Federal contractor · PHILADELPHIA, PA

FRESH START FOUNDATION

FRESH START FOUNDATION received $2.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+61% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $21.2M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($2.7M). It also received $974.9K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.7M
New awards
2
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.6MFY2017
  2. 2.1MFY2018
  3. 1.9MFY2019
  4. 2MFY2020
  5. 1.9MFY2021
  6. 2.2MFY2022
  7. 1.6MFY2023
  8. 3.4MFY2024
  9. 1.7MFY2025
  10. 2.7MFY2026
  11. 138.4KFY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$2.7M100%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$2.7M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Philadelphia County, PA$2.7M100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · -$72.9K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · -$72.9K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. HCHV PROGRAM SERVICES$2.8M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Philadelphia County, PA· Education & social services· Oct 8, 2025 – Oct 8, 2025· 36C24426N0062
  2. HEALTHCARE FOR HOMELESS VETERANS SERVICES (HCHV)$1.8M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Philadelphia County, PA· Education & social services· Dec 11, 2024 – Mar 18, 2026· 36C24425N0291

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

FRESH START FOUNDATION received $974.9K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2 actions (0 new awards). Its largest program was 64.024 · Va Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program ($974.9K).

Assistance · FY2026
$974.9K
New awards
0
Actions
2
Since FY2022
$4.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.6MFY2022
  2. 2.4MFY2023
  3. -730.9KFY2024
  4. 974.9KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$974.9K100%

Top programs

  1. 64.024 · Va Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program$974.9K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration$974.9K100%
    Department of Veterans Affairs

Largest awards

  1. VA IS PROVIDING PER DIEM FUNDING TO ASSIST WITH THE OPERATIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING BEDS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS.$1.6M
    64.024 · Va Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program· Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration· Project grant· Aug 28, 2023 – Nov 14, 2025· FRES137-4647-642-PD-24

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2022–FY2026.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES VETERANS RIGHTS ORGANIZATION$8.7M−2% in FY2026
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
  2. MADISON AVENUE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC$9.6M−196% in FY2026
    BALTIMORE, MD · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
  3. LIFEMOVES$11.5M−26% in FY2026
    SANTA CLARA, CA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.