Washington, D.C. · Public charity
National Housing Endowment
The NATIONAL HOUSING ENDOWMENT will help address the challenges of the home building industry, enhance the ways we educate and train future generations of leaders in residential construction and increase the body of knowledge on housing issues. We will do so by supporting innovative and effective programs that further education,…
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $838k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $210,601
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $39M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations National Housing Endowment funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $207k 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 | 23 | $828k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $582k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $408k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $392k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $461k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $437k | 52% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $786k | 65% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $879k | 25% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Association of Home Builders of the United States | $1,055,089 | 9 | 0% |
| Home Builders Institute | $608,683 | 9 | 0% |
| HBA Charitable & Educational Foundation | $406,739 | 1 | 95% |
| University of Denver | $200,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Skillpointe Foundation | $191,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Home Innovation Research Labs | $169,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $142,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $140,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Clemson University | $112,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Unversity of Oklahoma | $100,300 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Association of Home Builders of the United States | $1,055,089 | 9 | 0% |
| Home Builders Institute | $608,683 | 9 | 0% |
| HBA Charitable & Educational Foundation | $406,739 | 1 | 95% |
| University of Denver | $200,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Skillpointe Foundation | $191,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Home Innovation Research Labs | $169,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $142,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $140,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Clemson University | $112,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Unversity of Oklahoma | $100,300 | 3 | n/a |
| California Homebuilding Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| University of Delaware | $100,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dunwoody College of Technology | $95,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Cincinnati | $86,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders | $84,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Ball State University | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania College of Technology | $73,839 | 4 | n/a |
| Kirkwood Community College | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The University of Montana | $65,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Oklahoma | $60,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Cal Poly Corporation | $58,780 | 1 | 0% |
| University of North Florida | $57,713 | 3 | n/a |
| California State University Fresno Foundation | $56,667 | 3 | 0% |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| California State University Sacramento | $51,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $50,784 | 2 | 0% |
| Yes & Holdings LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Middle Tennessee State University | $49,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Irvin H Yackness Trust | $48,989 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Wyoming | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Tuskegee University | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation Inc | $42,690 | 2 | 0% |
| California Polytechnic State University Foundation | $41,362 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Massachusetts | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kirkwood Community College Foundation | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Tarrant County College District | $33,176 | 2 | n/a |
| Jsi Research & Training Institute Inc | $28,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas A&M University-Commerce | $26,643 | 2 | n/a |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc | $25,500 | 1 | 0% |
| North Carolina a & T State University | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warren Hills Regional Board of Education | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Hawaii at Monoa | $20,250 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Auburn University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Term | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wayne State University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Roger Williams University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mississippi State University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundationinc | $19,754 | 1 | 0% |
| California Polytechnic State University | $16,500 | 2 | n/a |
| American Council for Construction Education Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Ken Garff for Good | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Appalachian State University | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Montana Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wyoming Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Home Builders Association of Wilmington Cape Fear | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Education Trust Inc | $10,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Massachusetts Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Iowa Skilled Trades | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Dakota State University | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brigham Young University | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Virginia Remodelers Association | $7,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Professional Remodeling Organization New England Inc | $5,850 | 1 | 2% |
| Home Builders Care Inc | $5,455 | 1 | 73% |
Where it is load-bearing
National Housing Endowment supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 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: National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · American Chemical Society · The Nature Conservancy · Hispanic Scholarship Fund · National Writing Project Corporation · American Council of Learned Societies · Corporation for Public Broadcasting · National Geographic Society · Johns Hopkins University · American Heart Association Inc
How this is measured
About National Housing Endowment
- How much does National Housing Endowment give?
- National Housing Endowment reported 24 itemized grants totaling $838,250, out of $1,469,800 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does National Housing Endowment fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (55%), Employment (24%), Housing & Shelter (19%).
- Who are National Housing Endowment's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Association of Home Builders of the United States ($1.1M), Home Builders Institute ($609k), HBA Charitable & Educational Foundation ($407k).
- Does National Housing Endowment fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Housing Endowment?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Collegiate Athletic Association, Folds of Honor Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation.
- Where is National Housing Endowment based?
- National Housing Endowment is based in DC.
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