The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army, doing business as Salvation Army Western Territory and its subsidiaries, is a tax-exempt non-profit organization based in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, that delivers residential treatment services, homeless shelter operations, case management, and employment-related services to veterans and low-income populations as a federal grant recipient and prime contractor on indefinite-delivery contracts with the Department of Veterans Affairs. The organization operates as a prime recipient on 79% of its recent awards, with the remaining 21% split between direct sub-recipient and subcontractor roles.

The Salvation Army's federal funding stream is concentrated in two customer categories: the Department of Veterans Affairs accounts for the largest share of dollar value, anchored by Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 21 ($52 million combined potential value across 52 awards) and VISN 22 ($40.3 million across 26 awards), while the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads by award count (141 awards across the portfolio, driven by Continuum of Care and Emergency Solutions Grant sub-recipient agreements). The top five funding entities account for 68% of award count. The organization competes full-and-open, with no set-aside designations appearing across the contract work. The portfolio shows heavy concentration in NAICS 623210 (Temporary Shelters), with 50 awards, and NAICS 623220 (Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities), with 39 awards.

Federal contract work flows through single-award indefinite-delivery vehicles with VA regional networks. Three representative prime contracts illustrate the footprint: a $6.9 million Las Vegas Health Care for Homeless Veterans IDIQ (VISN 21, awarded October 1, 2022, completion September 30, 2027) generating delivery orders for transitional housing, case management, and employment assistance in Palos Verdes Estates, California; a $6 million HCHV Case Management and Veterans Employment Related Services IDIQ (VISN 21, awarded April 1, 2023, completion March 31, 2028) covering Sacramento and Mather, California; and a $1.782 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract with VISN 20 (awarded September 29, 2023, completion September 28, 2026) for contract residential services in Portland, Oregon. Most recent activity shows 20 awards in 2022, scaling to 56 in 2023, then declining to 29 in 2024, 22 in 2025, and 3 year-to-date in 2026. Nine awards with combined potential value of $2.4 million reach ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months.

Federal grant work spans the VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families program (CFDA 64.033), the VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem program (CFDA 64.024), the Department of Labor's Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (CFDA 17.805), and HUD's Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (CFDA 14.241) and Continuum of Care (CFDA 14.669). Representative prime grants include a $7.567 million SSVF award (October 5, 2024, completion September 30, 2025) to serve very low-income veteran families in California; a $3.014 million SSVF award (August 21, 2023, completion September 30, 2025) for Nevada; two $500 thousand Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program awards (July 1, 2025, each running through June 30, 2028) for employment-focused services across Southern Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties and the northern three-county region; and a $1.108 million Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS formula grant (May 23, 2025, completion May 22, 2028) for facility-based housing in Palos Verdes Peninsula. The organization acts as sub-recipient on a high volume of smaller grant sub-awards routed through state and local primes including California Department of Education, California Department of Social Services, Oregon Department of Justice, City of Glendale, Los Angeles County, HHS, and Alaska Department of Health, delivering child care subsidies, nutrition services, domestic violence shelter, emergency shelter, rapid re-housing, and SNAP enrollment services.

The Salvation Army is the parent of The Salvation Army subsidiary entity. The organization's footprint spans western states (California, Nevada, Oregon, Alaska), with performance locations documented in San Francisco, Portland, Sacramento, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Las Vegas, and Glendale. Recent award velocity has softened year over year, and the organization holds no sub-award relationships visible in the contract portfolio, indicating it operates independently on its VA IDIQs rather than through prime teaming.