Our Work

The Melville Charitable Trust is the largest foundation in the U.S. exclusively devoted to ending homelessness. Our grantmaking dollars are roughly split between efforts to end homelessness in our home state of Connecticut and in creating a better policy environment at the national level. For over 25 years, we have consistently and strategically invested in proven, lasting, and cost-effective solutions that enable people with the least resources to reclaim their lives. And where solutions have not yet been identified we support exploration and innovation to find the most promising approaches. Given the clear racial disparities of those most likely to experience homelessness, the Trust focuses its work through a racial equity lens, knowing that we will not end homelessness until we prevent and end it for black and brown people.