California · Nonprofit
MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS INC
MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS INC (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $503,056 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($331,445). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $285k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $503k
- Net assets
- $9k
What Mission for the Homeless Inc does
Mission
Mission for the Homeless is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit charitable corporation. We distribute blankets, food, clothing and tents to the homeless seven days a week in Oakland, California. We visit approximately 120 homeless people every day. The plight of the homeless in Oakland is becoming more evident as the economy has made it more difficult for those "fallen through the cracks". Often stereotyped as annoying, categorized as worthless, the homeless easily become objects of neglect and abuse. If family, society and church remain uninterested and unconvinced as to the inherent dignity of these people, we continue to recognize them without judgment or condemnation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Payment of monthly rent for homeless individuals, some who had been on the streets for more than 10 years, all have been determined to be in the most critical condition, and needed to be moved off the streets. Currently, we are paying the rent for approximately ten individuals, about $10,000.00/month.
$120,000 spent$120,000 earned by the program43% of program spendingWe give small cash donations to homeless individuals in amounts $1 - $10/person on a daily basis. Sometimes purchase fast food meals, and buy people various necessities, or sundries they might need like toothpaste, soap, antiseptic cream, band aids, etc. Almost $128/day, or about $3,840/month.
$46,077 spent$46,077 earned by the program17% of program spendingWe purchase blankets & water for homeless individuals, seven days/week. This includes daily outreach to homeless individuals living on the streets, at bus stops, in homeless camps, and on the sidewalk. We spend $163/day gas for outreach van; $82/day blankets; $62/day bottled water; about $307/day, or $9,210/month.
$110,520 spent$110,520 earned by the program40% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $276,597.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $30k to $3k (−89%).
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.
100% of MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Vincent Pannizzo
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $0 → $162k.
8 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 12 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
MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 40% · 2021 53% · 2022 84% · 2023 93% — 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 MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
92% of MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS 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 $40k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $463k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS INC receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $503k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% 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 MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS 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 MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS INC?
- MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS INC (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $503,056 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($331,445). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $503,056 in grants to MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $331,445 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISSION FOR THE HOMELESS INC 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 12 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