New York · Nonprofit
BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC
BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC (New York) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,686,336 to it, the largest being The Edward D Cammarota Foundation Inc ($435,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Bethesda House of Schenectady Inc does
Mission
We are an interfaith ministry to the homeless, disabled and economically disadvantaged citizens of schenectady county, building a just, hospitable and inclusive community one person at a time by affirming the dignity and addressing the needs of each guest entering this house of mercy. Programs include a hospitality center, emergency/crisis assistance, housing case management, representative payee financial management program, women's support group,the lighthouse, and liberty apartments. Additional programs are social work, medical care, psychiatric nurse practitioner, and health home.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Residential servicesbethesda house residential programs have been in operation since 2002 with the opening of the lighthouse program. Currently, the agency has 57 permanent supportive housing beds for chronically homeless single adults and 3 transitional housing beds for veterans. The chronically homeless adults have a history of untreated severe and persistent mental illness and other disabling conditions. We provide advocacy, housing, and a safety net for our residents. Staff work diligently with residents to overcome life challenges and to help provide a safe, comfortable, and welcoming home for everyone to enjoy and find solace. 64 people were served during the year.
$2,178,138 spent$186,262 earned by the program58% of program spendingSocial work services bethesda house's social work department provides mental health services to the agency's guests and residents, processes intakes, completes mental health assessments, and initiates referrals to area mental and physical health providers. Long-term counseling and support is available. Bethesda house has implemented two separate programs designed to support the reduction of emergency department utilization and integration of primary care and behavioral health services. The social work team collaborates with the staff in the medical care program, pnp, and the health home programs to further stabilize clients which includes engagement and connections to medical and mh services. The street outreach program is responsible for daily efforts to going into the community to seek and connect with homeless and disenfranchised individuals who are in need of basic living resources and community services. 1381 people were served during the year.
$425,286 spent$78,244 earned by the program11% of program spendingCase management servicesthe case management department provides a variety of services to the homeless and to those who are at risk of becoming homeless. The case management team provides emergency services to assist homeless individuals with emergency shelter placement. Guests can continue to work with case management staff to obtain steady income and permanent housing (subsidized or programmatic housing) or to obtain placement in drug/alcohol rehabilitation. Housing case managers' primary responsibilities include homelessness prevention, emergency shelter referrals, rapid re-housing placement, and securing permanent housing. 184 people were served during the year.
$964,695 spent$101,728 earned by the program26% of program spendingOther miscellaneous programs
$171,889 spent$58,525 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,740,008.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $4.9M to $12M (+140%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 76% · 2018 83% · 2019 53% · 2020 55% · 2021 47% · 2022 74% · 2023 85% · 2024 84% · 2025 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Kimarie Sheppard
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $70k → $256k.
4 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 21 of 23 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 77% · 2019 70% · 2020 36% · 2021 62% · 2022 51% · 2023 39% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
36% of BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
66% of BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $64k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC has grown faster than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.5M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$7.9M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$623k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC?
- BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC (New York) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,686,336 to it, the largest being The Edward D Cammarota Foundation Inc ($435,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,686,336 in grants to BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC?
- The Edward D Cammarota Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $435,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 23 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing