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AbbVie

AbbVie is Habitat for Humanity’s leading partner in reconstruction efforts in Puerto Rico, having committed US$50 million in 2018 to strengthen access to housing after the island was devastated by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. AbbVie is one of the largest employers in Puerto Rico.

Through AbbVie’s generous support, Habitat has implemented a holistic program in Puerto Rico focused on home repairs and new construction, helping homeowners secure land tenure, advocacy work to create policies and systems that will improve shelter and land resilience issues long term, and capacity building.

The program has helped families repair 345 hurricane-damaged homes and counting. In addition, a newly rehabilitated condominium building in San Juan’s Santurce barrio will be home to 12 families. Habitat has partnered with Fundación Fondo Acceso a la Justicia, a Puerto Rico-based nonprofit, to help homeowners secure official title clearances. Habitat also has collaborated with Universidad del Sagrado Corazón to create Habitat Builds Puerto Rico, a 5-week training for those entering the construction field.

Together, Habitat and AbbVie understand the importance of partnering with families to build more resilient homes and advocate for policies that help create a brighter future.

Asian Development Bank

Asian Development Bank assists its members and partners by providing loans, technical assistance, grants and equity investments to promote social and economic development in Asia and the Pacific. In 2020, ADB teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to help ease the region’s worsening housing crisis by helping microfinance institutions deliver loans to low-income families in rural and peri-urban areas of Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and the Philippines. The microloans will target housing, home improvement, and water and sanitation upgrades. For this collaboration, Habitat has provided technical assistance to ADB’s Microfinance Risk Participation and Guarantee Program during the past two years.

The goal of the first phase of the program is to provide microloans to 20,000 households to help improve the construction quality and climate resilience of their homes and to install water and sanitation connections. This initiative specifically seeks to empower women by selecting them as recipients of 90% of the home improvement loans. Habitat’s role will be to work with microfinance institutions to assess and enhance their ability to offer these types of housing microfinance products, and Habitat’s product and design work for the project will help develop a microhousing loan prototype tailored for the microfinance institution’s clients. Habitat will also help lay the foundation for development of policies and procedures to deliver microhousing finance as a mainstream product.

At Home

At Home, The Home Décor Superstore, shares Habitat for Humanity’s vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. As a sponsor of Habitat’s annual Home is the Key campaign, the home decor retailer has donated more than US$1.9 million to Habitat since the campaign’s inception in 2017.

In FY2021, At Home associates helped raise more than US$268,000 for Habitat during a fundraising campaign at registers in stores around the U.S. Habitat also received 100% of the proceeds from the sale of a specially made Habitat candle and other select merchandise for sale around checkout lanes, which brought the company’s total donation to more than US$557,000 — surpassing their fundraising records from previous years. At Home held two Habitat ReStore donation drives in select markets, which included the participation of a total of 33 At Home stores partnering with 22 Habitat affiliates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois and Utah, among other locations. More than 1,500 items were collected for donation to Habitat ReStores during these drives, which took place in September 2020 and April 2021.

As a company built around the importance of home, At Home is passionate about working alongside families to build affordable housing. Their partnership with Habitat, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, has helped even more families achieve their dreams of having a safe and healthy home where they can thrive.

European Commission

In FY2021, the European Union granted US$2.3 million to Habitat for Humanity through its Horizon 2020 initiative. The EU’s Horizon 2020 works to secure Europe’s global competitiveness and drive innovative, sustainable and inclusive economic growth to improve the quality of life for all residents.

With funding from Horizon 2020, Habitat established Community Tailored Actions for Energy Poverty Mitigation to improve the energy efficiency of multifamily apartment buildings in Central and Eastern Europe. Energy poverty — where residents either pay an excessive amount of their income to access utilities or must go without — has risen due to rising costs and the poor energy efficiency of older residential buildings. Unable to afford renovations, low-income residents are forced to sacrifice essentials to pay their utility bills.

With the support of Horizon 2020, Habitat and nine implementing partners are helping residents in five pilot countries overcome energy poverty. The project includes activating homeowners, developing financial tools to increase low-income families’ access to credit and optimizing solutions to increase the buildings’ efficiency. The three-pronged approach will address residents’ immediate needs for warmer homes, improved health and lower energy bills while also providing the tools, training and structure to tackle long-term housing and wellness goals.

The Home Depot Foundation

For the past decade, The Home Depot Foundation has generously funded the critical home repairs of more than 1,400 military veterans and their families nationwide through Habitat for Humanity’s Repair Corps. This past year, 205 military veterans and their families participated in the program.

In FY2021, The Home Depot Foundation donated more than US$3 million to Habitat, which included a US$400,000 commitment to Habitat’s long-term disaster recovery program, and they also served as a challenge partner for Habitat’s direct marketing program, catalyzing donors and raising US$12.66 million in a year-end fundraising challenge.

The Home Depot Foundation originally funded Habitat’s Partners in Sustainable Building initiative, launched with a five-year pledge of US$25 million in 2008 that has helped local affiliates in the U.S. incorporate sustainable building practices in the construction of 5,324 new homes.

The Home Depot Foundation also has been a premier sponsor of Habitat’s annual U.S. legislative conference, Habitat on the Hill, and Habitat’s biennial U.S. affiliate conference. Throughout the partnership, members of Team Depot, The Home Depot’s associate volunteer force, have volunteered alongside homeowners to help build, repair and preserve their homes.

The Home Depot Foundation has donated US$50 million to Habitat since 2008 and has pledged to invest half a billion dollars in veterans causes by 2025.

MaxLite

MaxLite, a manufacturer of energy-efficient lighting products and a five-time recipient of the Energy Star Partner of the Year Award, has supported Habitat for Humanity since 2013. This effort helps to create sustainable and affordable housing solutions across the U.S.

One of the core tenets of this partnership has been the MaxLite Donated Product Program, through which MaxLite donates lighting products to participating Habitat ReStores. Proceeds from MaxLite products sold in each Habitat ReStore support the local Habitat affiliate and local building efforts. To date, MaxLite has donated more than US$10.7 million in product to more than 400 Habitat ReStores through the program, along with more than US$850,000 in cash contributions from the company since the partnership began.

In addition to donating products and funds, MaxLite employees have volunteered on builds in the company’s home state of New Jersey and in California.

P&G

A maker of home, health and hygiene products, P&G is committed to making a difference for people, families and communities around the globe. Since 2005, P&G has supported the mission of Habitat for Humanity and helped families build strength and stability through shelter. Thousands of P&G employees have come together to volunteer alongside homeowners to help build or repair homes.

To help meet the needs of communities impacted by COVID-19, P&G generously focused their FY2021 funding of US$350,000 on providing general operational and program support to the local Habitat affiliates where P&G employees live and work worldwide. P&G’s support helped Habitat offices continue local efforts to complete home builds; continue community development programs; and operate their water, sanitation and hygiene programming.

Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, P&G serves the world with a portfolio of brands that help people stay healthy and safe. Thanks to the helping hands of companies like P&G, Habitat is able to help build a better world, one where everyone will have a safe and affordable place to live.

Republic Services

Since 2017, the Republic Services Charitable Foundation has donated more than US$1.6 million to support Habitat for Humanity’s neighborhood revitalization work and helped residents, local leaders and organizations foster equitable, livable and sustainable local communities.

Republic Services Charitable Foundation donated US$1 million to Habitat in FY2021 through their Committed to Serve initiative to help Habitat affiliates across the U.S. working in communities disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Twelve Habitat affiliates received funds to help locally owned and operated businesses in need of critical repairs, renovation, or support to stay in business and thrive in the midst of the pandemic. Ultimately, 48 small businesses in 11 states received supportive funds.

Republic Services Charitable Foundation is the charitable arm of Republic Services, an environmental services company. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, local Republic Services’ teams have worked directly with local Habitat affiliates to provide donations, volunteers and donated product in the form of dumpsters and recycling services for cleanup and building events.

Resideo Technologies, Inc.

Resideo, a manufacturer and distributor of comfort, security and energy efficiency solutions, began partnering with Habitat for Humanity in 2020 to help more people have greater access to affordable housing. Resideo has committed US$500,000 to Habitat in cash and donated product, including thermostats, water valves, air filtration, humidification and other smart home controls, to help Habitat homeowners feel safer and more comfortable in their homes. Resideo has identified 25 communities where their employees will engage to help address local housing issues and work alongside future Habitat homeowners on build sites.

The partnership with Habitat aligns with Resideo’s vision of a world where homes and buildings are good for the planet and where technology works to simplify everyday life. In that world, people are healthy, happy and secure.

Ring

In FY2021, Ring, the home security and smart home company owned by Amazon, committed — and surpassed — US$1 million worth of donated products to help increase the safety and peace of mind of Habitat homes and homeowners.

Through this donation, Habitat affiliates across the U.S. may opt to install Ring Video Doorbells during new home construction or home repairs. Ring includes a Ring Protect Plan subscription for the life of each donated device.

Ring also was a US$25,000-level sponsor of Habitat on the Hill, Habitat’s annual U.S. legislative conference.

Saffery Read

United Kingdom-based Saffery Read has partnered with Habitat for Humanity to co-create the Grace project, an initiative that will build safe and affordable homes alongside low-income families in Katana, Sri Lanka, helping to change lives through the transformative power of safe and affordable housing. The Grace project will utilize environmentally sustainable building methods and empower the community with construction upskilling.

The project will help 100 families build homes with compressed stabilized earth blocks technology, helping to mainstream this low-carbon, highly resilient construction material and technique. The Grace project also will help the community create safe water and sanitation facilities for 500 local residents and offer programming on safe hygiene practices, sustainable agriculture, disaster mitigation and home maintenance.

Saffery Read is a bespoke residential design business co-founded by Emily Read and Tony Saffery. Inspired by their Christian faith and conviction that a decent home is foundational for a family, Read and Saffery feel a deep alignment with Habitat’s mission and have committed US$450,000 for the Grace project. Their donation will be matched at 25% through the United Kingdom’s Gift Aid program, resulting in a total donation of more than US$560,000.

SC Johnson

In 2020, SC Johnson began partnering with Habitat for Humanity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to help ensure that hundreds of families across Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Japan would have access to safe, healthy homes and proper water, sanitation and hygiene facilities.

SC Johnson donated more than US$800,000 to Habitat to help 20 families in Thailand and 15 families in Indonesia build homes with proper WASH facilities, and to help families in the Philippines build 25 disaster-resilient homes and complete 10 home improvement projects. Additionally, SC Johnson funded home renovations to be completed by 10 families in Vietnam, WASH facilities and education in Vietnam that will reach 5,660 children, the mobilization of volunteers to help 52 low-income households in Singapore improve safety and sanitation, the revitalization of three underserved schools in Hong Kong, and assistance through repairs and improvements to 40 households and to help individuals living in shelters in Japan.

SC Johnson, a family-owned company that has been in business for more than 130 years, is a manufacturer of household cleaning products and products for home storage, air care, pest control and shoe care, as well as professional products. By working together, Habitat and SC Johnson are helping to empower families through shelter during a time when having a safe place to call home has been shown to be more important than ever.

SISTEMA FEDECRÉDITO

In 2020, SISTEMA FEDECRÉDITO joined Habitat for Humanity’s disaster-recovery efforts in El Salvador, helping families affected by Tropical Storm Amanda in the areas of San Salvador, La Libertad, Sonsonate, La Paz and San Vicente. SISTEMA FEDECRÉDITO’s donation of more than $US512,000 allowed families affected by the disaster to partner with Habitat locally to repair 110 roofs and build 55 safe, durable and affordable homes.

SISTEMA FEDECRÉDITO is headquartered in San Salvador and offers Salvadorans loans, savings accounts and other financial services.

Somfy Foundation

Headquartered in Cluses, France, Somfy Foundation, the charitable arm of Somfy Group, has partnered with Habitat for Humanity since 2014 to increase access to safe and decent housing in the communities where employees of Somfy Group’s subsidiaries live and work. Somfy Foundation and local subsidiaries have sponsored and engaged their employees in community projects that advance affordable housing in 12 countries, including Brazil, Poland, Lebanon, Egypt and Romania. In FY2021, Somfy Foundation tripled their giving to Habitat.

Somfy Foundation and local subsidiaries have partnered with more than 490 people to build or improve a place they can call home and impacted an additional 750 people through community-wide projects. In Côte d’Ivoire, for example, Somfy employees voted to contribute to a project that will help build two biogas latrines to create electricity and improve health for families. The project also will fund training in income-generating farming activities for 10 women and men.

Somfy Foundation also is a sponsor of Habitat’s global housing forums, which convene a network of housing organizations and nonprofit, for-profit, public-sector, academic, philanthropic and global institutions to learn about, create and promote innovative housing solutions that make sustainable impact at scale. In FY2021, Somfy Foundation also funded Habitat projects in India, Brazil, Egypt and Australia to help communities stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, including personal protective equipment provision and critical home repairs and rebuilds.

USAID

USAID is the U.S. government’s lead agency in supporting international development, enabling resilient societies worldwide and ending extreme global poverty. The agency has been a valued partner of Habitat for Humanity for more than 20 years, awarding more than US$33 million to help strengthen communities and ensure that everyone has a safe and affordable place to live.

Most recently, USAID awarded US$1.6 million to fund Habitat’s Residential Energy Efficiency for Low-Income Households project in Eastern Europe, which aims to improve living standards for low-income families in multi-unit apartment buildings. The project outcomes will help with the development of regional resources and networks to address the impact of rising energy prices and reduce air pollution and the effects of climate change.

USAID also generously awarded US$3 million toward Habitat and Cadasta Foundation’s Leveraging Land in Haiti collaboration. The four-year initiative will use a holistic approach to support a more effective and transparent land tenure system for the municipalities of Croix-des-Bouquets, Léogâne and Fort-Liberté. The project aims to help the Haitian government increase the number of land parcels incorporated or revised in the land administration system, mobilize land-based revenue, and increase tenure security for 22,500 households.

Wayfair

Wayfair has supported Habitat for Humanity’s mission since 2012. The home furnishing company has provided more than US$8.8 million in donated product and US$2.8 million in cash to Habitat. The cash donations are largely due to the generosity of Wayfair’s customers, who have the option to donate at checkout, and employees who have contributed to Habitat through an employee giving campaign. Wayfair also has made targeted donations to Habitat’s disaster response work.

This April, Wayfair granted Habitat for Humanity International, local Habitat affiliates and the organizations’ employees access to Wayfair professional accounts, which offer members-only discounts and other amenities to business customers. Up to 5% of the proceeds from sales made with the professional accounts will be returned to Habitat and the affiliates as a cash rebate. Next year, 5% of proceeds from co-branded Wayfair and Habitat gift cards purchased in amounts from US$25 to US$500 will be donated back to Habitat.

Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with operations throughout North America and Europe, Wayfair’s mission is to help everyone, anywhere create their feeling of home. Wayfair is committed to their partnership with Habitat to ensure more people have access to safe and affordable homes.

Wells Fargo

For 28 years, Wells Fargo has been a key contributor to Habitat for Humanity to help increase housing affordability for families across the United States. Since 2010, Wells Fargo has donated US$85 million directly to Habitat affiliates and more than US$22 million to support national Habitat efforts, including new home construction, critical home repairs, universal design for aging in place, neighborhood revitalization and disaster response.

In FY2021, Wells Fargo donated more than US$10 million to Habitat, including US$7.75 million through its Wells Fargo Builds℠ program to help build and repair more than 340 homes across the country. The US$7.75 million donation to Habitat also will help fund a center of excellence that will provide financial and coaching resources aimed at removing barriers to homeownership that Black people and communities of color have historically faced. Wells Fargo Builds℠ is part of Wells Fargo’s US$1 billion philanthropic commitment to create more housing affordability solutions by 2025.

Wells Fargo’s team members have been a key asset to the partnership, volunteering their time to serve in leadership positions on Habitat for Humanity International’s board of directors and the national cabinet for Cost of Home, Habitat’s U.S. advocacy campaign. Wells Fargo also has been integral to the success of many Habitat events as a sponsor, including the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project; Habitat on the Hill, Habitat’s annual U.S. legislative conference; and Habitat’s biennial U.S. affiliate conference.

Whirlpool Corporation

For 22 years, Whirlpool Corporation has partnered with Habitat for Humanity to help families achieve housing stability. Through this partnership, Whirlpool has helped improve the lives of nearly 1 million people in more than 45 countries since 1999 by supporting house builds, engaging in U.S. advocacy efforts and donating appliances. To date, Whirlpool has donated more than 207,000 appliances to families in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and Whirlpool employees around the globe have helped to build houses in the U.S., Canada, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Whirlpool’s current goal is to double their impact by supporting additional efforts like Habitat’s BuildBetter with Whirlpool, a three-year program expanding Habitat’s current efforts to help homeowners mitigate the impacts of extreme weather events and support the building of 250 energy-efficient and resilient homes. The program aims to produce a long-term reduction in operating costs for homeowners by cutting down on their home’s energy use by approximately 15%. 

Whirlpool has expanded the reach of their global builds this year and also supports Habitat’s global housing forums, which convene housing organizations and nonprofit, for-profit, public-sector, academic, philanthropic and global institutions to learn about, create and promote innovative housing solutions that make sustainable impact at scale. Whirlpool also is a sponsor of Habitat’s U.S. advocacy campaign, Cost of Home.

Yale

As a 180-year-old security brand, Yale helps secure millions of homes and businesses worldwide as part of the ASSA ABLOY Group. Yale has partnered with Habitat for Humanity for 20 years to help create safe and affordable housing solutions around the world. Since 2001, the company has provided more than 1.2 million entry-door locks and interior locksets, valued at over US$20 million, for use in Habitat homes primarily in the U.S., as well as in Mexico and the Asia Pacific region. In FY2021, the company supplied US$1 million in donated products to Habitat.

In addition to donating equipment, hundreds of Yale employees have volunteered to help build houses alongside Habitat homeowners. This past year, Yale announced a new five-year commitment to Habitat.

Yale believes in protecting the people, places and things we love most by creating safe and stable environments where families can thrive. Headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut, the company is committed to working with Habitat to help ensure more families have access to decent and safe homes.

Gerald Anderson

Gerald “Andy” Anderson and his wife, Josephine, began supporting Habitat for Humanity in 1996. Having been raised in an orphanage, Josephine felt a personal connection to families in need of a safe and stable home. When she learned about Habitat through the advocacy work of former U.S. President and Habitat Humanitarian Jimmy Carter, she immediately wanted to become a part of Habitat’s mission — and brought Andy along with her.

When Josephine passed away after 46 years of marriage, Andy, a World War II veteran, fulfilled her wish to continue to support Habitat. He has made a legacy gift to Habitat that will continue to help families in need of safe and decent shelter for years to come after his lifetime. Habitat is grateful for Andy’s legacy commitment, in honor of Josephine, to help families around the world improve their lives through better shelter.

Mike and Janet Aycock

Mike and Janet Aycock have supported Habitat for Humanity since 1999. The couple has generously contributed to the Global Impact Fund, the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project and disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Harvey, as well as other Habitat programs. Mike and Janet also support Trinity Habitat, their local affiliate in Fort Worth, Texas. Professionally, Mike works in the international trade industry, and Janet previously worked as a nurse.

In addition to providing financial support, Mike has built with families in Trinidad, Nepal and Malawi by participating in Habitat’s Global Village volunteer trips. Mike’s family also shares his heart for service, having volunteered at multiple Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project events together throughout the years. Most recently, Mike, Janet, their daughter Nikki and their niece attended the 2019 Carter Work Project in Nashville, Tennessee, where 21 families worked to build their Habitat homes alongside volunteers.

Mike and Janet say they are thankful for the many blessings their family has received, and they are grateful for the opportunity to share those blessings and build alongside other families so that they can also have the strong foundation a decent home provides. Habitat is deeply thankful to Mike and Janet for all that they have done to further our efforts to create a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Dr. Tamara Miner Haygood

Dr. Tamara Miner Haygood has faithfully supported Habitat for Humanity’s work since 2012. In addition to her gifts toward the Global Impact Fund and Habitat’s response to Hurricane Harvey, she participated in the 2014 and 2017 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Projects.

Tamara is a radiologist and professor of diagnostic radiology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where she primarily practices musculoskeletal radiology. In the late 1970s, she received a letter from former first lady and Habitat Humanitarian Rosalynn Carter asking her to help families in need of decent shelter build a brighter future. Tamara was touched by the letter and remembered it for many years, although she was not in a position to act on it at the time it arrived. In 2012, she was moved to begin helping Habitat financially after a prayerful conversation with God.

In addition to supporting the advancement of affordable housing for all, Tamara supports her church and an order of nuns as well as organizations that address the humane treatment of animals. Habitat is grateful to Tamara for her gracious generosity and commitment to helping people improve their lives through secure, decent homes.

Don and Jena Montgomery

Don and Jena Montgomery have faithfully supported Habitat for Humanity since 2002. Both Don and Jena are civil engineers, with Don designing dams around the world and Jena working primarily in public transportation. Due to their profession, the couple innately understands the importance of having a solid foundation for both homes and families, which is why they give to Habitat in support of the Global Impact Fund.

Jena was inspired to get involved with Habitat by her uncle, who volunteered with Habitat locally when she was a teen, and she has volunteered through Habitat’s Women Build program. In addition to supporting Habitat, the couple supports organizations that address food insecurity and environmental issues. Habitat is grateful for Don and Jena’s dedicated support of our efforts to partner with even more families around the world.

Dana Nearburg

Dana Nearburg has faithfully supported Habitat for Humanity for 23 years. Since 1998, she has given to the Global Impact Fund, equipping Habitat to partner with families around the world in need of sustainable and affordable housing solutions. Dana was drawn to Habitat’s inclusion of future homeowners in the process, including homeowners volunteering to help build their own homes and participating in preparatory homeowner classes. The founding of Habitat in Christian charity attracted Dana as well.

Dana practiced architecture and serves on the advisory council of the University of Texas School of Architecture in Austin, Texas. She works as a visual artist who practices several different media. In addition to her support of Habitat, Dana supports several museums as well as organizations that address food insecurity, reproductive health care, education and racial injustice. Habitat is grateful for Dana’s support through the years for our mission.

Carl and Judy Sandlin

For more than 36 years, Carl and Judy Sandlin’s generous contributions have helped Habitat for Humanity families around the world build a better future. Professionally, Carl, a U.S. Army veteran, worked as an engineer for 39 years. Carl is a member of his church’s mission committee and has participated in several mission trips. Through his church in Houston, Texas, he volunteered to build locally with Habitat, an act that inspired him and his family to support the organization after seeing the life-changing impact that having a safe and stable home can have for families. Carl and Judy’s support has helped families build new homes and perform critical repairs through the Global Impact Fund and has helped families recover and rebuild after Hurricane Katrina through disaster response efforts.

Carl and Judy are committed to helping ensure that everyone has a decent place to live and supporting organizations that address hunger and poverty and assist older populations and persons with intellectual disabilities. Habitat is grateful for Carl and Judy’s dedicated support of our efforts to help families around the world improve their lives through better shelter.

Dave Stein and Arielle Feiden

Dave Stein began supporting Habitat for Humanity in 2004 when he joined a Habitat campus chapter at his college in Binghamton, New York, volunteering with a local affiliate to build homes and helping raise awareness about the need for affordable housing. In addition to builds in New York, Dave ultimately participated in four Habitat Collegiate Challenge trips, helping families build homes in South Carolina and Hawaii. In more recent years, he has participated in Habitat Global Village trips in Nepal and Fiji.

Dave’s wife, Arielle Feiden, shares his love of giving and helping families build a brighter future through shelter. When they married, the couple requested that their wedding guests donate to Habitat in lieu of gifts.

Dave and Arielle have generously included Habitat in their legacy plans to ensure future generations have access to the security and strong foundation that a decent home provides. In addition to supporting Habitat, the couple supports organizations that address the need for safe and clean water as well as education, health care and economic development efforts in communities globally. Habitat is grateful for Dave and Arielle’s dedicated support of our efforts to help families around the world achieve their dreams.

Nitza Wagoner

Nitza Wagoner has faithfully supported Habitat for Humanity’s work since 1992. She is an experienced photographer and writer and an avid gardener who has been active in her community garden for nearly 30 years.

In addition to her gifts toward Habitat’s global work, Nitza previously volunteered locally in New York to help build multiple homes. The retiree loved being able to pick up a hammer to build alongside families so that they could realize their dream of homeownership. She felt a personal connection with Habitat homeowners because her own family faced challenges finding affordable housing in New York when they moved from Puerto Rico.

Habitat is grateful to Nitza for everything she has done to make sure families have safe and decent homes where they can pay an affordable mortgage and thrive.