Sustainability Fund
Our Vision for a Brighter Future
Sustaining safe shelter, dignity, and stability for today and into the future.
Shelter the Homeless owns and stewards the six emergency homeless resource centers that form the backbone of Salt Lake County’s homelessness response and provide refuge and critical services to thousands of individuals each year.
The Sustainability Fund is a multi-year campaign designed to protect and strengthen these essential spaces, ensuring our shelters remain places of opportunity and hope for many years into the future.
Together, with community support, the Sustainability Fund is a long-term investment in the facilities and infrastructure that makes this essential work possible.
Building Sustainability
Shelter the Homeless manages six emergency resource centers providing 91% of Salt Lake County’s shelter beds. These rent-free facilities support nonprofits in delivering care, ensuring reliable and dignified services for those in need.
What the Fund Makes Possible
- Maintain system-wide programs without compromise, now and in the future
- Enhance facilities that are clean, fully functional, and promote healing and long-term self-reliance
- Respond to emerging needs or system growth without accruing debt
A long-term goal of Shelter the Homeless is to achieve a balanced funding model, with approximately
50% public funding and 50% philanthropic support.
Currently, 82% of funding is derived from government sources, underscoring the importance of building a more resilient philanthropic foundation.
The Growing Financial Challenge
Over the next five-year strategic planning period, Shelter the Homeless projects a need for more than $2 million annually in philanthropic support to sustain critical system-wide services and infrastructure.
As the owner of six facilities and more than 1,500 beds which represent over 90% of all shelter beds in Salt Lake County, Shelter the Homeless must also plan for long-term capital investments that cannot be reliably funded through annual operating budgets alone.
Without a dedicated, forward-looking funding source, the system becomes increasingly vulnerable to deferred maintenance, emergency repairs, and financial strain.
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