The Night Ministry

The Night Ministry, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization founded in 2004, serves as a prime recipient of federal grants supporting homeless services, youth housing, and street outreach in Illinois, with secondary sub-recipient engagement through state pass-through funding. The organization operates exclusively in the federal grant space—no federal contracts—and holds no SBA certifications as it is a tax-exempt nonprofit entity.

The Night Ministry's federal grant portfolio centers on homelessness and youth-in-crisis intervention. As a prime recipient, the organization delivers street outreach, interim housing, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and emergency shelter services under the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), with recent awards including a $153,956 CoC project grant awarded February 1, 2026 (completion January 31, 2027) and a $1.087 million CoC grant running September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026 that funds street outreach, interim housing, rapid rehousing, and permanent housing placement alongside a mobile health outreach bus serving six underserved Chicago neighborhoods. The organization also operates youth-focused programs under the Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Children, Youth and Families, including a $350,000 three-year Basic Center Program award (effective September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2028) delivering emergency shelter and crisis intervention to runaway and homeless youth ages 14–17; a Transitional Living Program for ages 16–22 (awarded September 30, 2024, running through September 29, 2029); and a Maternity Group Home Program for pregnant and parenting youth ages 16–22 (same performance period). The organization received congressionally directed spending—a Community Project Funding grant (July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025) from the Healthcare Systems Bureau—to construct a custom health outreach bus for mobile healthcare delivery to homeless populations during evening hours.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed to HUD's Continuum of Care Program, which accounts for 35 of 60 prime awards. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Children and Families represents 23 prime awards combined across two listed sub-offices. Across its federal footprint, the source lists 73 total awards (prime and sub combined); 60 are prime grants (82%) and 13 are sub-awards (18%). Recent sub-recipient activity flows primarily through the Illinois Department of Human Services, including pass-through funding for the Emergency Solutions Grant (HUD CFDA 14.409), the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program, and substance abuse prevention and treatment block grants. Two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore present recompete opportunity. The organization's combined potential value across all awards is $924,000, though combined dollars obligated across all awards total $23.3 million, reflecting deep multi-year funding cycles. Activity has remained stable at three to eight awards annually over the past five years, with the most recent award dated February 1, 2026.