Tennessee · Nonprofit
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL (Tennessee) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,984,870 to it, the largest being UNITED HEALTH FOUNDATION ($4,976,588). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.3M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What National Health Care for Homeless Council does
Mission
Grounded in human rights and social justice, the nhchc mission is to build an equitable, high-quality health care system through training, research, and advocacy in the movement to end homelessness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The national health care for the homeless council provides national, state and local-level training related to the unique features and needs of homeless populations to the 1,400+ federally qualified health centers with a focus on 300 health centers that specifically serve homelss populations, 150+ medical respite programs and other safety net programs that provide care to more than one million homeless patients per year. Program services include: virtual trainings, communties of practice and a national conference, plus site-specific trainings and technical assistance from peer experts in the field. The council maintains a compreshensive website of health care for the homeles information and regular publications. The nhchc is a national training and technical assistance partner of the health resources and services administration. In fy25, nhchc responded to nearly 150 technical assistance requests. The top three categories were medical respite, quality improvement and clinical practice. In addition to responding to requests, the council prepares and distributes issue briefs, fact sheets, and reports, as well as newsletters. Topics included supporting older adults experiencing…
$4,826,831 spentof which $970,524 as grants80% of program spendingA substantial portion of nhchc's general support comes from the annual conference. Nhchc held its annual conference in baltimore, md in may 2025. The conference reached 983 registrations, with 868 attendees representing 46 states, washington dc, guam, puerto rico, and canada. In addition, 157 health care for the homeless programs were represented and 61 individuals with lived experience of homelessness were able to attend. The annual event includes pre-conference workshops, numerous educational sessions, and learning labs. Topics include street medicine, end of life care, motivational interviewing, shared humanity, medical respite, consumer engagement, and diaster preparedness.
$1,020,103 spent$932,142 earned by the program17% of program spendingOver the past year, the policy team expanded its thought leadership and advocacy, producing newsletters, blogs, fact sheets, policy briefs, and advocacy tools that translate complex policy issues into actionable guidance for the hch community. We engaged with federal policymakers, submitting formal comments, responses to congressional inquiries, coalition letters, and bill endorsements. In addition, we consistently convened members through policy committees and working groups. Together, these efforts strengthened the field's ability to respond to a reapidly changing policy landscape and advocate for the needs of people experiencing homelessness.
$189,995 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,036,929.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.2M to $4.4M (+98%).
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 75% · 2018 70% · 2019 63% · 2020 71% · 2021 62% · 2022 79% · 2023 59% · 2024 47% · 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% 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
Robert Watts
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $24k → $1.8M.
5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
56% 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 NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 100% · 2020 76% · 2021 47% · 2022 26% · 2023 37% — 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
50% of NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.0M 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
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $16.6M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$16.6M
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 NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% 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
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL?
- NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL (Tennessee) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,984,870 to it, the largest being UNITED HEALTH FOUNDATION ($4,976,588). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $13,984,870 in grants to NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL?
- UNITED HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,976,588 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 18 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