The Young Women's Christian Association Of Hamilton, Oh

The Young Women's Christian Association of Hamilton, Ohio (doing business as YWCA) is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that operates as a federal grant recipient, delivering homeless services and domestic violence shelter, crisis intervention, and victim support programs to the Hamilton, Ohio region and Butler County. The organization acts as both a prime recipient of federal grants (55% of recent awards) and a sub-recipient under state and federal pass-through grantees (45% of recent awards), with no federal contracting footprint.

YWCA Hamilton's primary federal funding stream comes from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), which accounts for the majority of its prime grant awards. The organization received $281,238 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and $294,053 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, with prior annual awards under the same program in 2023 and 2022. These HUD grants fund establishment and operation of five eligible program components: permanent housing including permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services only, and Homeless Management Information Systems. YWCA Hamilton delivers housing relocation, crisis support, stabilization services, and emergency shelter designed to minimize trauma and promote self-sufficiency among homeless individuals and families.

The organization's secondary federal revenue stream comes through sub-grants. YWCA Hamilton receives sub-award funding as a sub-recipient under the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (VAWA funding) and the Ohio Attorney General (Crime Victim Services), supporting its Dove House domestic violence shelter — Butler County's only facility of its kind, established in 1979. Dove House services include a 24-hour crisis line, protective shelter, victim advocacy, safety planning, emergency food and clothing, support groups, and transportation assistance for victims living in poverty and rural areas. Recent sub-awards from the Ohio Attorney General for Crime Victim Services were dated January 2022, January 2023, October 1, 2023, and October 1, 2024; Ohio Criminal Justice Services sub-awards for domestic violence and transportation support were dated June 1, 2023, and January 20, 2023. HUD and the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime division account for 95% of the organization's recent award volume (11 and 4 awards respectively).

Activity has remained modest and episodic — one to four awards annually over the past five years, with two awards in 2025 (most recent October 1, 2025). Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $4.1 million, concentrated in HUD Continuum of Care grants and state-administered victim services pass-throughs. The organization has worked with five distinct federal customer agencies over the portfolio window, with HUD's Community Planning and Development office and the Department of Justice dominating the funding base. YWCA Hamilton operates exclusively in the nonprofit service-delivery space rather than as a federal contractor and does not hold seat on any federal contract vehicles, IDIQs, or GWACs.