Coalition for the Homeless

Coalition for the Homeless is a New York City nonprofit that runs food, crisis, housing, job-training and youth programs for homeless and at-risk New Yorkers and pursues legal and policy advocacy on homelessness. Its main office is at 129 Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan. The IRS granted it 501(c)(3) tax exemption in June 1981.

Identity

• Legal name: Coalition for the Homeless, Inc. (filed with the IRS as COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC)
• Entity type: New York not-for-profit corporation, recognized by the IRS under section 501(c)(3)
• EIN: 13-3072967
• Formed: 1981, New York (Form 990 cover)
• Category: Nonprofit social services and advocacy
• Service area: New York City

Programs the organization publishes

The organization says it operates 12 frontline programs and serves over 3,500 people each day. Its programs page groups them as follows:

• Emergency services: the Grand Central Food Program, founded in 1985, and the CARE program, formalized in 2026, which distributes items such as blankets, coats and toiletry kits.
• Crisis services: Eviction Prevention, the Keys Program for single adults with mental illness and other disabilities, Crisis Intervention, and an Emergency Mail Program that gives homeless New Yorkers a mailing address.
• Housing: Coalition Houses, the Bridge Building (apartments for homeless mothers and their children, opened December 24, 1991), and a scattered-site program for people living with HIV/AIDS.
• Job training: the First Step Job Training Program for homeless and low-income women.
• Youth: Camp Homeward Bound and Bound for Success, which provides tutoring and recreation.
• Advocacy: litigation, organizing, research and public education. Its first legal victory, Callahan v. Carey, established the right to shelter for homeless adult men.

The organization’s Form 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 describes the Grand Central Food Program as delivering more than 1,000 hot meals each night at 22 sites, and says the scattered-site program serves 66 formerly homeless households living with HIV/AIDS.

Financial filing

On its Form 990 for the fiscal year July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, the organization reported total revenue of $21,534,885, of which $19,861,226 was contributions and grants, and total expenses of $21,561,787. ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer lists the return as filed on March 7, 2026.

How to verify this organization yourself

• IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search (search EIN 13-3072967)
• New York Attorney General Charities Bureau registry (search EIN 13-3072967)
• ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer record (IRS data, filings by year)
• Form 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 (PDF on the organization’s site)
• Official contact page

Location and contact

• Main office: 129 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038
• Phone (main office): +1 212-776-2000
• Client support, if denied shelter and without a placement: +1 888-358-2384
• Client support, if currently in shelter and having issues: +1 212-776-2003
• Website: coalitionforthehomeless.org

Last verified: November 6, 2026. Sources: Form 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025; ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (IRS data); audited financial statements for fiscal 2025; the organization’s contact, about, programs and charitable-status pages. The IRS and New York Charities Bureau search tools were not queried directly.

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