Funding that Finds Impact

As a leading voice in the affordable housing space, it is our obligation and desire to use our knowledge, network & resources to do everything we can to improve the industry and help those in need.

Our experience and understanding of the issues enables us to find the most effective and impactful avenues of change.

1
M+

Residents Housed

1750

Affordable Housing Properties

$
8
B+

Private Capital Invested

50
+

Years of History

CHI Collaborators

CHI Collaborators are dedicated to solving the housing affordability crisis through funding, research and policy advocacy. Our wide range of collaborators include grantees, affiliates and co-funders committed to combatting the issues surrounding homelessness to ensure more Americans have a place to call home.

WNC Inc.

WNC Inc.

WNC is a leader in affordable housing investments and asset management and a key provider of tax credit equity to developers across the US. The company has offices in 48 states, working hand-in-hand to house over one million residents in over 1,650 affordable housing properties.

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Hilton Foundation

Hilton Foundation

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is a family foundation established in 1944 by the man who started Hilton Hotels. The Hilton Foundation provides funds to nonprofit organizations working to improve the lives of individuals living in poverty and experiencing disadvantage throughout the world.

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PEF Advisors

Preservation Equity Fund Advisors

PEF Advisors is a real estate private equity fund manager providing access to traditional cash-on-cash investment opportunities that preserve and strengthen affordable housing in the United States.

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Melville Charitable Trust

Melville Charitable Trust

Since its founding in 1990, Melville Charitable Trust focused on solving homelessness by providing $6 – 10 million in annual grants to organizations working to ensure all people have a safe place to call home. The Trust collaborates with advocates, organizers, providers, researchers, policymakers, and government working in the state of Connecticut and across the country.

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Community Preservation Partners (CPP)
CPP Housing

CPP Housing

Community Preservation Partners are owners and developers, focused for the long-term on finding solutions, bettering lives and preserving affordable multi-family housing.

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Illumination Health + Home
Illumination Health and Home

Illumination Health and Home

Illumination Health and Home builds the bridge between survival and stability Through full-circle care–housing, healthcare, and human connection.

Illumination Health and Home
Mercy House
Mercy House

Mercy House

Mercy House seeks to be a leader in ending homelessness by providing a unique system of dignified housing opportunities, programs, and supportive services.

Mercy House
University of California, Santa Barbara

UCSB

UCSB is on a mission to support students in financial need discover affordable housing options. Through the Housing Voucher and the Housing Advocate program, UCSB is taking charge against the lack of housing affordability, allowing students to thrive in the face of financial crises.

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South County Outreach
South County Outreach

South County Outreach

South County Outreach’s mission is to prevent hunger and homelessness by helping people help themselves

South County Outreach
Habitat for Humanity Greater Los Angeles
Habitat for Humanity Greater Los Angeles

Habitat for Humanity Greater Los Angeles

Habitat LA believes shelter is a basic human need and strives to achieve its goal of eliminating substandard housing by making decent, sustainable and affordable housing a reality for all.

Habitat for Humanity Greater Los Angeles
JB Brown Fund

JB Brown Fund

The JB Brown Fund is a philanthropic partnership between USA Properties Fund, Inc., and LifeSTEPS. Since 2011, the Fund has distributed over $1.5 million in assistance and scholarships to residents at affordable housing communities owned and managed by USA Properties Fund.

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U.S. Vets

U.S. Vets

U.S. Vets is on a mission to end veteran homelessness in the United States. The organization was founded by veterans to serve fellow veterans and is the leading nonprofit dedicated to the work of helping veterans and their families transition from homelessness through tailored support to help them gain independence.

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Pathways Housing First
Pathways to Housing First

Pathways to Housing First

As developers of the Pathways Housing First model the Institute is the premier provider for training, implementation support, program fidelity assessment, and research

Pathways to Housing First
A Bigger Vision Films
A Bigger Vision Films

A Bigger Vision Films

A Bigger Vision Films produces documentary films focusing on social issues.

A Bigger Vision Films
CBPP

CBPP

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a nonpartisan research and policy institute that pursues federal and state policies designed both to reduce poverty and inequality and to restore fiscal responsibility in equitable and effective ways.

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National Alliance to End Homelessness

National Alliance to End Homelessness

The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.

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Housing Narrative Lab

Housing Narrative Lab

The Housing Narrative Lab is a national communications and narrative research hub that lifts up the stories of people facing homelessness and housing insecurity and the systems that keep them from finding and keeping a home.

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National Low Income Housing Coalition
National Low Income Housing Coalition

National Low Income Housing Coalition

The National Low Income Housing Coalition is dedicated to achieving racially and socially equitable public policy that ensures people with the lowest incomes have quality homes that are accessible and affordable in communities of their choice.

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RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that provides leaders with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions.

RAND Corporation
Terner Center for Housing Innovation
Terner Center for Housing Innovation

Terner Center for Housing Innovation

The mission of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California at Berkeley is to formulate bold strategies to house families from all walks of life in vibrant, sustainable, and affordable homes and communities. Established in 2015, the Terner Center has quickly become a leading voice in identifying, developing, and advancing innovative public and private sector solutions to the nation’s most intractable housing challenges.

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Orange County Community Foundation
OC Community Foundation

Orange County Community Foundation

Orange County Community Foundation combines giving strategy, community intelligence, enduring relationships, and heartfelt intention to amplify the power of giving and its profound result: greater good in Orange County, and beyond.

Orange County Community Foundation
Orange County Grantmakers
Orange County Grantmakers

Orange County Grantmakers

Orange County Grantmakers advances equity by creating strategic alignment and cultivating transformational relationships and leadership among OC philanthropists and nonprofits.

Orange County Grantmakers
SoCal Grantmakers

SoCal Grantmakers

SoCal Grantmakers mobilizes philanthropy to learn and take bold actions by fostering an inclusive community of members and partners.

SoCal Grantmakers

Our Work in Action

Grantee
Amount
Date
Mercy House Living Centers Development
$100,000
2025
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles
$150,000
2025
University of California – Santa Barbara
$104,000
2022-2023
Center on Budget & Policy Procedures
$20,000
2022-2023
National Low Income Housing Coalition
$10,000
2022-2023
National Alliance to End Homelessness
$30,000
2020-2023
Housing Narrative Lab
$250,000
2022
Pathways Housing First
$25,000
2021-2022
U.S. Vets
$7,500
2021-2022
JB Brown Fund
$30,000
2020-2022
Beyond the Bridge
$300,000
2021
Mercy House Living Centers
$120,000
2019-2021
South County Outreach
$160,000
2019-2021
The Illumination Foundation
$160,000
2019-2021
Family Assistance Ministries
$60,000
2019-2020
Grandma’s House of Hope
$15,000
2019
Families Forward
$5,000
2019
Orange County Community Housing Corp.
$5,000
2019
HomeAid Orange County Inc.
$1,000
2019

See Our Difference

From grants to donations and partnerships, we carve paths along every avenue to support and solve the homelessness crisis.

2/07/2022

Cooper Housing Institute Awards $300,000 Grant for the Development of Feature-Length Documentary, “A Solution to Homelessness”
The Cooper Housing Institute has awarded the non-profit public policy advocacy organization, Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance (MHSA), with a $300,000 grant. The grant will fund the production of the feature-length documentary, Beyond the Bridge: A Solution to Homelessness, by A Bigger Vision Films, LLC.
11/16/2018

Cooper Family Forms National Nonprofit Housing Foundation
Cooper Housing Institute to fund research and programs to address growing housing crises
8/01/2022

Cooper Housing Institute Awards $50,000 Grant to University of California, Santa Barbara
The Cooper Housing Institute has awarded the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a $50,000 grant. The grant will fund the Housing Voucher Program and Housing Advocate Program for students in financial and housing crises.