Moving forward together

Abbvie

Habitat for Humanity’s leading partner in reconstruction efforts in Puerto Rico, AbbVie committed US$50 million in 2018 to help strengthen access to housing after the island was devastated by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. The research-based pharmaceutical company has a longstanding commitment to the people of Puerto Rico and has operated on the island for nearly 50 years, where it manufactures life-saving medicines.

With AbbVie’s generous support, Habitat has implemented a holistic hurricane recovery program on the island, focusing on home repairs and new construction, helping homeowners secure land tenure, capacity building, and fostering policies and systems that will advance long-term improvement to shelter and land resilience issues.

The program has helped families repair 560 hurricane-damaged homes and spearheaded the renovation of a condominium building in San Juan’s Santurce Barrio that is now home to 12 families.

In partnership with Fundación Fondo Acceso a la Justicia, a Puerto Rico-based nonprofit, Habitat has helped homeowners secure official title clearances and collaborated with Universidad del Sagrado Corazón to create Habitat Builds Puerto Rico, a five-week training course for those entering the construction field.

Together, AbbVie and Habitat are working alongside families in Puerto Rico to build more resilient communities.

Bank of America

Bank of America and Habitat for Humanity have partnered since 1986 to help build safe, decent and affordable homes around the world. In FY2022, Bank of America donated more than US$5.5 million to Habitat for Humanity to help families build or improve the places they call home, with US$2 million directed though Habitat for Humanity International, and the remaining US$3.5 million directed through U.S.-based Habitat for Humanity affiliates.

The funding provided grants to 137 Habitat organizations as part of Bank of America’s annual Global Builds. In Brazil, for example, emergency home repairs and community-based projects with a focus on water, sanitation and hygiene solutions helped increase protection from COVID-19. Eighty-two families were able to repair their homes, and 46 community handwashing stations and 28 urban cisterns were installed.

Bank of America is a longtime supporter of Habitat’s Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project and has been a sponsor of Cost of Home, our U.S. advocacy campaign, for three years. The Habitat partnership is one component of the company’s commitment to meeting the need for safe, affordable and sustainable places to live.

Digicel Foundation

Ten years after partnering to help increase land tenure security in Haiti, Digicel Foundation and Habitat for Humanity are proud of how their work together to develop two land tenure manuals has continued to serve as the foundation for Habitat’s ongoing land tenure work in the country. The Port-au-Prince, Haiti-based Digicel Foundation funded the production of the manuals in 2012.

Prior to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, less than 40% of landowners had a legal title or transaction receipt to prove ownership. With funding from Digicel Foundation, Habitat Haiti published the first manual outlining existing tenure laws and offering guidance to families for the process of buying and selling land. A second manual followed, instructing families on how to register land with Haiti’s tax office and secure legal rights. More than 10,000 land tenure manuals were distributed in French, Creole and English, and the manuals were also made available online.

Women-led households were one of the largest groups to benefit from the manuals because only a small percentage of this population held land rights in Haiti. The popularity and usefulness of the manuals have paved the way for Habitat’s Leveraging Land in Haiti project, which is working to strengthen land rights administration and land tenure security in the country.

DuPont

Since 2019, DuPont has shared Habitat for Humanity’s vision of creating a world where everyone has a decent place to live. The Wilmington, Delaware-based company values building and supporting thriving communities. DuPont’s strategic support has provided more than US$6.5 million in funding and donated products to Habitat, including insulation, air sealing and water barriers that help families build energy-efficient homes, lower monthly utility bills and enjoy healthier places to live.

In FY2022, DuPont donated products to nearly 125 Habitat affiliates across the United States and Canada and supported 17 team build days with DuPont employee volunteers working alongside families as they built or improved their homes. DuPont also served on Habitat’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter’s jury of experts for the Urban Solutions for Water Harvesting challenge. The challenge aimed to develop low-cost solutions for water harvesting in Mexico so that more families have access to healthy homes.

Previously, DuPont has donated products and funding to Habitat’s Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project and Home Builders Blitz and has supported various neighborhood revitalization efforts across the United States.

Ethan Allen

Ethan Allen believes that everyone should have a safe and decent place to live. As a Habitat for Humanity partner since 1998, the Danbury, Connecticut-based retailer has provided nearly 69,000 donated products to Habitat, which have been shipped to 161 affiliates across the United States.

In FY2022, Ethan Allen donated more than 26,000 pieces of home furniture and soft goods to Habitat ReStores for resale across the United States. ReStores help fund Habitat locally, ensuring more families can achieve their dream of homeownership. Thirty affiliates received donated products this past fiscal year. Through this partnership with Habitat, Ethan Allen affirms its commitment to safe, affordable housing for all.

The Hilti Foundation

The Hilti Foundation, a joint venture of the Hilti Family and Hilti Group, has partnered with Habitat for Humanity for more than a decade to drive transformational change. Together, the Hilti Foundation and Habitat have helped families around the world build and improve 1 million homes and have served 5 million people.

The Hilti Foundation and Habitat collaborate to convene and grow a community of partners working to employ innovative shelter technologies and reshape market systems. As part of that effort, the Hilti Foundation has taken on the role of global presenting sponsor of Habitat’s global series of regional housing forums.

As part of their commitment to fostering innovative solutions for the low-cost housing market, the Hilti Foundation also partners with Habitat to help families build and sustain affordable homes with cutting-edge housing solutions like the Hilti Foundation’s Cement Bamboo Frame Technology. Programs piloting the technology are ongoing in the Philippines and Nepal.

The Hilti Foundation supports Habitat’s Shelter Venture Fund, ShelterTech and Shelter Venture Labs. In FY2022, the Hilti Foundation and Hilti Group employees helped judge the ShelterTech Awards, acted as mentors for participants in ShelterTech’s accelerators and volunteered to help build Habitat homes in Romania.

Holcim

In partnership, Holcim and Habitat for Humanity began work in FY2022 to demonstrate a joint inclusive business model that addresses challenges to achieving affordable housing.

The pilot will utilize research from Habitat’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter to provide construction-loan products based on local needs. The project is being implemented in Mexico, with the aim of creating better access to affordable housing products, services and financing for low-income families through Holcim’s Disensa retail stores and distributors.

In the Veracruz region, Habitat’s Terwilliger Center, alongside Holcim, undertook a market-scoping study to map the capacity of Disensa stores and the needs of low-income households. Next, Holcim will explore using digital solutions through the platform Construye Paisano — developed by iBuild Global, an investee of Habitat’s Shelter Venture Fund — to work with local microfinance institutions and the Disensa retail store network in Mexico to develop ways to better serve low-income homebuilders, including construction-loan products that help families access high-quality construction products.

Together, Holcim and Habitat leverage the power of a shared-value partnership between a multinational corporation and a global nonprofit to open the affordable housing products and services market and create greater access for low-income families.

J.M. Huber Corporation

Since 2018, J.M. Huber Corporation — a global manufacturer of engineered materials that delivers products and services across a broad range of industries — has partnered with Habitat for Humanity to build sustainable and affordable housing. Over the course of the partnership, the Atlanta-based family-owned company has provided more than US$2.5 million in funding and donated products, including specialty wall, floor and roof sheathing, to Habitat.

In FY2022, J.M. Huber Corporation donated US$500,000 in funding and part of a two-year US$250,000 pledge of donated Huber Engineered Woods products to Habitat. The company’s support provided products and a full home sponsorship for a build in Charlotte, North Carolina. J.M. Huber Corporation is also contributing to a project in Singapore to help older adults and low-income families repair their homes, helping 10 families construct safe and secure houses and two local schools construct new sanitation units in India, and helping families complete 45 emergency repairs to their homes in Brazil to help improve access to clean water and functioning bathrooms.

In addition to donating products and funds, J.M. Huber Corporation’s employees and employees of their portfolio companies — CP Kelco, Huber Engineered Materials and Huber Engineered Woods — have volunteered on builds in North Carolina, Singapore and Brazil.

The Jewish Federations of North America

The Jewish Federations of North America’s Center on Holocaust Survivor Care and Institute on Aging and Trauma began partnering with Habitat for Humanity in 2022. The Center advances person-centered, trauma-informed care for Holocaust survivors, older adults with a history of trauma and their family caregivers.

The Center awarded Habitat a two-year grant of US$500,000 in FY2022. With these resources, Habitat is partnering with the Center to use the award to co-design and implement a staff training and programmatic approach with Twin Cities Habitat in Minnesota, Fort Hood Area Habitat in Texas and Habitat Lake-Sumter in Florida. These affiliates will help build, pilot and test a person-centered, trauma-informed approach to Habitat’s housing and community interventions serving older adults and veterans. Through the partnership, Habitat has also joined the Center’s national network cohort to expand learnings and connections in the sector.

LEVOLOR

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, LEVOLOR is a manufacturer of blinds, shades and shutters. Since partnering with Habitat for Humanity, LEVOLOR has provided more than US$4.8 million in donated products and funding to Habitat to help ensure families have secure and affordable homes. This past fiscal year, LEVOLOR donated US$1.1 million to Habitat, including US$1 million in donated product.

LEVOLOR donates cordless window coverings for use in Habitat repair and construction projects across the United States and cellular shades that help increase energy efficiency by keeping homes warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. As a valued partner since 2019, LEVOLOR’s product donations have helped Habitat affiliates lower their construction costs and serve more families.

Novelis

Novelis has partnered with Habitat for Humanity for a decade to help families revitalize and strengthen their local communities.

As the largest recycler of aluminum, Novelis recycles more than 82 billion beverage cans each year and partners with various industries, like the automotive industry, to deliver solutions that maximize the benefits of lightweight aluminum. The company has donated more than US$1.6 million to Habitat since 2012, including US$200,000 of a US$1 million five-year pledge made in FY2022.

The five-year Novelis pledge provides grants to Habitat affiliates to help build and repair homes and support an initiative that encourages aluminum recycling in local communities. Through the initiative, Novelis provides recycling bins to affiliates and invites them to help improve sustainability in their communities by competing to collect the most aluminum within a three-month period. The top three affiliates win US$6,000, US$4,000 and US$2,000 grants, respectively. This past fiscal year, 49 affiliates collected 2.5 million cans throughout the United States and Canada.

Each year, Novelis employees connect with local affiliates to volunteer alongside families as they build or improve the place they call home.

Prologis Foundation

Prologis Foundation, a San Francisco-based global logistics real estate company, has partnered with Habitat for Humanity since 2006 to help empower families and communities through shelter. In FY2022, Prologis Foundation donated US$250,000 to Habitat, helping families build and repair homes in 18 cities in the United States, Canada, Brazil and Hungary. The company has donated more than US$1.3 million to Habitat since the inception of the partnership.

Since 2017, Habitat and Prologis Foundation have partnered on an annual day of service celebrating a shared passion for making a lasting change in the lives of families in need of safe and decent shelter. With the day of service curtailed in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic, Prologis Foundation reallocated US$222,000 meant for the 2021 event to Habitat’s neighborhood revitalization efforts in four communities in the San Francisco Bay area; Long Beach, California; and Denver, Colorado.

Prologis Foundation’s employees are heavily engaged in working with their local Habitat affiliates and have volunteered alongside families building or improving their homes in the United States and Canada.

Rocket Companies

For seven years, Rocket Companies, through the Rocket Community Fund, has partnered with Habitat for Humanity to help create a world where everyone has a decent place to live. The Detroit, Michigan-based organization has donated US$3.2 million to Habitat to date.

In FY2022, the Rocket Community Fund donated US$821,000 to Habitat, which helped support Habitat’s neighborhood revitalization efforts and Home is the Key, our annual campaign highlighting the critical need for affordable housing in the United States. The funds for neighborhood revitalization helped Habitat work to strengthen communities alongside residents, community leaders and local organizations in Cleveland, Ohio; Phoenix, Arizona; Detroit, Michigan; and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Rocket Companies and its team members believe in volunteering to make a positive impact in their communities, and more than 1,800 Rocket Companies team members have volunteered with Habitat since the inception of the partnership.

Together, Habitat and the Rocket Community Fund are committed to advancing affordable housing and helping more families achieve strength and stability through shelter.

Schneider Electric

Sustainability is at the core of Schneider Electric’s purpose, and the company is proud to be able to partner with Habitat for Humanity to create more sustainable communities where families can thrive. Since 2000, Schneider Electric has provided more than US$62 million in funding and donated products to Habitat.

In FY2022, Schneider Electric donated nearly US$3.5 million, which included solar grants and product donations of electrical equipment for home construction. Schneider Electric provided grants for Habitat homes to have solar power in Boston, Massachusetts; Dallas, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Orange County, California.

This fiscal year, Schneider Electric employees participated in 30 volunteer projects with their local Habitat. More than a thousand Schneider Electric employees have volunteered with Habitat in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and many employees also serve as board members with their local Habitat affiliates. Throughout the partnership, Schneider Electric has also sponsored and participated in multiple Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Projects.

SWISS KRONO Group

Headquartered in Lucerne, Switzerland, SWISS KRONO Group supported Habitat for Humanity’s work in Nepal and Poland in FY2022.

A manufacturer of wood-based materials for furniture, flooring and building products, SWISS KRONO Group provided funding to accelerate the work of Habitat Nepal in their mission to empower and equip women with secure land rights and help them build safe, disaster-resilient housing. The project includes the construction of 34 new homes that will be registered in the names of both the male and female occupants, improving the position of women in their community and inspiring multi-generational change.

With the help of SWISS KRONO Group’s donation in Poland, Habitat was able to scale up staffing capacity to meet the urgent housing needs of thousands of refugees arriving from Ukraine. In addition to their financial gift, SWISS KRONO Group previously supplied Habitat Poland with donated products, including wood-floor paneling. The flooring was used to help renovate apartments that will be used for long-term secure housing.

Wells Fargo

For nearly 30 years, Wells Fargo has partnered with Habitat for Humanity to help families build a brighter future through safe and affordable housing.

Since 2010, Wells Fargo and the Wells Fargo Foundation have donated more than US$119 million to Habitat for Humanity International and local affiliates in support of affordable and sustainable housing. As part of our collaboration in FY2022, Wells Fargo provided US$7.75 million in grant funding to support new home construction, renovations and repairs for more than 350 homes across the United States.

In FY2022, Habitat and Wells Fargo began market research for a financial coaching exploration project as part of Habitat’s Advancing Black Homeownership initiative. The findings will be used to help Habitat establish a national partnership with a financial coaching and homeowner counseling organization that will explore strategies to increase the number of Black homeowners in the United States.

Wells Fargo’s team members have served 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. In addition, Wells Fargo has sponsored 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.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Like Habitat for Humanity, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. believes that families deserve a safe place to live where they can flourish. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. has donated products and funding to Habitat since 2021.

In FY2022, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. donated millions of dollars of merchandise from their retail stores to Habitat ReStores, which support local Habitat affiliates and local homebuilding efforts.

In October 2021, William-Sonoma, Inc.’s Rejuvenation brand launched a 16-month philanthropic partnership with Habitat, committing to donate proceeds through sales of its Carson Lighting Collection. For each point-of-sale in store and online, Habitat will receive US$3. Ultimately, US$80,000 from the sales will be donated to Habitat for Humanity International, and US$20,000 will be donated to Habitat Portland Region in Oregon.