California · Nonprofit
Community Homeless Solutions
Community Homeless Solutions (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,532,804 to it, the largest being SUNLIGHT GIVING ($795,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.5M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Community Homeless Solutions does
Mission
To lead in ending the cycle of homelessness or violence by providing safe housing, compassionate support, and opportunities for self-sufficiency through outreach, emergency shelter, transitional housing and supporting services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Chinatown Navigation Center/Sprung Shelter is located in Salinas, CA. The center opened in December 2020 and is operated in partnership with the City of Salinas. The Chinatown Navigation Center is a bridge housing program for homeless adults in the Chinatown community. The Sprung Shelter has the ability to house a total of 50 guests in a dorm-style congregate facility. Guests are provided with three meals daily in collaboration with local churches & non-profit organizations. Guests are provided temporary housing and a locker while participating in the program. Guests have access to the restrooms, showers, hygiene products and a laundry facility on site. Services provided to clients include:Case managementHousing navigationAdvocacyReferral and linkage to additional service groupsDaily mealsTransportation to/from housing appointmentsBehavioral health & substance use disorder servicesCommunity shower & restroomEmployment development
$1,788,282 spent32% of program spendingCommunity Homeless Solutions operates two emergency DV (Domestic Violence) shelters at confidential locations in the cities of Marina and Salinas. Our shelters serve single women, women with children, and men who are victims of domestic violence (homeless people are also served when there is availability).16 beds are available at the Hamilton House in Marina while the Natividad Shelter in Salinas provides 32 beds. Both shelters operate 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Stays at both shelters range from 30 to 90 days. A domestic violence/crisis hot line is maintained by shelter staff who respond to emergency calls 24 hours per day.The shelters offer comprehensive services to assist survivors/victims on their path towards self-sufficiency and becoming empowered to move forward from the immediate crises in their lives. Our trained bilingual program manager and domestic violence advocates provide assistance in overcoming the physical and emotional trauma they have endured in order to regain and maintain long term safety, stability, and self-sufficiency. The Natividad and Hamilton DV shelters always prioritize the safety and comfort of all guests. Additionally, both shelters provide the…
$1,783,425 spent32% of program spendingCommunity Homeless Solutions Wellness Program aims to improve the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of residents, often through mental health services. These programs may include mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, job training, and educational initiatives.
$808,347 spent14% of program spendingThe Central Coast Respite Center (CCRC) is located in Seaside, CA. It opened in July 2016 and is operated in partnership with the three major hospitals in Monterey County - Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP), Natividad Medical Center (NMC), and Salinas Valley Memorial Health care System (SVMHS). The Central California Alliance for Health (CCAH) provides funding for patient stays homeless adults discharged from a hospital who need time to rest and recuperate. The shelter is staffed twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and is technically a non-medical facility, although a practicing physician provides clinical oversight. Participants work with the CCRC team to establish goals for respite center discharge. Referring hospitals as well as the CCRC team decide how long participants will stay. Most respite stays are from 2-6 weeks, depending on each participant's health status. Bridge housing is also available to eligible participants in need of additional housing assistance following their CCRC stay. Services include:Case ManagementHousing NavigatorAdvocacyReferral and linkage to additional service groupsThree meals dailyTransportation to/from medical…
$607,071 spent11% of program spendingThe Home Resource Center (HRC) in San Benito County opened its doors on December 1, 2017. HRC is a year-round, 24/7 homeless shelter serving up to 50 adults each night. The shelter has two large dorm rooms to house men and women separately. Guests are provided with three meals daily in collaboration with local churches & community groups. They are assigned a locker while participating in the program to store their personal items. Guests can access the restrooms, showers, hygiene products, and laundry facility on site. In addition to shelter services, HRC has a team focused on outreach services in the San Benito area in hopes of connecting the homeless with our shelter and its services. Services include:Housing navigationAdvocacyFinancial planning and budgeting assistanceMental health and behavioral servicesEmployment developmentTransportationDaily mealsAlcohol/drug counseling servicesRental AssistanceReferrals and linkage to additional services
$422,901 spent7% of program spendingThe Youth Housing Demonstration Program (YHDP) is dedicated to successfully reintegrating homeless youth back into the community. The goal is to provide transitional housing while providing trauma-informed services and support that build safety and interpersonal/independent living skills that help our youth obtain and remain in permanent housing. YHDP provides access to appropriate health services to improve the quality of life, and also connects participants with educational opportunities to increase their employment and income.The program provides up to 24 months of transitional housing and up to 12 months of follow-up services after the participant leaves our transitional housing. Services offered throughout Monterey County include:Case ManagementHousing NavigationCrisis InterventionAdvocacyReferrals and linkage to additional service groupsEducational & therapeutic groupsFinancial EducationTransportationChildcareVocational & educational assistance
$239,854 spent4% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,649,880.
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 $2.3M to $2.6M (+14%).
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 39% · 2018 80% · 2019 72% · 2020 69% · 2021 75% · 2022 60% · 2023 64% · 2024 65% · 2025 71%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of Community Homeless Solutions’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. 6 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
Lisa Griffen Burns
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $170k → $248k.
6 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 Community Homeless Solutions’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 19 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
Community Homeless Solutions leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% 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
36% 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 Community Homeless Solutions.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 89% · 2019 97% · 2020 62% · 2021 49% · 2022 37% · 2023 40% — 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 Community Homeless Solutions's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 37% 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
98% of Community Homeless Solutions's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $135k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
Community Homeless Solutions has grown faster than half of the 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Community Homeless Solutions receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.2M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.2M
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 Community Homeless Solutions
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 California
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Community Homeless Solutions: 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 Community Homeless Solutions?
- Community Homeless Solutions (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,532,804 to it, the largest being SUNLIGHT GIVING ($795,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Community Homeless Solutions have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $2,532,804 in grants to Community Homeless Solutions, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Community Homeless Solutions?
- SUNLIGHT GIVING is the largest funder on record, with $795,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Community Homeless Solutions find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 19 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