HAND's core mission is to provide leadership to end homelessness.
Homeless Action Network of Detroit channels very large grants into a single mission: leadership to end homelessness in Detroit. The grant record shows a clear pattern of funding the same local organizations across multiple years, with the largest awards going to agencies working under the city’s homelessness response system. Wayne Metro Community Action Agency received $111,631,127 in 2023 and $76,016,306 in 2024, both for addressing homelessness. United Community Housing Coalition also appears in consecutive years, with $40,797,358 in 2023 and $30,950,930 in 2024 for the same purpose. Those awards sit alongside smaller grants to Detroit-based partners such as The Heat and Warmth Fund, United Way of Southeastern Michigan, Community and Home Supports, and Alternatives for Girls. The foundation’s structure as a pure DAF provider and its local geographic scope fit a grantmaking model centered on coordinated homelessness services rather than broad discretionary philanthropy. The recent grants point to sustained support for organizations that work on housing placement, emergency response, and service coordination within the Detroit Continuum of Care area.
A major strand of HAND’s work is coordinated homelessness response. In 2026, it posted local project application materials for the Detroit Continuum of Care, including new project competition and renewal project processes for Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park. Another line of activity centers on youth homelessness: the YHDP Funding area covers Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park and is tied to youth homelessness initiatives. HAND also coordinates state housing resources in the same geography through MSHDA funding pages and local application processes. Its program pages include street outreach, transitional housing, supportive services, coordinated entry, and rapid rehousing, showing a systems-level role in how projects are selected and organized for the local CoC.
The grant-size profile is highly uneven: the 25th percentile is $205,484, the median is $407,921, and the 75th percentile is $35,874,144. That spread reflects a mix of very large multiyear or program-level awards and much smaller operating-scale grants. Recipients do reappear across years, including Wayne Metro Community Action Agency, United Community Housing Coalition, United Way of Southeastern Michigan, Community and Home Supports, and Alternatives for Girls. The foundation is classified as a pure DAF provider, and the available grant history shows no individual giving or program-related investments. Its grantmaking is local, with all tracked grants going to Michigan recipients.
$107.4M
$32.6M
$109.6M
$109.9M
Most grants fall between $205K and $35.9M, with a median of $408K.
25th Percentile
$205K
Median
$408K
75th Percentile
$35.9M
About 100% of grants go to recipients in MI.
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Grant dollars stay in Michigan, and every tracked recipient is in Detroit. The largest awards go to Detroit-based organizations, and the same city appears across the grant list with no out-of-state recipients. The active program pages extend beyond Detroit city limits to Hamtramck and Highland Park, showing the broader Detroit Continuum of Care geography. Within the recent-grants record, Detroit is the only recipient city represented, and the country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
Its core mission is to provide leadership to end homelessness, and the grant record centers on homelessness services. Active program areas include continuum of care coordination, homeless data and HMIS, coordinated entry, advocacy, and youth homelessness.
It operates as a pure DAF provider and gives locally in Michigan. The recent record shows repeated support for the same Detroit organizations across 2023 and 2024, alongside a wide grant-size spread from $205,484 at the 25th percentile to $35,874,144 at the 75th percentile.
The available data points to people experiencing homelessness, unsheltered individuals, families experiencing homelessness, and youth experiencing homelessness. Program pages also reference street outreach, supportive services, transitional housing, and rapid rehousing.
Grant activity is local and all tracked recipients are in Michigan. Active CoC and funding pages cover Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park, and the grant history shows Detroit-based recipients only.
Yes. The Detroit Continuum of Care pages include local project application materials for FY2025 and FY2026, renewal and new project competitions, and a competition process tied to HUD CoC funding. Some pages also note that unsolicited applications are accepted for local project competitions.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Current and upcoming funding from Homeless Action Network of Detroit that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Organizations operating in the Detroit CoC geography and participating in the local CoC application process; specific eligibility depends on renewal or new project status and HUD/HAND rules.
Deadline: Annual CoC competition; FY2026 cycle includes new project deadline May 8, 2026 and renewal deadline June 30, 2026.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAYNE METRO COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY | DETROIT, MI | $76,016,306 | 2024 | ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS |
| UNITED COMMUNITY HOUSING COALITION | DETROIT, MI | $30,950,930 | 2024 | ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS |
| UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN | DETROIT, MI | $371,130 | 2024 | ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS |
| COMMUNITY AND HOME SUPPORTS | DETROIT, MI | $43,957 | 2024 | ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS |
| ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS | DETROIT, MI | $32,923 | 2024 | ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS |
| WAYNE METRO COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY | DETROIT, MI | $111,631,127 | 2023 | ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS |
| UNITED COMMUNITY HOUSING COALITION | DETROIT, MI | $40,797,358 | 2023 | ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS |
| THE HEAT AND WARMTH FUND | DETROIT, MI | $2,530,156 | 2023 | ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS |
| UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN | DETROIT, MI | $407,921 | 2023 | ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS |
| COMMUNITY AND HOME SUPPORTS | DETROIT, MI | $258,767 | 2023 | ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS |
| ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS | DETROIT, MI | $152,200 | 2023 | ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS |
WAYNE METRO COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY
$76,016,306ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
UNITED COMMUNITY HOUSING COALITION
$30,950,930ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
$371,130ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
COMMUNITY AND HOME SUPPORTS
$43,957ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS
$32,923ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
WAYNE METRO COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY
$111,631,127ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
UNITED COMMUNITY HOUSING COALITION
$40,797,358ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
THE HEAT AND WARMTH FUND
$2,530,156ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
$407,921ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
COMMUNITY AND HOME SUPPORTS
$258,767ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS
$152,200ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS
