Grants to prevent and end homelessness
The largest US foundation devoted solely to homelessness, funding housing solutions, systems change, and the research and narrative work that supports them.
- Indicative award
- $50k–$500k (total award)Multi-year grants, with a bias toward core support over project support.
- Timing
- By invitationNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Largely invited; priorities are published.
- Who can apply
- Any faculty rank, Community organisation
- Eligibility
- US non-profits. Research is funded when it is attached to a change strategy, not on its own.
- SSWR clusters
- Special Interest Groups
- Topics
- homelessness · housing first · systems change · narrative
- Apply at
- https://melvilletrust.org/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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