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Allies in Hope

Supportive housing and HIV care

Research time: ~5 min on GPT-6.1 Sol
  • Research — reviewed programs, finances and impact evidence.
  • Modeling — estimated costs, QALYs and uncertainty.
  • Source audit — checked claims, assumptions and calculations.

Updated: 2026-10-06

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Summary

What do they do? Allies in Hope provides HIV-related healthcare and support in Houston. Its programs combine supportive housing, case management, food assistance and prevention services. Housing and practical support aim to make stable daily life and continued care easier for individuals and families.

Why we’re interested in this organization:

  • Current housing programs provide a concrete clinical and resource mechanism.

  • Original returns identify the recipient and comparable annual expense boundaries.

  • Current services include case management addressing barriers beyond medical appointments.

Our main reservations:

  • Undated housing counts do not establish annual unique households or clinical completion.

  • Incremental utility and disposable-resource gains remain unsupported local hypotheses.

  • HOPWA, Ryan White and other assistance complicate additionality and marginal funding.

What do you get for your dollar? $35.1M per DALY in Houston. DALY is our one-year comparison unit. QALY-based health gains and income-welfare equivalents retain their original assumptions; they are not measured clinical DALYs. Conditional annual whole-recipient cost divided by a limited modeled local channel; not a verified marginal gift offer or complete portfolio EV.

Additional stable housing and appropriate continued HIV-related care; undated service counts are not completed causal outcomes

1. What do they do?

Allies in Hope provides HIV-related healthcare and support in Houston. Its programs combine supportive housing, case management, food assistance and prevention services. Housing and practical support aim to make stable daily life and continued care easier for individuals and families.

2. Monitoring and information sharing

The current homepage reports 285 residents affordably housed, 3,966 patients receiving testing, PrEP or other services and 1,671 pantry participants without an identified reporting period. These may overlap and are not added. Request annual unique households, stable housing duration, completed care and incremental household payments versus other assistance.

3. Qualitative assessment

Current housing programs provide a concrete clinical and resource mechanism. Original returns identify the recipient and comparable annual expense boundaries. Current services include case management addressing barriers beyond medical appointments. Undated housing counts do not establish annual unique households or clinical completion. Incremental utility and disposable-resource gains remain unsupported local hypotheses. HOPWA, Ryan White and other assistance complicate additionality and marginal funding. Original IRS returns identify EIN 76-0073661, formerly AIDS Foundation Houston. Current official donation route was checked; no checkout transaction or restricted payee was verified.

4. What do you get for your dollar?

The conditional annual partial-channel reference is $35.1M per DALY: 0.32 clinical QALYs and 0.132713 signed resource equivalents. $10,000 corresponds to 0.00 combined equivalents under proportional annual accounting, not demonstrated next-gift response. Full annual recognized recipient cost is $15,979,301. The 285 housed-resident figure is an undated annual reference proxy, mapped by judged .8 distinct-household share and .25 additional annual implementation. Clinical .2 response times .03 utility for one finite year is a weak housing/HIV-care morbidity hypothesis, not measured ART efficacy or mortality. Independent .5 resource success receives $600 net additional housing resources after alternative assistance, taxes and benefit withdrawal; positive overlap .5 then full $75 one-off process burden gives $225 net, while other exposed households lose $75. Union 57 household proxies contains clinical subgroup 11.4; no separate clinical population is added. One welfare-equivalent adult per household at $15,000 annual consumption, with components netted before one log. Positive components alone receive overlap adjustment; negative components, all unavoidable costs and union harms remain full. Clinical failure retains resource exposures and burdens. ResourceYears is fraction of one year’s gain, not repeated lifetime payments. No retail medicines, gross salaries, ordinary survivor earnings or property wealth are counted. Housing subsidies are transfers, not new production. A matched distinct payer/displaced-beneficiary stress prices truly incremental budget or displacement, not a second charge for grants already in annual cost. Public and partner incidence is unknown centrally. Central partner/payer zero is unknown-neutral, not observed zero or complete world net benefit. Other programs and external opportunity costs remain unknown; whole recipient cost versus this narrow channel is not complete portfolio EV or a marginal gift offer.

Model, assumptions and sensitivity

Whole recipient recognized annual resources versus narrow housing and linked-care hypothesis; other portfolio and marginal gift unknown

Houston housing and clinics; .95 local share judgment; multi-state camp/prison activities unpriced

Union=N*unique*b; clinical=union*completion*q*discounted finite years minus full union harms. Financial=.5*people*discounted one-year log(1+joint net gain/baseline), local share once. Headline=10*C/(clinical+financial).

C
15979301 USD annual recognized resources (observed). Recognized annual recipient expense plus identified netted event and expense-side donated resources [services] [finance]
N
285 annual reference service opportunities (judgment). Undated 285 housing residents transferred to annual reference; distinct households and completion unverified [services] [finance]
unique
0.8 households per patient proxy (judgment). Distinct household mapping prior, not clinical efficacy. [services] [finance]
b
0.25 incremental annual response share (judgment). Additional annual implementation versus public/insurance/provider alternatives, not an additional marginal-gift haircut. [services] [finance]
completion
0.2 clinical improvement share (judgment). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
q
0.03 QALY per person-year (judgment). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
T
1 finite clinical years (judgment). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
g
0.95 Houston MSA share (judgment). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
delay
0.25 years (judgment). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
discount
0.03 annual discount rate (judgment). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
success
0.5 additional resource success share (judgment). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
medicalGain
0 USD annual otherwise-paid care avoided (unknown). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
workGain
0 USD annual net disposable work resources (unknown). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
transferGain
600 USD one-time net additional household housing resources (judgment). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
overlap
0.5 independent positive benefit share (judgment). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
cost
75 USD one-time incremental household burden (judgment). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
baseline
15000 USD annual household consumption (judgment). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
harm
0.00 QALY loss per exposed person (unknown). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
payerLoss
0 USD loss per resource success (unknown). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
payerPeople
100 distinct payer households (judgment). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
payerBaseline
50000 USD annual payer household consumption (judgment). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
externalCost
0 USD external loss per exposed household (unknown). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]
resourceYears
1 fraction of one-year gains realized (judgment). Explicit finite local hypothesis, not an empirical recipient coefficient. [services] [finance]

central: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.32; all-population health QALYs: 0.34. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.13. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

clinical null: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.13. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

financial only: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.13. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

current cost unknown: Cost: unknown; Houston health QALYs: 0.32; all-population health QALYs: 0.34. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.13. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

full unknown: Cost: unknown; Houston health QALYs: unknown; all-population health QALYs: unknown. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

zero expansion: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

true zero: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

adverse: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: -0.59; all-population health QALYs: -0.62. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.41. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

positive net work: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.32; all-population health QALYs: 0.34. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.35. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

no resource success: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.32; all-population health QALYs: 0.34. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.13. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

no gains: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.32; all-population health QALYs: 0.34. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.13. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

negative resource overlap zero: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.32; all-population health QALYs: 0.34. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.41. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

negative resource overlap one: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.32; all-population health QALYs: 0.34. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.13. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

mixed sign: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.32; all-population health QALYs: 0.34. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

full payer incidence: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.32; all-population health QALYs: 0.34. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.05. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

external provider cost: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.32; all-population health QALYs: 0.34. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.08. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

annual full response: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 1.29; all-population health QALYs: 1.36. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.53. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

half geography: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.17; all-population health QALYs: 0.34. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.07. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

all unique: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.40; all-population health QALYs: 0.42. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.17. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

zero resource duration: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.32; all-population health QALYs: 0.34. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.13. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

two year health: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.64; all-population health QALYs: 0.67. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.13. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

alternative annual cost: Cost: $20.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.32; all-population health QALYs: 0.34. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.13. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

weak clinical: Cost: $16.0M; Houston health QALYs: 0.05; all-population health QALYs: 0.06. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.13. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

Counterfactual: Existing HOPWA, Ryan White, public housing, other HIV providers, insurance and family support remain baseline

Attribution: Annual incremental recipient response is distinct from cohort deduplication and geographic share; no claim of whole annual portfolio or marginal donation causal effect.

Source-grounded original cost/services; all causal mapping, utility and net resource priors unsupported. Complete portfolio and marginal donor EV unknown.

Sensitivity

  • clinical null: $120.4M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • financial only: $120.4M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • current cost unknown: no finite positive estimate. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • full unknown: no finite positive estimate. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • zero expansion: no finite positive estimate. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • true zero: no finite positive estimate. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • adverse: no finite positive estimate. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • positive net work: $23.7M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • no resource success: $85.1M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • no gains: $85.1M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • negative resource overlap zero: no finite positive estimate. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • negative resource overlap one: $35.1M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • mixed sign: $49.6M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • full payer incidence: $42.7M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • external provider cost: $39.8M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • annual full response: $8.8M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • half geography: $66.7M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • all unique: $28.1M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • zero resource duration: $85.1M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • two year health: $20.8M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • alternative annual cost: $43.9M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.
  • weak clinical: $85.7M per DALY. Conditional finite annual channel; full portfolio, current cost and marginal gift unknown.

Unresolved inputs

  • Current unique completed household cohort and dose
  • Causal utility/duration and signed net resources versus alternatives
  • Full public/payer/partner opportunity incidence
  • Marginal donor response and complete portfolio outcomes

Health and income breakdown

For the modeled $16.0M: 0.32 health QALYs + 0.13 income-equivalent healthy years in Houston: $35.1M per DALY. Income equivalents are welfare comparisons, not observed QALYs or DALYs.

Method and caveats.

5. Funding and previous grants

FY 2024 expense $15,798,878 plus netted event cost $180,423 gives $15,979,301. FY 2023 includes $17,162,291 tax expense, $137,354 event cost and $41,266 donated services removed in Schedule D, totaling $17,340,911. FY 2022 includes $15,083,194 tax expense, $58,837 event cost and $186,492 donated services, totaling $15,328,523. The 2024 revenue-side donated service line is not automatically an expense addback; no expense-side donated services recovered. Unrecognized volunteer and partner costs remain unknown.

Annual expenses

Organization-level spending, including programs, administration and fundraising. The research list averages three comparable, consecutive full fiscal years when available.

  • FY 2022: $15.3M; org:allies-in-hope, 12-month period, Recognized annual recipient expense plus identified netted event and expense-side donated resources. Source
  • FY 2023: $17.3M; org:allies-in-hope, 12-month period, Recognized annual recipient expense plus identified netted event and expense-side donated resources. Source
  • FY 2024: $16.0M; org:allies-in-hope, 12-month period, Recognized annual recipient expense plus identified netted event and expense-side donated resources. Source

6. Sources

  1. Current supportive housing and community programs. Allies in Hope. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-06.
  2. Current undated service counts. Allies in Hope. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-06.
  3. Current Allies Circle donation route. Allies in Hope. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-06.
  4. Original FY2024 IRS Form 990. IRS. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-06.
  5. Original FY2023 IRS Form 990. IRS. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-06.
  6. Original FY2022 IRS Form 990. IRS. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-06.
  7. Original FY2024 expense reconciliation. IRS. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-06.
  8. Coefficient Giving income welfare conversion. Coefficient Giving. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-06.