Finances
Cassandra Peavey
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Finances

The majority of the funding for the National Coalition for the Homeless comes from the support of the public, foundations, and different organizations (national homeless.org). Many funders are churches and faith based organizations who seek out the mission to end homelessness. The NCH is a nonprofit organization and has been ranked a Four-Star Charity by Charity Navigator in 2009. Due to the NCH being a national foundation, there are many different resources and organizations that will continue to fund this program. With all of the churches and local businesses within areas of where homeless exist, there will always be charities that will be put forth to help the homeless find homes and jobs, and in other cases, medical services. In my home town there is a place called “The Mission”, which is a shelter for homeless men to go until they can get on their feet and make it on their own. The local churches support this house and pay for all utilities and provide food for all who live here.

The reliability of funding for this organization is pretty good considering the organization has been funded for the past thirty four years. Since this is a nonprofit organization the funding for this organization is all charity based. Individuals who work for this organization do it to help others. All finances go towards ending homelessness which involves food, shelter, and offering counsel to those who are experiencing homelessness. Some questions that I might ask if I was to donate a large sum of money to this program might be, “ Does some of the funding go towards helping the homeless find employment?”, If so, “Does a portion help pay for job training?”, “ Will some of the money go towards medications needed for these individuals?” “Will some of the funding go towards helping those who have a drug problem receive services to help them get off of drugs?” There are so many reasons why people become homeless and there are a lot of resource’s that would be needed to advocate for each of their different needs. The biggest need for the homeless would be food and shelter, but there is also the need to keep them off the streets long term which will require different services for the different reasons for their dilemma.

The NCH is a nonprofit organization which would indicate that all those who are working for this program are there because they want to help. Also this is a Better Business Bureau Accredited Charity, which means that this has been audited and approved. Also this organization has been ranked a four star charity by charity navigator which would indicate its authenticity and would be very influential to someone who wanted to make a large donation.