The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, operates exclusively as a federal grant sub-recipient, receiving 100% of its recent federal funding through sub-awards under Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families grant programs rather than competing for prime contracts or independent federal awards.

The Salvation Army's federal grant footprint centers on homelessness services and temporary assistance programs. The organization has received five federal grant sub-awards totaling $10.8 million obligated dollars since 2023, all routed through state and local pass-through entities. Three sub-awards fund homelessness interventions under the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program and HOME American Rescue Plan (HOME ARPA) funding: the organization's most recent award (November 2025) supports a Rapid Rehousing initiative, Homelessness Prevention services, Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) infrastructure, and administrative overhead under an ESG sub-award through a Paducah-based Salvation Army affiliate; a prior ESG-funded Street Outreach component (October 2023) preceded the subsequent Rapid Rehousing phase. Two additional sub-awards (January 2023) flow through the Tennessee Department of Human Services under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program for calendar years 2022, 2023, and 2024, representing consecutive-year funding for temporary financial assistance and support services. All five awards serve a single federal customer agency (HHS Administration for Children and Families, 60% coverage of all awards), with work distributed across local Salvation Army chapters in Kentucky and Tennessee. The organization does not hold parent contracts, GWACs, IDIQs, or BPAs; all federal funding flows through sub-award relationships with state departments of human services or regional Salvation Army entities that hold the pass-through grant authority from HHS.