundation, Zumiez Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is Covenant House based?
- Covenant House is based in NY.
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