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Housing Forward

HOUSING FORWARD leads in the development and implementation of an effective homeless response system to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring in dallas and collin counties.

$14M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.4M
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$7.6MHuman Services$6.4MFood & Nutrition$1.5MInternational$1.0MCommunity Improvement$518kHealth$427kEducation$215k
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $6,960,749, the rows itemized in this filing. The $14,007,787 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $7,047,038 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $943k
  • $250k+8 grants · $6.0M
$228,261
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS$1,417,344
UNDER 1 ROOF$899,728
AUSTIN STREET CENTER$851,728
THE BRIDGE HOMELESS RECOVERY$796,193
CITY SQUARE$688,587
THE STEWPOT$520,698
METRO RELIEF INC$404,590
DALLAS COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH$389,877
HARMONY COMMUNIITY DEVELOPMEN$228,261
HOPE RESTORED MISSIONS LLC$179,609
FAMILY GATEWAY$174,230
SHARED HOUSING CENTER$114,029
SALVATION ARMY OF NORTH TEXAS$95,545
FAITH FORMULE HUMAN SERVICES$85,893
SAMARITAN INN$65,125
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, $4.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%TRANSITION RESOURCE ACTION: $22k → 14%UNDER 1 ROOF: $992k → 14%UNDER 1 ROOF: $900k → 14%UNDER 1 ROOF: $582k → 14%UNDER 1 ROOF: $36k → 14%CITY SQUARE: $781k → 14%CITY SQUARE: $689k → 14%CITY SQUARE: $433k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $44k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $20k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $8k → 14%HELENS PROJECT: $37k → 14%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17M · 16 repeat orgs$238k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
1

Total granted

$17M
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+48%

Still filing today

75%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterEducationHealthOther
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

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $3.4M · revenue +12%
  • BS
    BRIDGE STEPS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +4%
  • AS
    AUSTIN STREET CENTER
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • HP
    HELEN'S PROJECT
    one grant, 2021 · $37k
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
Tarrant County Homeless Coalition

Tarrant County Homeless Coalition leads the community solution to homelessness in greater Tarrant and Parker counties by serving as a catalyst for community transformation.

Human Services
2
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
3
Home Point

To prevent homelessness and stabilize families at risk in decent, affordable, safe and permanent housing and to empower these families to solve their own housing problems in the future.

Housing & Shelter
4
LifeHouse of Houston Inc

LifeHouse is a Christ-centered ministry ensuring life for unborn children by providing opportunities for housing, help, and hope for young women during their pregnancies and beyond.

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5
A Bridge to Opportunity Inc

To operate a 30 unit permanent and temporary housing facility known as Destiny Village for rental to low income individuals and families who are survivors of domestic violence and or sexual assault

Housing & Shelter
6
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation Inc

To improve the quality of life for residents in the South Dallas / Fair Park community by providing programs and services that help people break out of the cycle of poverty and empower them to become contributing members of their…

Human Services
7
Home First - Interfaith Housing and Family Services

Home-first offers permanent solutions to homelessness by providing transitional housing and permanent housing, homelessness prevention assitance and support services to strengthen families and build commun

—
8
Housing Opportunities of Fort Worth

Housing counseling services.

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9
Welcome House Inc

The Welcome House is a non-profit, sober living, recovery program (incorporated in 1971) with the sole purpose of educating and rehabilitating the adult male alcoholic/ addict and the expressed mission of returning the individual to…

Health
10
Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County

A local united christian organization and ministry dedicated to providing love, hope, respect and a new beginning for the homeless, offering a holistic care program that leads to true lasting healing.

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11
Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity Inc

Dallas area habitat for humanity, inc. is a nondenominational christian not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to sponsor specific projects in habitat development for the dallas, texas area. modest but adequate housing, new or…

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12
Downtown Dallas Inc

Downtown Dallas, Inc. (DDI), is the champion of a clean and safe Downtown and of the economic development and vibrancy of this community of diverse, unique neighborhoods. DDI: Mobilizes and amplifies the services of public agencies.…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bridge Steps; the most unlike its peers is Maurice Barnett Geriatric Wellness Center Inc. 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. 17 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
8/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS INC: $3,379,842 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS INCAUSTIN STREET CENTER: $1,882,914 · OtherAUSTIN STREET CENTERFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $1,526,904 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHDALLAS COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH & MENTAL RETARDATION CENTER: $774,607 · OtherDALLAS COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH & MENTAL RETARDATION CENTERHarmony Community Development Corporation: $517,935 · OtherHarmony Community Development Corporation+6 more: $720,236 · Other+6 moreUNDER 1 ROOF DALLAS: $2,510,110 · Human ServicesUNDER 1 ROOF DALLASCITYSQUARE: $1,902,751 · Human ServicesCITYSQUARE+3 more: $132,298 · Human ServicesBRIDGE STEPS: $1,993,352 · Food & NutritionBRIDGE STEPSMETRO RELIEF: $1,011,694 · Food & NutritionMETRO RELIEFFAMILY GATEWAY INC: $658,727 · Housing & ShelterSHARED HOUSING CENTER INC: $471,733 · Housing & ShelterHOPE RESTORED MISSIONS: $215,493 · EducationELEVATE NORTH TEXAS: $9,442 · Health
Other$8,802,438Human Services$4,545,159Food & Nutrition$3,005,046Housing & Shelter$1,130,460Education$215,493Health$9,442

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS INC: $3,379,842 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetUNDER 1 ROOF DALLAS: $2,510,110 over 4y, 46% of budgetBRIDGE STEPS: $1,993,352 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetCITYSQUARE: $1,902,751 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetAUSTIN STREET CENTER: $1,882,914 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetMETRO RELIEF: $1,011,694 over 3y, 32% of budgetFAMILY GATEWAY INC: $658,727 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetHarmony Community Development Corporation: $517,935 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetSHARED HOUSING CENTER INC: $471,733 over 3y, 22% of budgetHOPE RESTORED MISSIONS: $215,493 over 2y, 25% of budgetMaurice Barnett Geriatric Wellness Center Inc: $185,081 over 2y, 10% of budgetThe Family Place: $72,652 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSAMARITAN INN INC: $65,125 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHELEN'S PROJECT: $37,303 over 1y, 10% of budgetTRANSITION RESOURCE ACTION CENTER: $22,343 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPWA COALITION OF DALLAS INC: $17,527 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetELEVATE NORTH TEXAS: $9,442 over 1y, 2.4% 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.

Communities Foundatio…The Dallas FoundationUnited Way of Metropo…Texas Women's Foundat…Texas Instruments Fou…Hillcrest FoundationCitysquareBaron & Blue Foundati…W P & Bulah Luse Foun…Meadows Foundation IncDallas Mavericks Foun…Hoblitzelle Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX32.2× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Texas Women's Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Citysquare · Baron & Blue Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · Dallas Mavericks Foundation · Hoblitzelle 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 Housing Forward funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Housing Forward. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 22 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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