The Night Ministry

The Night Ministry, a Chicago-based tax-exempt nonprofit, operates federal grant-funded street outreach, interim housing, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and emergency shelter services for homeless individuals, families, and at-risk youth as a prime grant recipient (80% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient on state-administered homelessness and youth programs (20%).

The Night Ministry's grant portfolio concentrates heavily on HUD homelessness programs and HHS youth intervention funding. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds 37 awards under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), representing the core of the organization's prime recipient footprint. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families issues 23 combined awards across Basic Center Grant Program (CFDA 93.623) for runaway and homeless youth ages 14–17, Transitional Living Program, and Maternity Group Home Program for pregnant and parenting youth ages 16–22. Recent prime grants include a $385,414 Continuum of Care award from HUD dated September 1, 2026 (performance through August 31, 2027) to establish and operate permanent housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and homeless management information systems across Chicago; a $700,000 Basic Center Grant Program award from HHS Administration for Children and Families dated September 30, 2025 (performance through September 29, 2028) to provide emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling, and intensive street outreach to youth ages 14–17; and a Transitional Living Program grant from HHS Administration for Children and Families dated September 30, 2024 (performance through September 29, 2029) providing shelter and life-skills services to runaway and homeless youth ages 16–22. The Night Ministry also received a congressionally directed spending award from the HHS Bureau of Primary Health Care dated July 1, 2022 (performance through June 30, 2025) to construct and operate a mobile Health Outreach Bus providing evening healthcare to homeless and underserved Chicago communities.

As a sub-recipient, The Night Ministry receives awards from the Illinois Department of Human Services under federal pass-through grants including the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program, Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse, Community Planning and Development (CPD), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) programs. Sub-award activity shows six awards between June 2025 and July 2026, with prior sub-awards dating to January 2022.

The Night Ministry's funding base spans eight federal agencies, with HUD and HHS accounting for 83% of recent awards by count. Four awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The organization operates with total combined award potential of $924 thousand across recent grants, though cumulative obligated dollars across all awards total $24.8 million, reflecting multi-year performance periods and annual appropriations across the Continuum of Care, youth services, and state pass-through programs.