Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21
CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21 (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,164,709 to it, the largest being COVENANT HOUSE ($20,268,246). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.3M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $5.8M
What Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21 does
Mission
Our mission is to serve children and youth facing homelessness and human trafficking, and to protect and safeguard all children. We provide trauma-informed interventions for youth who are in need.covenant house pennsylvania (chpa) remains a lifeline for youth experiencing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking, providing safe shelter, trauma-informed care, and long-term stability pathways. In fy25, chpa expanded its reach, serving 2,619 youth through emergency shelter, transitional housing, behavioral health services, education and employment programs, and aftercare support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Short-term housing and crisis care (immediate housing): covenant house pennsylvania (chpa) welcomes all young people facing homelessness with unconditional love, absolute respect, and relentless support, and our shelter doors are always open. Even during the worst public health crisis in a century, we quickly adjusted our procedures, provided for social distancing, and kept our programs going. We know young people experiencing homelessness can't wait for a crisis like this to be over. Their unmet needs for nutritious food, clothing, shelter, safety, medical care, and mental health care require immediate attention. Chpa provides high-quality services and programs to meet those needs, stabilize a young person's situation, and help them begin to consider their longer-term goals for education, employment, and career planning. We are expertly equipped to respond to the unique needs of young survivors of human trafficking, those who identify as lgbtq, and those who are pregnant or parenting. Chpa's largest program is the crisis shelter located at 31 e. Armat street in the germantown section of philadelphia. The shelter has the capacity to house 76 youth aged 21 and under. Youth can…
$2,913,612 spentof which $536,058 as grants70% of program spendingTransitional living program - rights of passage (rop):chpa's transitional living program, rights of passage (rop), offers youth opportunities to take bold steps toward independence. Youth live in rop for up to 18 months, where they tap their potential and plan for the future. Here they build basic life skills and financial literacy, participate in educational and vocational programs, seek employment with long-term advancement and career prospects, and work toward moving into their own safe and stable housing. Our staff supports each young person on their journey toward sustainable independence and a hope-filled future. Chpa's transitional housing program operates from a 20-bed facility located at 2625 kensington avenue and a 12-bed facility located at 5603-05 germantown avenue.
$945,900 spentof which $207,181 as grants23% of program spendingEducation and employment services:young people arrive at chpa with dreams that have been disrupted by homelessness. Only about 19% are enrolled in school at the time of intake. Advancing education and preparing for the world of work are key to a young person's prospects for leaving homelessness behind. Chpa collaborates with various educational and vocational programs throughout the philadelphia area. Either directly or through referral, we guide youth to appropriate educational and vocational opportunities, matching each young person's strengths and abilities with their career interests. We empower them to hone the skills they need to join the workforce, become independent, and find long-term success. During fy25, 100 youth were engaged in on-site job readiness services, youth gained or maintained employment, and 38 youth were enrolled in school because of support they received from chpa.
$171,042 spentof which $14,551 as grants4% of program spendingOutreach and drop-in centers:in vans and on foot, chpa outreach workers in philadelphia and york go out to the neighborhoods, barrios, waterfronts, parks, and other places where youth facing homelessness often seek refuge. They offer food, water, essential supplies, counseling and invite them to come to chpa, where their immediate, basic needs can be met. Through relentless engagement, our outreach workers build trust with the young people, the first step toward encouraging them to come into chpa and connect to our services. Transportation is provided as needed to a chpa shelter or other services such as a hospital. Street outreach is optimally conducted throughout philadelphia 5 nights a week. During fy25, chpa served 1,866 youth through street outreach.for many reasons, not all youth experiencing homelessness are ready or able to be housed. Often, there are not enough beds in the community to house them. Chpa's york program is a combination of emergency shelter and drop-in center where young people can rest during the day, shower, eat a nourishing meal, do laundry, and access the internet. They can also access day-programming, case management, and referrals to additional…
$147,929 spentof which $5,352 as grants4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,178,483.
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 2019 to 2020, from $7.1M to $12M (+74%).
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 5% · 2018 8% · 2019 10% · 2020 8% · 2021 19% · 2022 31% · 2023 27% · 2024 37% · 2025 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
102% of CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Robert E Gorman
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $2.7M → $2.7M.
14 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $23k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21 Holdings Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21 raised.
From the IRS filings of CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 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
CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21 leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 92% · 2019 92% · 2020 94% · 2021 21% · 2022 78% · 2023 85% — 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
38% of CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21 draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 17 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,367 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21 receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.0M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$990k
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$975k
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 CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 31 related entities
- Covenant House Alaska · exempt
- Covenant House Georgia · exempt
- Covenant House Illinois · exempt
- Covenant House Michigan · exempt
- Covenant House Florida · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21?
- CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21 (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,164,709 to it, the largest being COVENANT HOUSE ($20,268,246). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21 have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $23,164,709 in grants to CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21?
- COVENANT HOUSE is the largest funder on record, with $20,268,246 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CH PENNSYLVANIA UNDER - 21 find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 45 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing