Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Christ House
Christ House (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,163,804 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($1,234,923). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 60
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Christ House does
Mission
Christ House provides 24-hour comprehensive and compassionate care for people experiencing homelessness with acute medical needs in the District of Columbia and offers assistance in addressing critical issues to help break the cycle of homelessness.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Christ House is a 33-bed residential medical facility for men experiencing homelessness in Washington, DC. Patients receive 24-hour medical care from a team of medical and social service professionals who evaluate, develop, and deliver a comprehensive plan of care for each patient to ensure evidence-based health recommendations and promote patient autonomy. Our medical respite team treats patients, performs tests, changes dressings, manages medications, provides immunizations, and conducts pre-and post-operative care including patient education to help patients heal and manage their conditions. In 2024, 97% of patients suffered from three or more medical conditions, 72.8% had a mental health diagnosis, and 61.5% had a substance use disorder or a history of substance use disorder at the time of their admission. In 2024, Christ House provided 8,877 days of care with patients staying an average of 41.3 days. Christ House has welcomed over 10,000 patient admissions since its inception in 1985.
$3,046,237 spent63% of program spendingOur holistic services include shelter, substance use counseling, case management, appointment transportation, patient activities, and meal services. Our New Day Recovery Program provides patients an opportunity to initiate their recovery from substance use disorders. Activities include an intensive in-house course, access to multiple on-site AA and NA meetings, one-on-one counseling, and peer-support. Case managers work with patients to obtain legal documents, apply for government benefits, ensure appropriate health insurance coverage, locate family members, and secure housing upon discharge. Our transportation program ensures patients reach their outside appointments safely. It is our hope that these efforts will support our patients in breaking the cycle of homelessness.
$1,324,991 spent27% of program spendingThe Kairos Program is a permanent supportive housing community for up to 45 formerly homeless men that combines a sense of family with community service through a 12-step recovery program. All Kairos members are former patients who have chronic health conditions which prevent them from securing paid full-time work. With staff support, members actively engage in their recovery and maintain their health and wellness. Clinical staff work with members, who also have access to Christ Houses medical services when intensive health care is needed. Significant program aspects include routine counseling, a therapeutic work program, community service, and modeling recovery for patients staying at Christ House. An impressive 78% of Kairos members maintain a lifetime sobriety rate.
$459,823 spent$432,274 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,831,051.
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 $10M to $12M (+11%).
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 23% · 2018 21% · 2019 22% · 2020 0% · 2021 6% · 2022 23% · 2023 23% · 2024 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of Christ House’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. 2 of the last 8 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 21 funders, grant income fell $458k → $316k.
16 of 60 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 Christ House’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 60 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
Christ House has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
79% 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 Christ House.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 34% · 2019 54% · 2020 48% · 2021 45% · 2022 21% · 2023 25% — 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
43% of Christ House's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
58% of Christ House's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2.2M that is directly attributable, 50% of it comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
Christ House is better cushioned than half of the 3,978 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,978 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Christ House
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Christ House?
- Christ House (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,163,804 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($1,234,923). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Christ House have?
- IRS filings report 60 organizations giving $5,163,804 in grants to Christ House, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Christ House?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $1,234,923 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Christ House find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 60 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