Name

Destination: Home

Legal name

Destination: Home

Website

https://destinationhomesv.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Homelessness Prevention and Supportive Housing Services

NAICS

Other Community Housing Services (624229), Community Housing Services (62422)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Homelessness Prevention, Shelter & Supportive Housing Services (BPAIANAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB)

Keywords

• Homelessness prevention services
• Affordable housing programs
• Rental assistance programs
• Supportive housing services
• Guaranteed income project

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Philanthropic Grants and Donations: Destination: Home receives funding from major donors including Cisco, Sobrato Philanthropies, Valhalla Foundation, The Audacious Project (TED), Google.org, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and other corporate and individual donors. The Right at Home initiative raised $77 million in funding.
2. Government Contracts and Programs: The organization receives funding through public-private partnerships including Measure A housing bonds ($950 million affordable housing bond), city and county government contributions, and federal funding programs.
3. COVID-19 Relief Funding: During the pandemic, the organization coordinated over $85.4 million in rental and financial assistance to 19,695 low-income households, funded through a combination of federal, state, local, and private sources.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Destination: Home is a nonprofit public-private partnership that serves as the backbone organization for Santa Clara County's collective impact model to end homelessness. It incubates new programs, advocates for policies, and funds impactful strategies—including rental assistance, supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and a guaranteed income pilot—that provide services at no cost to individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Product overview

Destination: Home is a nonprofit organization working to end homelessness in Silicon Valley through a collective impact model. The organization does not offer a unified software product or platform. Rather, it runs a portfolio of social programs and initiatives including: the Right at Home national homelessness prevention initiative (expanding its Santa Clara County model nationally with 10 partner organizations), the Silicon Valley Guaranteed Income Project ($1,000/month unconditional income for 150 families), the Homelessness Prevention System (rental assistance serving 20,000+ households), Permanent Supportive Housing and Rapid Rehousing programs, and the National Lived Experience Leadership Conference. These programs are complemented by advocacy, research, and community engagement efforts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Right at Home: National initiative to expand Santa Clara County's homelessness prevention program nationally, providing rental assistance and case management to help families remain stably housed.

Products and services

• Right at Home A national homelessness prevention initiative that expands Santa Clara County's proven prevention model to 10 partner organizations across the U.S., providing rental assistance and case management to help more than 10,000 families remain stably housed. Documented 90% success rate of participants remaining housed two years later.
• Silicon Valley Guaranteed Income Project A 2-year guaranteed income program providing $1,000/month in no-strings-attached cash assistance to 150 Santa Clara County families experiencing or at risk of homelessness for 24 months, designed to help participants achieve housing stability and greater independence.
• Homelessness Prevention System A countywide partnership designed to prevent homelessness before it occurs by providing temporary financial assistance to vulnerable families and individuals. Since 2020, the system has provided assistance to more than 20,000 households, with 93% remaining stably housed while enrolled.
• Permanent Supportive Housing Long-term rental subsidies combined with case management, medical and behavioral healthcare, and other supportive services for homeless individuals with disabilities and extensive histories of homelessness. 97% of clients in Santa Clara County have remained stably housed for more than 12 months.
• Rapid Rehousing Time-limited rental subsidy programs (typically 6 to 24 months) to help families and individuals move quickly out of homelessness and into permanent housing, with case management and supportive services to increase income and address barriers to housing stability. Roughly 79% of households successfully maintain stable housing upon exiting.
• National Lived Experience Leadership Conference An annual conference held in partnership with the National Coalition for the Homeless, bringing together individuals with lived experience of homelessness, activists, and leaders for connection, learning, and leadership development. The 2026 event is scheduled for September 28-30.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of homelessness prevention program participants remained housed two years later
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• 10 National Partner OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2026Partner organizations across the U.S. implementing the Right at Home model with at least $5 million allocated to each participating community over five years.
• Notre Dame Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2024Lead evidence partner for Right at Home national initiative. Conducted randomized controlled trial demonstrating that immediate cash assistance prevents homelessness. Studied Santa Clara County Homelessness Prevention System impact.
• ¡Sí Se Puede! CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner that helped identify families from San Jose's Mayfair neighborhood for the Guaranteed Income Project. Led by Gabriel Hernandez, focuses on underserved communities.
• UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner conducting rigorous mixed-methods randomized controlled trial to assess effectiveness of guaranteed income on housing stability, health, and well-being.
• Sacred Heart Community ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey nonprofit partner in COVID-19 rent relief efforts and Guaranteed Income Project coalition for Santa Clara County.
• Santa Clara County Office of Supportive HousingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty government partner leading the Supportive Housing System and coordinating entry process for housing interventions.
• UpTogetherminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in the Silicon Valley Guaranteed Income Project coalition.
• Stanford Health CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor Bay Area health system investor ($1.1 billion in community health programs FY2024) that supports Destination: Home programs serving nearly 6,000 households. Partner addressing social determinants of health.
• National Coalition for the HomelessflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerConference co-host for National Lived Experience Leadership Conference (NLELC26), September 28-30, 2026. Shared mission of preventing and ending homelessness.
• HomeBaseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInclusion partner for NLELC26 conference, supporting planning, facilitation, and speaker preparation for the event.
• Hanna Interpreting ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLanguage access partner providing interpretation and translation services in 250+ languages for NLELC26 conference attendees.
• All Business Class TravelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTravel partner coordinating air and ground travel for NLELC26 attendees from across the country.
• 70+ Nonprofit Partner OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOver 70 nonprofit organizations including grassroots groups helped enroll and disburse $85.4 million in COVID-19 rental assistance to 19,695 households. Includes organizations like AACI, Catholic Charities, LifeMoves, and others.
• County of Santa ClaracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead government partner in the collective impact model serving as the backbone of the Supportive Housing System since 2015.
• City of San JosecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor municipal partner in homelessness response, including adoption of Measure A and first-of-its-kind affordable housing investment policy.
• Amigos de Guadalupe Center for Justice and EmpowermentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSan Jose nonprofit that purchased Casa de Clara property with $1 million grant from Destination: Home to preserve as transitional housing.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Community Solutions: National nonprofit running the Built for Zero initiative to end homelessness through data-driven, coordinated community strategies. Highly comparable as another collective-impact backbone organization pursuing measurable functional zero outcomes across U.S. cities.
• National Coalition for the Homeless: National advocacy organization co-hosting Destination: Home's National Lived Experience Leadership Conference. Operates in the same homelessness-prevention policy and public-awareness space and shares an explicit mission alignment with Destination: Home.
• Homebase: Bay Area nonprofit providing technical assistance, training, and policy support to communities working to prevent and end homelessness. Listed as a Destination: Home partner (NLELC26) and operates in an overlapping technical-assistance and capacity-building role.
• United Way Bay Area: Regional backbone organization coordinating cross-sector funding and programs across the Bay Area including homelessness initiatives. Comparable in role as a public-private partnership convener and large-scale philanthropic coordinator in overlapping geography.
• Corporation for Supportive Housing: National nonprofit advancing supportive housing for highly vulnerable populations through financing, policy, and technical assistance. Directly comparable mission and programmatic overlap with Destination: Home's Permanent Supportive Housing portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation): Large community development financial institution that finances affordable housing and coordinates cross-sector partners in local ecosystems. Comparable as a capital-mobilizing backbone supporting affordable housing production and community resilience initiatives.
• Enterprise Community Partners: National nonprofit developer and financier of affordable housing with deep philanthropic and policy networks. Comparable to Destination: Home's affordable-housing development and policy-advocacy functions but at significantly larger scale and geographic breadth.
• Mercy Housing: National nonprofit affordable housing developer and service provider operating supportive housing portfolios across the U.S. Comparable to Destination: Home's Permanent Supportive Housing and affordable housing development functions, though Mercy Housing is a direct operator rather than a backbone coordinator.

Regional players

• Abode Services: Bay Area nonprofit providing homelessness housing and supportive services across multiple counties including Santa Clara. Comparable as a direct service provider participating in Destination: Home's collective-impact ecosystem.
• Compass Family Services: San Francisco nonprofit serving families experiencing homelessness with prevention, shelter, and housing programs. Comparable program model and outcomes-tracking approach to Destination: Home's family homelessness and prevention initiatives in an adjacent Bay Area geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DSTNHome
• Facebookfacebook.com/desthome

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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