Florida · Nonprofit
HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC
HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC (Florida) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,576,516 to it, the largest being Morton Plant Hospital Association Inc ($907,125). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 77
- Grants received
- $7.6M
- Net assets
- $24M
What Homeless Emergency Project Inc does
Mission
Hep's mission is to provide homeless and low-income individuals and families, including veterans, with housing, food, clothing and support services necessary to obtain self-sufficiency and improved quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Housing programs - as part of pinellas county's coordinated entry process, hep provides a front-door triage to homeless individuals and families, including veterans, in the form of outreach and emergency shelter, both of which are critical to the local crisis response system. Hep provides a campus-based system of care designed to move individuals and families from homelessness to stability and self-sufficiency. In 2025, hep continued to serve as a primary access point to the homeless response system in pinellas county, offering outreach, emergency shelter, and housing navigation through the coordinated entry process. Continued on schedule o.the organization operates 200 emergency shelter beds nightly, including 102 adult beds and 98 family beds, and maintains a total capacity of 383 beds across its housing programs. Hep uses a housing-first and rapid re-housing approach to reduce the length of time individuals and families experience homelessness and support placement into stable housing.in 2025, 848 adults and children were housed. 70% of emergency shelter residents exited to transitional or permanent housing, and 90% of permanent supportive housing residents maintained housing…
$5,008,096 spentof which $224,367 as grants$283,006 earned by the program70% of program spendingClient counseling - also known as case management, is a client-focused approach that includes interdisciplinary case conferences to empower individuals in pursuing the goals outlined in their personalized treatment plans. Hep offers a full suite of support services aimed at promoting residential stability, enhancing skills and income, and fostering greater self-determination. These services encompass on-site medical and mental healthcare, substance abuse treatment, dental and wellness services, employment and benefits assistance, as well as meal and transportation support.continued on schedule o. Hep offers a range of on-site and community-based services, including case management, behavioral health, medical and dental care, substance use treatment, employment support, and access to basic needs such as food, clothing, and transportation. During the year, hep provided 3,219 patient intakes and 9,269 dental procedures, delivering more than $1.5 million in dental services and contributing to over $5.6 million in healthcare system savings through preventive care and reduced emergency room use.food services remain a core component of hep's operations, with 65,229 meals served annually.…
$1,518,721 spentof which $280,911 as grants$84,534 earned by the program21% of program spendingThrift store - the on-site thrift store provides clothing and household items to clients using a voucher-based system and also supplies furnishings for hep's off-site housing. Revenues generated from public sales are reinvested directly into supporting and sustaining the organization's operations.
$601,703 spentof which $161,000 as grants$652,681 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,128,520.
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 2018 to 2019, from $16M to $22M (+34%).
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 46% · 2018 47% · 2019 23% · 2020 41% · 2021 42% · 2022 36% · 2023 33% · 2024 36% · 2025 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC’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. 2 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
Ashley Lowery
President & CEO
Board chair
Nancy Ramey
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 20 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $764k → $1.1M.
13 of 77 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 77 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
HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% 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
75% 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 HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 13% · 2018 24% · 2019 16% · 2020 18% · 2021 16% · 2022 14% · 2023 19% — growing more concentrated.
“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
49% of HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
81% of HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $16.2M on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$15.1M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.1M
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 HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC?
- HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC (Florida) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,576,516 to it, the largest being Morton Plant Hospital Association Inc ($907,125). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 77 organizations giving $7,576,516 in grants to HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC, 48 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC?
- Morton Plant Hospital Association Inc is the largest funder on record, with $907,125 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 77 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