New Jersey · Nonprofit
HOMEFRONT INC
HOMEFRONT INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 210 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,111,546 to it, the largest being Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc ($5,442,835). 140 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 210
- Grants received
- $27M
- Net assets
- $22M
What Homefront Inc does
Mission
Homefront's mission is to end homelessness in central new jersey by harnessing the caring, resources, and expertise of the community. We lessen the immediate pain of homelessness and help families become self-sufficient. We work to give our clients the skills and opportunities to ensure adequate incomes, and we work to increase the availability of adequate, affordable housing. We help homeless families advocate for themselves individually and collectively.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Housing serviceshomefront believes that families deserve safe, secure housing. On any given night, homefront provides shelter to approximately 475 individuals, the majority of those children, through:- emergency shelter (family preservation center at our family campus)- transitional living (long term emergency shelter for families facing more significant barriers)- permanent, affordable, supportive housing (throughout mercer county)- homelessness prevention (emergency rental assistance, locating affordable housing, and help with security deposits and first month's rent)
$9,401,303 spentof which $111,101 as grants$320,815 earned by the program51% of program spendingBasic needshomefront believes that families need basic necessities to live a life with dignity. Faced with limited resources and a focus on surviving, the families we serve do not have the means to get basic necessities. We provide those resources to thousands of households a year, through our resource network: - furnish the future (providing furniture to families facing hardship)- freestore (where families can shop for clothing and small donated goods) - food pantries (including a main choice food market where families can shop for the items they want)- drive home (donations of cars)- diaper resource center (providing families with millions of diapers and wipes annually)- pro bono donations of time and expertise
$5,966,772 spentof which $4,199,113 as grants$1,854,126 earned by the program33% of program spendingChildren's programswe believe that children nurtured by love and support will grow on a path to realizing life's possibilities. Homefront began because of hungry, homeless children and children have remained at the heart of our work ever since. From intensive services at our emergency shelter to an award-winning preschool to year-round enrichment programming and more, we wrap these children in the support they need now, provide hope for a better tomorrow and open their worlds to the possibilities that await them:- joy, hopes and dreams (minimum six days a week programming for school-aged, sites throughout mercer county)- atkinson child development center at family campus for infants to toddlers- children's champion (intensive case management support at the family preservation center)- eight-week summer camp - back-to-school and holiday wishes drives
$2,185,968 spentof which $620,034 as grants$366,538 earned by the program12% of program spendingTools for self-sufficiencyhomefront believes that with the right tools, all families can succeed. For families to becomeand, more importantly, remainstable, they need the tools, skills and opportunities to keep them on track and build self-sufficiency. Life skills are interwoven throughout all that we do, but we also have formal programming for: - educational support (high school equivalency tutoring/testing)- job training (job training, job placement, and career certification programming)personal wellnesswe believe that personal wellness whether physical, mental, or emotional is critical to ensuring thriving families. Homefront strives to increase accessibility to health services, both physical and mental, to enhance the well-being of families and children. We also recognize the importance of healing and growth through art. - formal life skills (teaching kitchen, health and wellness education, parenting workshops, etc.)- life enhancement (therapeutic art and sewing, music, performing arts, yoga, etc.)children once under homefront's care are now leaders in their classrooms, professionals in healthcare and business, and independent adults pursuing their dreams. Parents, with a…
$707,025 spentof which $58,168 as grants$60,962 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,261,068.
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 $11M to $16M (+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 11% · 2018 14% · 2019 16% · 2020 12% · 2021 16% · 2022 13% · 2023 22% · 2024 18% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of HOMEFRONT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
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
Sarah Steward
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Claudia Franco Kelly
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 53 funders to 90 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $3.1M.
29 of 210 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 HOMEFRONT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 210 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
HOMEFRONT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
59% 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 HOMEFRONT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 25% · 2019 63% · 2020 23% · 2021 13% · 2022 15% · 2023 19% — broadly stable.
“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
53% of HOMEFRONT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
54% of HOMEFRONT INC'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 $12M that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
HOMEFRONT INC's revenue grew 62% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding HOMEFRONT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $21.9M on record — $462k federal, $21.4M state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$462k
- FEDERAL$9.9M
- GRANT IN AID$6.1M
- DEDICATED$4.4M
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$883k
- TRUST FUND$104k
- REVOLVING$50k
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 HOMEFRONT 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 Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 9 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HOMEFRONT INC: 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 HOMEFRONT INC?
- HOMEFRONT INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 210 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,111,546 to it, the largest being Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc ($5,442,835). 140 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HOMEFRONT INC have?
- IRS filings report 210 organizations giving $27,111,546 in grants to HOMEFRONT INC, 140 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOMEFRONT INC?
- Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $5,442,835 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOMEFRONT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 210 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