Homes with Hope

What Homes with Hope does

Homes with Hope is a private, non-profit Child-Placing Agency headquartered in Houston, Texas, operating under a Christ-centered, community-led model. Founded in 2004 out of Vineyard Church of Houston (with organizational roots going back to 1995 volunteer work at CPS shelters) and state-licensed as a Child-Placing Agency in 2003, the organization places children affected by abuse, abandonment, and neglect into foster and adoptive families. Its service mix includes foster care and adoption placement, structured parent training (P.R.I.D.E. classes, Emergency Behavior Intervention, Super Saturdays, medical consent, CPR/First Aid), periodic parent support groups, and community family gatherings. The organization expanded from foster-only services to also act as an adoption agency in 2006, broadening its permanency-placement scope.

The organization runs on a lean team of approximately four staff — an Executive Director, a Program Director (LCPAA-credentialed), and two Family Service Specialists — and is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. It operates out of the Houston Vineyard Church facility in the Heights neighborhood, with no proprietary technology platform; the only digital infrastructure consists of a website with an online donation form (PayPal-powered, supporting one-time and recurring monthly gifts at $15-$100) and a Qtego-hosted annual online charity auction.

The business model is donor-funded rather than fee-for-service: revenue is generated through individual donations (including recurring monthly gifts and memorial/honor gifts), annual fundraising events (a spring golf tournament and a fall gala), and an online charity auction. The go-to-market motion is community-led, relying on church partnerships, word-of-mouth, email newsletters, and Facebook to recruit both prospective foster/adoptive families and financial supporters within the Houston metropolitan area and the local Vineyard Church network.

Name

Homes with Hope

Legal name

Homes with Hope, a non-profit organization

Website

https://homeswithhope.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Homes with Hope is a Houston-based, non-profit Child-Placing Agency that places abused, abandoned, and neglected children into Christ-centered foster and adoptive families recruited through local church communities, funded primarily by individual donations and annual fundraising events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Foster Care and Adoption Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

Keywords

• Foster care services
• Adoption placement
• Parent training programs
• Child welfare services
• Family support groups

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

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. Donations: Homes with Hope generates revenue through charitable donations from individuals and organizations. The organization offers both one-time donations and recurring monthly donation options through their website using PayPal. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, all contributions are tax-deductible.
2. Memorial & Honor Gifts: Donations made in honor of individuals or in memory of loved ones who have passed, often in lieu of flowers or traditional gifts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Homes with Hope is a private, non-profit Child-Placing Agency that places abandoned, abused, or neglected children with Christ-centered foster and adoptive families. It supports caregivers through structured parent training programs, peer support groups, and family gatherings, supplementing its mission with fundraising events and an online donation platform.

Product overview

Homes with Hope is a private, non-profit Child-Placing Agency offering a unified suite of foster care and adoption services. The core service portfolio includes foster care and adoption placement, parent application processing, structured parent training programs (P.R.I.D.E. classes, EBI training, Super Saturdays), support groups, and family gathering events. The organization supplements its mission work with fundraising products including online donation platforms, annual charity events (golf tournaments and galas), online auctions, and a memorial/honor gift program. Volunteer coordination supports all programmatic and fundraising activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Foster Care/Adoption Placement Placement service matching abandoned, abused, or neglected children with Christ-centered foster and adoptive families; provides temporary shelter through foster care and permanent homes through adoption.
• Parent Application Process Application process for prospective foster and adoptive parents including initial phone interview, orientation, document submission, background checks, and home study approval.
• Parent Training Program Educational programs including P.R.I.D.E. Class (2-day), Emergency Behavior Intervention (EBI) training, Super Saturdays classes (psychotropic medications, child development, safety), medical consent training, and CPR/First Aid certification.
• Support Groups Parent support groups scheduled 3-4 times per year for families in the program, featuring professional presentations on child development and therapy, and peer sharing of experiences.
• Family Gatherings Community events including annual Christmas party hosted by Houston Vineyard Church with gifts for biological, foster and adoptive children, and Easter party celebrations.
• Online Donation Platform Secure online giving platform enabling one-time and recurring donations (monthly options of $15, $30, $50, $75, $100) via PayPal.
• Online Charity Auction Annual online charity auction using Qtego Auction Technology platform for bidding, supporting organization budget needs.
• Annual Golf Tournament Annual spring charity golf tournament fundraiser supporting organization operations.
• Annual Gala Celebration Annual fall gala celebration fundraiser featuring photos, testimonials, and community engagement.
• Memorial & Honor Gift Program Donation program allowing supporters to give in honor of individuals or in memory of loved ones, with personalized acknowledgment cards.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serving the Houston area with 5,670 children in foster care

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Vineyard Church of HoustoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2004Homes with Hope was established as a grass roots organization out of the Vineyard Church of Houston. The organization continues to office out of The Vineyard Church of Houston and provides services for families in other local Vineyard Churches as well as families from the larger church community. The founding vision emerged from volunteer work at CPS shelters initiated by Vineyard Church volunteers in 1995.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Buckner International: Houston-headquartered faith-based nonprofit offering foster care, adoption, and family services. Comparable to Homes with Hope in Christ-centered mission and Texas footprint, with a much broader regional presence.
• DePelchin Children's Center: Houston-based child welfare nonprofit providing foster care, adoption, and family support services. Directly comparable to Homes with Hope in geography, mission, and service mix, but operates at a substantially larger scale.
• Gladney Center for Adoption: Texas-based adoption and child-placing agency with both domestic and international programs. Comparable to Homes with Hope in adoption placement mission, though significantly larger and broader in scope.
• Nightlight Christian Adoptions: Faith-based adoption agency providing domestic and international adoption services. Directly comparable to Homes with Hope in Christ-centered foster/adoption mission and similar Christian community model.

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Charities USA: National network providing foster care, adoption, and family services through faith-based local agencies. Comparable to Homes with Hope in faith-rooted community model and foster/adoption offerings, though operating at vastly larger scale.
• Bethany Christian Services: One of the largest faith-based foster care and adoption agencies in the US, operating across multiple states. Comparable in faith-based mission and foster/adoption services to Homes with Hope, but at national scale with broader service lines.
• KVC Health Systems: Large nonprofit child welfare agency providing foster care, adoption, and family preservation services across multiple states. Comparable to Homes with Hope in core foster/adoption services, but operates at much greater scale with institutional funding.
• Children's Home Society of America: Federated network of nonprofit child welfare agencies providing foster, adoption, and family services. Comparable to Homes with Hope in mission and service mix, with national scale and significantly more institutional infrastructure.

Emerging players

• Show Hope: Faith-based nonprofit focused on adoption and foster care support, with a strong church-engagement model. Comparable to Homes with Hope in Christ-centered mission and community-recruitment approach, though Show Hope leans more on grants and major donors.

Regional players

• Lutheran Social Services: Faith-based network providing foster care, adoption, refugee services, and family support. Comparable to Homes with Hope in faith-based child-placing mission, though geographic overlap with Houston is limited.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HomeswithHope
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/homes-with-hope

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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