The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County (CFTH) acts as a catalyst, uniting partners and maximizing resources to move people experiencing homelessness into permanent housing with supportive services.
Coalition for the Homeless of HoustonHarris County centers its grantmaking on moving people experiencing homelessness into permanent housing with supportive services. A defining feature of its funding is the repeated use of very large awards to local service providers in Houston, including a $2,575,833 grant to Harmony House in 2025 and a $1,815,697 grant to Career and Recovery Resources Inc in 2024. The pattern points to a funder that works through coordinated housing and service delivery rather than small, isolated awards. The foundation’s active funding programs show that it also serves as a lead agency for The Way Home Continuum of Care, coordinating annual HUD CoC competitive processes and local partner funding opportunities. Its grantmaking aligns with homelessness prevention, rapid re-housing, permanent supportive housing, diversion, street outreach, mental health case management, and coordinated entry. Recent awards also reached the Salvation Army, The Beacon of Downtown Houston, Spring Branch Community Health Center, and Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, indicating a broad network of housing and case-management partners within the local homelessness response system.
In housing coordination, the foundation gave $1,571,294 to Salvation Army for housing coordination and $985,877 to The Beacon of Downtown Houston for housing coordination. Those awards sit alongside other local service providers working in the same system, including Spring Branch Community Health Center at $981,057 for housing coordination. Mental health and case management also appear in the grant list. The Harris Center for Mental Health received $622,567 for housing coordination, while Endeavors received $353,639 for housing navigation and case management. The presence of both housing-navigation and behavioral-health partners suggests a grantmaking approach that ties housing placement to ongoing support. The foundation also funds domestic-violence-related housing work. Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council received $1,170,727 and later $975,161, both supporting the local housing response for households facing instability linked to violence.
$11.2M
$19.8M
$21.3M
$23M
Most grants fall between $208K and $985K, with a median of $576K.
25th Percentile
$208K
Median
$576K
75th Percentile
$985K
KELLY YOUNG
Sign up for a free Kindora account to access AI-generated insights into this funder's giving patterns, decision-makers, and fit signals.
Get Started FreeFree Kindora accounts unlock side-by-side comparisons with foundations that share this funder's focus areas and giving profile.
Get Started FreeSign up free to see how well your nonprofit fits this funder, get an AI-generated pitch, and unlock similar foundations.
Typical grants are substantial: the 25th percentile is $207,806, the median is $575,796, and the 75th percentile is $984,672. Recent awards cluster around a few high-volume local providers, and several recipients appear in multiple years, including Career and Recovery Resources Inc, Harmony House, Salvation Army, The Beacon of Downtown Houston, Spring Branch Community Health Center, Search Homeless Services, The Harris Center for Mental Health, Houston Area Community Services, Endeavors, Healthcare for the Homeless - Houston, and Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council. The foundation is not a DAF or an individual-giving vehicle; it is a local institutional funder with a housing-response portfolio. Active programs include both unsolicited CoC competition processes and managed local funding opportunities.
Giving is fully concentrated in Texas, with 100% of grants to recipients in the HQ state. The recipient cities in the recent grant list are overwhelmingly Houston, reflecting a tightly local funding footprint. Grants also support organizations serving the wider Houston area through the Harris County and Fort Bend County Continuum of Care structure. The country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 42 grants in the United States and no non-U.S. recipients in the provided data.
Its stated focus areas include homelessness prevention, rapid re-housing, permanent supportive housing, diversion services, street outreach, mental health case management, coordinated entry and system coordination, and capacity building for service providers. The active programs also point to support for homelessness response services and housing navigation.
The grant-size distribution is high-dollar: the 25th percentile is $207,806, the median is $575,796, and the 75th percentile is $984,672. Recent awards also include multi-million-dollar grants, showing that the foundation often supports major operating or system-level work.
Yes. Several recipients appear in more than one year of the recent grants list, including Career and Recovery Resources Inc, Harmony House, Salvation Army, The Beacon of Downtown Houston, Spring Branch Community Health Center, Search Homeless Services, The Harris Center for Mental Health, Houston Area Community Services, Endeavors, Healthcare for the Homeless - Houston, and Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council.
Its giving is local and entirely Texas-based. All grants in the provided recipient distribution went to recipients in the HQ state, and the recent grants list is centered on Houston, with some awards tied to the broader Harris County and Fort Bend County Continuum of Care geography.
Yes, for some of its active Continuum of Care funding processes. The active program list marks the HUD Continuum of Care NOFO and related CoC competition pages as accepting unsolicited submissions, while the local CFTH funding opportunities page is marked as not accepting unsolicited requests.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Current and upcoming funding from Coalition for the Homeless of Houstonharris County that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Available to CoC-funded PSH and RRH programs; clients must go through Coordinated Access; agencies must use the CCHP Welcome Home Fund Approval form and request only when no other agency funding is available.
Track these deadlines, get reminders, and see how well your nonprofit fits — free with a Kindora account.
Create a free accountDeadlines and eligibility are summarized from public sources and may change — always confirm the details on the funder's official application page before applying.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony House | Houston, TX | $2,605,873 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| The Beacon of Downtown Houston | Houston, TX | $1,601,009 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| Endeavors | Houston, TX | $1,326,986 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| Salvation Army | Houston, TX | $1,141,097 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| Career and Recovery Resources Inc | Houston, TX | $849,760 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| Spring Branch Community Health Center | Houston, TX | $720,526 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| SEARCH Homeless Services | Houston, TX | $554,759 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Counc | Houston, TX | $505,004 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| Bread of Life Inc | Houston, TX | $370,126 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| Wesley Community Center Inc | Houston, TX | $285,365 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| TLC Health and Wellness | Houston, TX | $263,241 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| Avenue360 | HOUSTON, TX | $235,847 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| HTX HOPE Haven | Houston, TX | $215,672 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| Heathcare for the Homeless - Houston | Houston, TX | $202,618 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| Houston Recovery Center LGC | Houston, TX | $178,407 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| Montrose Center | Houston, TX | $130,775 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| Collective Action for Youth | Houston, TX | $39,787 | 2026 | See Part IV |
| Harmony House | Houston, TX | $2,575,833 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| Salvation Army | Houston, TX | $1,408,667 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| The Beacon of Downtown Houston | Houston, TX | $1,395,674 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| Spring Branch Community Health Center | Houston, TX | $1,360,187 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| Career and Recovery Resources Inc | Houston, TX | $1,261,398 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Counc | Houston, TX | $975,161 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| SEARCH Homeless Services | Houston, TX | $920,839 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| Endeavors | Houston, TX | $906,560 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| Bread of Life Inc | Houston, TX | $467,782 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| Heathcare for the Homeless - Houston | Houston, TX | $338,302 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| TLC Health and Wellness | Houston, TX | $215,994 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| HTX HOPE Haven | Houston, TX | $205,077 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| Wesley Community Center Inc | Houston, TX | $137,169 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| Montrose Center | Houston, TX | $86,070 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| Collective Action for Youth | Houston, TX | $62,852 | 2025 | See Part IV |
| CAREER AND RECOVERY RESOURCES INC | HOUSTON, TX | $1,815,697 | 2024 | HOUSTIN COORDINATION. |
| HARMONY HOUSE INC | HOUSTON, TX | $1,642,344 | 2024 | HOUSTIN COORDINATION |
| SALVATION ARMY | HOUSTON, TX | $1,571,294 | 2024 | HOUSING COORDINATION |
| HARRIS COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATIONG COUNCIL | HOUSTON, TX | $1,170,727 | 2024 | HOUSING COORDINATION |
| THE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON | HOUSTON, TX | $985,877 | 2024 | HOUSING COORDINATION |
| SPRING BRANCH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | HOUSTON, TX | $981,057 | 2024 | HOUSING COORDINATION |
| SEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES | HOUSTON, TX | $665,263 | 2024 | HOUSING COORDINATION |
| HOUSTON AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES | HOUSTON, TX | $559,179 | 2024 | HOUSING COORDINATION |
| ENDEAVORS | HOUSTON, TX | $353,639 | 2024 | HOUSING NAVIGATION, CASE MANAGERMENT |
| HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS - HOUSTON | HOUSTON, TX | $319,100 | 2024 | HOUSING COORDINATION |
| THE HARRIS CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH | HOUSTON, TX | $313,486 | 2024 | HOUSING COORDINATION |
| HTX HOPE HAVEN | HOUSTON, TX | $187,070 | 2024 | HOUSING COORDINATION |
| COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR YOUTH | HOUSTON, TX | $180,734 | 2024 | HOUSING COORDINATION |
| TLC HEALTH & WELLNESS | HOUSTON, TX | $79,480 | 2024 | HOUSING NAVIGATION, CASE MANAGERMENT |
| MONTROSE CENTER | HOUSTON, TX | $8,591 | 2024 | HOUSING NAVIGATION, CASE MANAGERMENT |
| CAREER AND RECOVERY RESOURCES INC | HOUSTON, TX | $1,326,824 | 2023 | HOUSTIN COORDINATION |
| HARMONY HOUSE INC | HOUSTON, TX | $894,403 | 2023 | HOUSTIN COORDINATION |
| SPRING BRANCH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | HOUSTON, TX | $809,920 | 2023 | HOUSING COORDINATION |
Salvation Army
$1,141,097See Part IV
See Part IV
SEARCH Homeless Services
$554,759See Part IV
TLC Health and Wellness
$263,241See Part IV
HTX HOPE Haven
$215,672See Part IV
Houston Recovery Center LGC
$178,407See Part IV
Salvation Army
$1,408,667See Part IV
SEARCH Homeless Services
$920,839See Part IV
TLC Health and Wellness
$215,994See Part IV
HTX HOPE Haven
$205,077See Part IV
SALVATION ARMY
$1,571,294HOUSING COORDINATION
SEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES
$665,263HOUSING COORDINATION
ENDEAVORS
$353,639HOUSING NAVIGATION, CASE MANAGERMENT
THE HARRIS CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH
$313,486HOUSING COORDINATION
HTX HOPE HAVEN
$187,070HOUSING COORDINATION
TLC HEALTH & WELLNESS
$79,480HOUSING NAVIGATION, CASE MANAGERMENT