Fort Worth, TX

LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE HOMELESS (dba True Worth Place)

EIN 46-1596255

Housing, Food & Basic Needs Shelter & Homelessness Services People experiencing homelessness

Mission

True Worth Place is a comprehensive resource center and day shelter in Fort Worth providing guests who are currently experiencing homelessness with access to help, hope and respect.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE HOMELESS (dba True Worth Place)

Lighthouse for the Homeless (EIN 46-1596255), doing business as True Worth Place, is a day shelter and consolidated resource center in Fort Worth operated by the Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County. It offers daytime shelter, restrooms and showers, laundry, mail and storage, computer access, case management, and coordinated services from partner providers to help people move from homelessness to housing.

True Worth Place functions as a central hub for service providers delivering housing navigation, employment supports, health care connections, benefit access, and life-skills programming. In recent filings and organizational reporting for 2024 the program reported serving several thousand unduplicated individuals and hosting dozens of partner providers and classes as part of its community-centered approach.

Notable achievements

2024 service reach

Provided services to 5,410 unduplicated individuals in 2024, reflecting high-volume day shelter and resource-center operations for people experiencing homelessness.

Robust partner programming

Hosted a network of service providers (54 in 2024) who delivered hundreds of classes and direct-service sessions (969 classes in 2024) covering housing access, employment, health, documentation, and life skills.

Established day-shelter model and early impact

Since launch (tax-exempt recognition in 2013), True Worth Place’s first-year operations welcomed hundreds of guests daily, provided daily meals and dozens of classes, and formed partnerships with numerous community agencies to scale coordinated services.

At a glance

Total assets: $14.2M
Annual revenue: $633K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 46-1596255
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Website: trueworthplace.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Owned and operated by Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County, a long-standing local shelter organization.

Recognized as a 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 46-1596255) with annual Form 990 filings and public financial disclosures.

Listed as a city subrecipient/partner for homeless-services funding and included in municipal ESG/CDBG planning and allocations as a community shelter resource.

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