Texas · Nonprofit
THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON
THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON (Texas) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,001,666 to it, the largest being Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County ($4,482,615). 67 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 91
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $3.1M
What The Beacon of Downtown Houston does
Mission
To provide essential and next-step services to restore hope and help end homelessness in houston.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The beacon offers essential services to individuals experiencing homelessness. These services include hot meals, access to showers, laundry services, mailbox services, device charging, access to a computer, and information and referral. These services are offered thursday through monday, including weekends. The beacon also completes intake for additional services offered in the john s. Dunn outreach center. Volunteers assist to conduct intake, support mailbox services, prepare meals, and complete laundry services.
$1,775,579 spentof which $326,975 as grants$15,348 earned by the program40% of program spendingThe beacon provides housing services to individuals experiencing homelessness and operates one of the coordinated entry centers for the greater houston homeless response system, the continuum of care collaborative known as the way home. A housing assessment is conducted for individuals and families via coordinated entry as the first step to secure a housing solution. Housing assessments are provided monday through thursday. Housing navigation services are provided to assist clients with the process of leasing a housing unit. In addition, the beacon, through the brigid's hope program, provides 12-months of transitional housing and support services for women formerly incarcerated. The program operates 7-days a week and serves up to 15 women at a time. Volunteers serve as mentors for the participants.
$1,744,707 spentof which $191,852 as grants40% of program spendingThe beacon conducts legal services through its beacon law program. Civil legal aid is offered to individuals experiencing homelessness as well as individuals at risk of losing their housing. Beacon law strives to bring justice by providing individuals with pro-bono legal assistance to help resolve legal issues which stand in the way of employment or housing opportunities. The beacon's attorney and paralegal staff team is augmented by volunteer attorneys and paralegals, creating additional capacity to serve more people.
$888,971 spentof which $857 as grants20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,409,257.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.6M to $3.5M (+36%).
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: 2018 16% · 2019 18% · 2020 18% · 2021 20% · 2022 24% · 2023 22% · 2024 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Rebecca L Landes
Chief executive officer
Board chair
The Very Rev Nathaniel Katz
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 22 funders to 47 funders, grant income rose $375k → $3.3M.
15 of 91 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 91 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
THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
55% 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 THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 20% · 2018 24% · 2019 23% · 2020 18% · 2021 13% · 2022 25% · 2023 30% — 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
53% of THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 74% 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
90% of THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON's grant income comes from Texas 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 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
THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON is better cushioned than half of the 8,126 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,126 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Christ Church Cathedral · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON?
- THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON (Texas) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,001,666 to it, the largest being Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County ($4,482,615). 67 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON have?
- IRS filings report 91 organizations giving $15,001,666 in grants to THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, 67 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON?
- Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County is the largest funder on record, with $4,482,615 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 91 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