Housing & homelessness charities

Since 1981, has worked alongside people facing homelessness and poverty in rural southeast Ohio, running the Timothy House — which it calls the only shelter for adults and children in eight rural counties — plus kids' programs and about 21,000 meals a year.

A domestic violence agency empowering survivors and their families through emergency shelter, a 24/7 crisis hotline, outreach counseling, court advocacy, housing support, and the My Sister's Paws pet safety program in SE Ohio.

Founded in 2014 by Lorena Vásquez and Yeinny Yanira Castro, provides psychosocial care, education and job help to 98 children and 98 young women from families living in Medellín's inquilinatos — rooming houses where whole families often share one room.

Combats homelessness through the power of running, community support, and essential employment and housing resources, operating in 14 U.S. cities.

Operates Community First! Village, a 51-acre master-planned community in Austin providing permanent housing, micro-enterprises, and supportive community for the chronically homeless.

Builds tiny home communities across America for the chronically homeless and disabled, providing permanent housing with wraparound support services and a strong community model.

Builds interim supportive housing across California on temporarily vacant land using prefabricated modular buildings, giving each resident a private, locking room and on-site services while they work toward permanent housing, typically over six to twelve months.

A Philadelphia nonprofit co-founded in 1989 that helps people break the cycle of homelessness and poverty through permanent supportive housing, street outreach, health care, employment programs and education.