California · Nonprofit
Homeward Bound of Marin
Homeward Bound of Marin (California) receives grants from 90 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,825,848 to it, the largest being LEONARD & BERYL BUCK FOUNDATION ($8,977,000). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $36M
- Funders on record
- 90
- Grants received
- $26M
- Net assets
- $68M
What Homeward Bound of Marin does
Mission
Homeward Bound is the main provider of emergency shelter, supportive housing and services for people overcoming a crisis of homelessness in Marin County, California. Our mission of "opening doors to safety, dignity, hope, and independence," is underscored by a vision that "everyone deserves a place to call home." We offer shelter, housing and supportive housing through 19 residential programs, in addition to an award-winning culinary job training program and an array of successful mission-driven businesses.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Adult Program Services - Homeward of Marin provides shelter and housing for people overcoming a crisis of homelessness in Marin through residential programs ranging from emergency shelter to permanent supportive housing. In the 2024-25 year, Homeward Bound of Marin served 723 adults, including 50 veterans, and 63% transitioned to housing opportunities. There remained a strong demand for the innovative program for adults leaving hospital care without stable housing, resulting in 99 people receiving medical respite services, up almost 14% from the prior year. 224 adults received enhanced care plans with support from the State of Californias CalAIM initiative, which coordinates care more closely with medical providers while using blood pressure checks, nutrition check-ins, and other strategies. Homeward Bound continues to support vulnerable adults in shelter and supportive housing who face food insecurity by preparing and distributing over 16,000 meals a month to ensure their nutrition needs are met. In addition, Homeward Bound has achieved full occupancy for 50 new apartments opened last year. The 24-unit building for veterans and 26 apartments for people working in the community…
$10,717,158 spent65% of program spendingJob Training and Mission-Based Businesses - Homeward Bound offers the only free culinary arts training and job creation program in Marin County. The program specifically is designed to help homeless and low-income individuals overcome barriers to employment. Since 2001, Homeward Bound has helped over 1,000 people launch their careers through the Fresh Starts Culinary Academy. In addition, innovative social enterprise businesses provide a source of income and ongoing skill-building for Fresh Starts graduates and other low-income job seekers. Last year, 77 people built their career prospects through job training and supportive employment at Homeward Bound. An expanded job-training center opened this year, providing more training and job opportunities for people who are exiting homelessness and poverty as they advance toward new careers.
$3,412,252 spent21% of program spendingFamily Program Services - Homeward Bound has operated the only shelter in Marin County for homeless families since 1974, along with seven permanent supportive family housing programs. Families continued seeking support last year with a total of 124 parents and 145 children receiving services. Many faced challenges beyond housing needs, including domestic violence, chronic health conditions, and mental health needs. Parents aged 18 to 26 who head a household with children get special attention in a program that served 64 people last year. Families engaged in this program are building lasting resilience, with 84% achieving stable housing and 100% maintaining or increasing income. Overall last year, 89% of families served by Homeward Bound left for housing opportunities.
$2,410,976 spent15% of program spendingMental Health Services - Homeward Bound offers mental health services in two programs that provide long-term supportive housing. These programs serve individuals with a mental health diagnosis and include partnerships with Marin County Behavioral Health & Recovery Services and others. These programs are designed to enhance individual strengths and build self-reliance. With this wraparound support, fully 100% of residents in Homeward Bounds mental health programs maintained stable housing. Many increased their participation in community life with employment, group social activities, and recovery support services.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,540,386.
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 2024 to 2025, from $62M to $78M (+26%).
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 44% · 2018 43% · 2019 51% · 2020 34% · 2021 57% · 2022 59% · 2023 61% · 2024 47% · 2025 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of Homeward Bound of Marin’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. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 41 funders, grant income rose $971k → $3.2M.
18 of 90 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 Homeward Bound of Marin’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 90 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
Homeward Bound of Marin leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 Homeward Bound of Marin.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 67% · 2019 49% · 2020 39% · 2021 50% · 2022 40% · 2023 41% — 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
45% of Homeward Bound of Marin's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
Homeward Bound of Marin draws 70% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 18 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
Homeward Bound of Marin runs a healthier operating margin 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 Homeward Bound of Marin receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20.1M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$18.0M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$2.0M
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 Homeward Bound of Marin
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Homeward Bound of Marin: 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 Homeward Bound of Marin?
- Homeward Bound of Marin (California) receives grants from 90 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,825,848 to it, the largest being LEONARD & BERYL BUCK FOUNDATION ($8,977,000). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Homeward Bound of Marin have?
- IRS filings report 90 organizations giving $25,825,848 in grants to Homeward Bound of Marin, 54 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Homeward Bound of Marin?
- LEONARD & BERYL BUCK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,977,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Homeward Bound of Marin 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 90 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