About Corporation for Supportive Housing
CSH promotes affordable housing with supportive services to ensure everyone has a safe home by collaborating with communities for innovative, cost-effective, evidence-based solutions to homelessness.
Focus Areas
supportive housingaffordable housinghomelessness prevention and responsecommunity development finance (CDFI)New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC)training and technical assistancepolicy and systems advocacy
Funding Style
direct cash transfersunrestricted financial supportshort-term/emergency assistanceindividual-level aid
Topics
About Corporation for Supportive Housing
Corporation for Supportive Housing concentrates on supportive housing as a response to homelessness, pairing housing development with services, financing, and systems work. The recent grant record shows a strong emphasis on financial assistance to organizations building or operating supportive housing, alongside institute-based training and technical assistance that prepares project teams to move toward financing and development. That mix points to a funder that works at both the project and system level. Recent awards illustrate that approach. Eden Inc. in Cleveland received multiple large grants across 2023, 2024, and 2025, while Integrated Services for Behavioral Health in Columbus also appears repeatedly with major support. Talbert House in Cincinnati is another recurring recipient, suggesting ongoing relationships with providers working in supportive housing and related services. The foundation also uses capital and investment tools, including grantmaking, loans, and specialty loan products, to support housing initiatives that include supportive housing. Its active programs include supportive housing institutes, community investment, and reentry-focused initiatives. The program list also shows work on youth supportive housing, affordable housing preservation, and capacity building for nonprofit developers. Across these efforts, the foundation links housing production with supportive services and technical assistance.
What Corporation for Supportive Housing Funds
In supportive housing development, Corporation for Supportive Housing supports project planning and implementation through named institutes and capital programs. The Illinois Supportive Housing Institute is a 5-month training and technical assistance effort for multidisciplinary teams preparing a supportive housing project development proposal, and the Oregon Supportive Housing Institute follows a similar model in partnership with Oregon Housing and Community Services. They also fund reentry-oriented housing solutions. Returning Home Ohio is described as a state reentry initiative focused on stable housing and supportive services for people reentering communities, with a related model intended to be replicable in Ohio and beyond. Capacity building is another clear thread. The Ohio Supportive Housing Institute offers hybrid training for teams planning to build or rehabilitate supportive housing, while Groundwork Teams convene state cohorts to advance youth supportive housing and other targeted supportive housing efforts. The community investment line adds loans, grants, and specialty products for supportive housing projects and developers.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$11.2M
Total Assets
$389.8M
Total Revenue
$106.3M
Total Expenses
$61.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $262K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$262K
Geographic Reach
National10 states funded
About 2% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
EILEEN HAWES
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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