Washington, D.C. · Public charity
National Low Income Housing Coalition
The NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION (nlihc) is dedicated to achieving racially and socially equitable public policy to ensure the lowest-income people have quality homes that are accessible and affordable in communities of their choice.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 33
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 70
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 22
- Total assets, FY2024
- $28M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations National Low Income Housing Coalition funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 29 | $1.4M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $713k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 48 | $3.5M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 70 | $5.8M | 46% |
| FY2020 | 63 | $4.7M | 76% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $962k | 48% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $585k | 58% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $373k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Low Income Housing Policy Center | $668,568 | 6 | 100% |
| Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio | $514,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Georgia Advancing Communities Together Inc | $483,000 | 5 | 30% |
| Jannus Inc | $460,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness | $455,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Indiana Association for Community Economic Development Inc | $410,000 | 4 | 16% |
| Arizona Housing Coalition | $400,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness | $396,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Low Income Housing Coalition of Alabama | $390,000 | 4 | 76% |
| Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky Inc | $375,000 | 4 | 6% |
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Where it is load-bearing
National Low Income Housing Coalition supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 120 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: Enterprise Community Partners Inc · Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · The Kresge Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Center on Budget and Policy Priorities · New Venture Fund · Equal Justice Works · Center for Responsible Lending · Td Charitable Foundation · Wells Fargo Foundation
How this is measured
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About National Low Income Housing Coalition
- How much does National Low Income Housing Coalition give?
- National Low Income Housing Coalition reported 33 itemized grants totaling $1,439,000, out of $1,844,927 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 70 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does National Low Income Housing Coalition fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (74%), Human Services (6%), Crime & Legal (6%).
- Who are National Low Income Housing Coalition's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Low Income Housing Policy Center ($669k), Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio ($514k), Georgia Advancing Communities Together Inc ($483k).
- Does National Low Income Housing Coalition fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Low Income Housing Coalition?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Enterprise Community Partners Inc, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Annie E Casey Foundation Inc.
- Where is National Low Income Housing Coalition based?
- National Low Income Housing Coalition is based in DC.
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