Porchlight Inc.

Porchlight Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Madison, Wisconsin, serves as a prime recipient of federal grant funding for homeless services, operating transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and coordinated entry systems across five HUD Continuum of Care program components. The organization also acts as a sub-recipient on coordinated entry grants from the Institute for Community Alliances, delivering emergency shelter screening, client assessment, and HMIS operations for individuals experiencing homelessness.

Porchlight's federal footprint centers almost entirely on HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) through the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, which accounts for 99% of its 69 total federal awards as a prime recipient. The organization also holds federal grant awards from the Department of Veterans Affairs for transitional housing per diem funding to support homeless veterans. HUD dominates funding — 62 of 69 awards, with the VA accounting for six awards split between its Veterans Health Administration office and its Under Secretary for Health. The most recent award, a $247,202 CoC project grant effective January 1 through December 31, 2026, funds Porchlight's provision of permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and HMIS operations in Madison. Previous CoC awards span 2021 through 2025, with annual grants also issued in January and August cycles. A $25.2 million cumulative obligation across all awards reflects steady multi-year funding from HUD's CoC program, though the $398,000 combined potential value figure indicates minimal remaining unobligated value across the portfolio — the vast majority of recent awards have already been drawn down.

Porchlight collaborates with the Institute for Community Alliances as its prime grant partner on coordinated entry sub-awards. In its sub-recipient role under ICA, Porchlight manages single-men emergency shelter screening and coordinated entry assessments, with performance obligations to enroll approximately 200 clients annually, maintain HMIS record documentation, and participate in the Dane County Continuum of Care planning processes. Recent sub-award activity includes a June 2025 grant renewal and a July 2024 coordinated entry sub-award, both requiring full-time staffing dedicated to the coordinated entry system and monthly compliance monitoring with ICA.

Award activity has remained steady but light over the past five years — one or two grants annually from 2022 through 2026 — reflecting Porchlight's role as a recurring CoC grantee rather than a high-volume federal recipient. Only one award reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. Porchlight's operations remain geographically concentrated in Madison and the broader Dane County region, with no evidence of multi-site or nationwide service delivery in the federal award record.