New York · Nonprofit
COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC
COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC (New York) receives grants from 471 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,478,228 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,768,388). 273 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 471
- Grants received
- $42M
- Net assets
- $44M
What Coalition for the Homeless Inc does
Mission
The coalition for the homeless is the nation's oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless individuals and families. We believe that affordable housing, sufficient food and the chance to work for a living wage are fundamental rights in a civilized society. Our 11 frontline programs provide emergency food and clothing, eviction prevention, crisis services, permanent housing, job training and special programs for youth to over 3,500 homeless new yorkers each day. Our grassroots organizing, public education campaigns and impact litigation in new york city and throughout new york state protect homeless adults and children and create long-term, housing-based solutions to modern mass homelessness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Crisis services - the coalition provides crisis services to over 11,000 people both homeless and at imminent risk of homelessness annually, including emergency food, clothing, diapers, baby formula, school supplies and uniforms, as well as assistance with obtaining documentation of identification, government benefits, housing applications, mental health, and substance addiction treatment. Cfth also provides one-time emergency grants for new yorkers who have significant rent arrears allowing families and individuals on the edge of homelessness to remain stably housed.
$4,780,280 spentof which $1,817,676 as grants28% of program spendingHiv/aids - the coalition provides permanent scattered-site housing along with social services and intensive case management to 66 formerly homeless households living with hiv/aids.
$2,979,736 spentof which $1,478,426 as grants$83,421 earned by the program18% of program spendingFood services - the coalition's grand central food program is the largest mobile soup kitchen in the country, delivering more than 1,000 hot nutritious meals to homeless and food-insecure individuals each night, 365 nights a year, at 22 sites on the streets of nyc.
$2,729,577 spentof which $1,654,532 as grants16% of program spendingAdvocacy - the coalition is the court-appointed monitor of nyc's emergency shelter system; steadfastly defending the rights of new yorkers experiencing homelessness and poverty. Cfth utilizes public education, grassroots organizing and impact litigation to increase investments in housing-based solutions to modern, mass homelessness. Our work directly benefits the people who reside in nyc shelters each day, as well as thousands more who sleep rough on our city's street.
$2,224,393 spentof which $10,168 as grants13% of program spendingYouth services - the coalition's camp homeward bound is the nation's first summer sleep-away camp designed specifically for the unique needs of homeless children, serving up to 360 kids each summer. Cfth's bound for success after-school and day camp program gives children living in 2 family shelters one-on-one tutoring, sports, and recreational opportunities.
$2,061,582 spentof which $130,454 as grants12% of program spendingJob training - the coalition's first step job training program provides computer skills training, job readiness, social service support, internship, mentorship, and job placement for homeless and low-income women.
$926,954 spentof which $89,479 as grants5% of program spendingPermanent housing: the coalition's permanent housing programs provide decent, affordable permanent housing and critical support services to formerly homeless individuals and families.
$522,224 spentof which $17,708 as grants3% of program spendingThe emergency goods distribution program handed out clothing, masks, gift cards, toys, backpacks, laptops to children living in shelters, and other in-kind items to more than 39,000 people last year.
$692,656 spentof which $393,874 as grants4% of program spendingThe emergency mail program offered a reliable mailing address and entry point to the coalition's other frontline programs to 1,200 homeless new yorkers.
$92,158 spent1% of program spendingOther programs
$123,262 earned by the program
The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,009,560.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $35M to $43M (+23%).
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 34% · 2018 35% · 2019 25% · 2020 21% · 2021 21% · 2022 24% · 2023 26% · 2024 26% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
David Giffen
Executive director
Board chair
Barry Berke
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 92 funders to 187 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $6.2M.
47 of 471 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 471 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
COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
47% 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 COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 32% · 2019 21% · 2020 20% · 2021 16% · 2022 16% · 2023 11% — 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
42% of COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
61% of COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS 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. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 21 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.
Organizations like COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 6 states
Part of a family of 7 related entities
- Bridge Homes Inc · exempt
- West Seventy Seventh Street Hdfc · exempt
- Bridge Coalition Limited Partnership · partnership
- Coalition Houses LP · partnership
- Bridge Building Management Co · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC?
- COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC (New York) receives grants from 471 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,478,228 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,768,388). 273 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC have?
- IRS filings report 471 organizations giving $42,478,228 in grants to COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC, 273 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,768,388 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS 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.
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 471 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