Texas · Nonprofit
Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County
Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County (Texas) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,481,972 to it, the largest being HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC ($15,033,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $40M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County does
Mission
The coalition for the homeless of houston/harris county acts as a catalyst, uniting partners and maximizing resources to move people experiencing homelessness into permanent housing with supportive services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
System Support & Capacity Building: CFTH provides training, technical assistance, and operational support to service providers and partners across the homeless response system. Support includes guidance on HMIS participation and compliance, performance standards, equitable service delivery, and implementation of best practices designed to improve program effectiveness and long-term housing stability. These activities strengthen provider capacity, improve system coordination, and promote effective use of public and private resources.
$16,538,264 spentof which $11,282,571 as grants84% of program spendingCommunity Collaboration & Strategic Initiatives: CFTH convenes public and private partners to strengthen communitywide responses to homelessness and housing instability. Activities include coordinating cross-sector initiatives, supporting implementation of evidence-based practices, facilitating strategic planning efforts, and providing data, analysis, and recommendations to community stakeholders, funders, and local governments. These efforts promote collaboration, inform community investment decisions, and support long-term strategies to prevent and end homelessness.
$1,515,746 spent8% of program spendingCoordinated Access & System Planning: CFTH serves as the lead agency for the homeless response system (Continuum of Care) in Harris, Montgomery, and Fort Bend Counties, Texas. CFTH coordinates system planning, data analysis, and performance management across publicly and privately funded providers to improve access to housing and services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Key activities include administration of the Coordinated Access system, oversight of Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data, evaluation of system performance, and development of strategies that improve housing outcomes, strengthen accountability, and support innovation across the homeless response system. LINE 4D, PROGRAM SERVICE ------------------------- Public Policy: CFTH advocates for policy solutions that make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring-ensuring that everyone in our community has a safe place to call home. We actively engage with local, state, and federal officials to promote data-driven policies that support permanent housing with stability services as the proven solution to homelessness. Beyond advocacy, CFTH works to build positive reputational capital for…
$1,471,216 spent7% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$110,480 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,635,706.
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 $19M to $29M (+49%).
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 81% · 2018 32% · 2019 69% · 2020 45% · 2021 55% · 2022 75% · 2023 56% · 2024 89% · 2025 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% 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
Kelly Young
CEO
Board chair
Chris Hanslik
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $4.5M → $17M.
13 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 of Houston Harris County’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 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 of Houston Harris County leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
51% 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 of Houston Harris County.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 68% · 2019 87% · 2020 66% · 2021 57% · 2022 35% · 2023 63% — 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
40% of Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
94% of Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16M 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
Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 488 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 488 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $43.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$43.0M
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 Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County: 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 Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County?
- Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County (Texas) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,481,972 to it, the largest being HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC ($15,033,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $40,481,972 in grants to Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County?
- HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,033,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 41 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