Crouch House Inc. is a California nonprofit shelter empowering people experiencing homelessness with essential services, dignity, and a real path to self-sustaining futures.
"To advocate for a future where homeless individuals are loved and cared for, while working alongside them towards self-sustaining futures. We empower people experiencing homelessness by providing essential services, fostering dignity, and supporting real pathways to stable housing."
— Phillip L. Crouch Jr., Founder
Crouch House Inc. · California Public Benefit Corporation
Numbers are the spine of accountability. Every figure below is independently audited and reported in our annual filings.
people transformed through shelter, services, and housing.
stable housing solutions placed for families and individuals.
local partnerships funding case management and aftercare.
of every dollar reaches direct shelter and client services.
Each program is a chapter of the same journey: stabilize, equip, house, and keep coming back. Not one is optional.
Trauma-informed counseling, vocational training, and on-site healthcare delivered as one continuous support — because exiting homelessness is a whole-person problem, never a single-service one.
Read about our services →Emergency beds, transitional rooms, and case-managed placements into permanent housing. Each resident leaves with a lease, a plan, and a network — not just a discharge.
Read our housing model →We bring neighbors, employers, and faith communities into the work. Volunteer nights, donation drives, and public conversations that turn strangers into stakeholders.
Get involved →We meet with city councils, hospital boards, and state legislators on behalf of the people who sleep in our beds. Their stories shape policy that outlasts any single shelter.
Read our advocacy →
When the night shelter closed for renovation, Diane rode the 4 a.m. bus loop for eleven nights. Then she walked into Crouch House.
We placed her in a bed that night. By week two she was in counseling. By month three she was certified in food handling, with a part-time job at a hospital kitchen across town.
The lease took nine months to secure — credit was the hardest wall. Our case manager co-signed it with her. Diane has been in her own apartment for eighteen months now. She volunteers in our kitchen every other Saturday.
This is one of 2,000 stories. There are more on the way.
Read more stories →"They didn't ask why I was there. They asked what I wanted next. I hadn't been asked that question in five years."
Crouch House is not a single program. It is a stack of them under one roof — designed so a resident can move from a 2 a.m. bed to a lease without ever leaving our care.
1214 W 71st St · Los Angeles, CA 90044
The Shelter Wing
Emergency Beds · Family Rooms · Overnight Intake · Hot Meals · Showers & Laundry
The Services Wing
Counseling Suite · Health Clinic · Job Training Lab · Case Management · Children's Room
The Pathways Program
Transitional Housing · Lease Co-Signing · Aftercare Visits · Employment Pipeline · Permanent Placement
Pick an amount that fits you today. Every gift is tax-deductible and tied to a concrete outcome inside the house.
12 preset amounts · custom welcome
Four ways to support the work. Recurring gifts are the spine — they let our case managers plan beyond the next intake, beyond the next budget cycle, beyond the next crisis.
A recurring gift, starting at $25, that keeps the lights on, the kitchen open, and the front door staffed 24/7.
A single donation, applied to the next resident who walks through our door tonight.
Multi-year commitments from companies, hospitals, and foundations that match the timelines our residents need.
Include Crouch House in your estate planning. We provide all necessary documentation in coordination with your legal advisors.
Every dollar that enters this house is traceable, reported, and audited.
Crouch House Inc. is a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation, filed with the California Secretary of State on January 13, 2025 (File No. 6530440). Organized exclusively under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3), it operates for public and charitable purposes only — no part of the net income inures to any private person. Form 990 filings are made publicly available.
The number that matters most: 92 cents of every dollar funds direct shelter and client services. The remaining eight cents pay for the audit, the building, and the people who keep them both standing.
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Accredited Charity
Four times a year, we send a longform letter. One resident story. One update from inside the house. One question we are still wrestling with. No urgency tactics. No marketing automation. We read every reply.
We send four letters a year. You can leave at any time.
Recurring gifts under $30 a month cover most of our nightly operating budget. Yours would join hundreds of neighbors already standing under the same eaves.