2013 ANNUAL REPORT ONE YEAR OF Hunt Frank of courtesy Photo BUILDING 89.8% of every dollar donated TOGETHER went directly toward $32,012 $656 90.5% building homes. According to the Better Business is the average income of is the average monthly of Habitat homeowners Bureau Wise Giving Alliance, Habitat homeowners. mortgage payment of are families of responsible charities spend at least Habitat homeowners. color, helping A BY THE NUMBERS GLANCE 65% of total expenses on program and spend no more than 35% of close the minority AT HABITAT’S IMPACT related contributions on fundraising. homeownership gap. 3,478 7,569 13,634 3,575 25 67 generous people and volunteers helped hours of sweat equity tons of building homes completed children moved into organizations made a provide a hand up. were contributed by material kept from in Multnomah and safe, healthy homes. financial contribution. Habitat homeowners, landfills and sold at northern Clackamas building their three area ReStores. counties. homes and their neighbors’ homes. Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East Annual Report < 2 > DEAR FRIENDS, Through extraordinary efforts from staff and volunteers and support from our OUR NEW INITIATIVES community, this was a year of growth and change for Habitat for Humanity Portland/ Metro East. The growth kick-startedin the spring when we learned Habitat for Humanity WILL USE THE SAME International selected our affiliate as one of four cities to receive a grant from Lowe’s Photo courtesy of Sarah Galbraith to help us launch the Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (NRI). We also received an additional grant from the Ann and Bill Swindells Charitable Trust, specifically for TRIED AND TRUE rehabbing foreclosed and abandoned homes as part of this new initiative. These grants will help us increase the number of families we serve each year by over 100%! We selected the Cully neighborhood in northeast Portland to focus our NRI efforts SELF-HELP MODEL THAT and began working in a new way. We first surveyed all 1,000 households in our focus area to learn what residents like about their neighborhood and what they want changed. We expanded our toolbox of products to include repairs for homeowners who would otherwise not be able to afford home repairs that are vital to MAKES HABITAT’S WORK their health and safety. We teamed up with residents, businesses and other nonprofits to discover what is needed most in Cully, so that we help achieve a shared vision of revitalization. We will be serving 21 families through this year’s NRI efforts alone, and we look forward to continuing our commitment in Cully over the next five years, as well as taking SUSTAINABLE AND this initiative to other neighborhoods in the Portland Metro area in the future. But new home construction still remains at the core of what we do. In fact, Habitat now owns land to build a community of 21 homes in Cully, which will be a further catalyst for revitalization of this neighborhood. SUCCESSFUL. As we look to the year ahead, Habitat is excited to step foot in neighborhoods new and familiar. In early 2014, we’ll begin building seven homes in Hillsdale, our first time building in a southwest Portland neighborhood. The purchase of this land was made possible by the support and partnership of Home Forward and the Greater Portland Bible Church. We also have plans to head back to Gresham’s Rockwood neighborhood – where we have built over 50 homes – to break ground on 26 more! Our new initiatives will use the same tried and true self-help model that makes Habitat’s work sustainable and successful. We invite you to join us as we continue building strong, vibrant neighborhoods, impacting everyone that lives in our great city. PAUL GEORGE, CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS STEVE MESSINETTI, PRESIDENT AND CEO Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East Annual Report < 3 > (Volunteered 100 hours or more between July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013) GOLDEN HAMMER VOLUNTEERS Thank you to the many volunteers who supported Habitat at our build sites, ReStores or in the office. Last year, volunteers filled NEIGHBORHOODS 7,569 volunteer slots, 1,445 of those at our ReStores, and donated 84,596 hours of service. This is valued at $1,872,955 in paid labor. Photo courtesy of Nathan Williams Nathan of courtesy Photo Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East Steve Abels Justin Collinson Jeff Hand Roy Kitzmann Gary Miniszewski Michele Stemler OF STABILITY AND Richard Adams Tom Davidson Kevin Hawkins Keith Kunerth Melvin Murphy Gina Taylor Katie Atkins Dan Doerner Michael Helwig Laurel Kurtz Tess Nosbush Chris Teeuwen Susan Barnett Kay Donald Dawn Holden Mary Ella Kuster Philip Pincus Gary Thompson HOPE Lonnie Bethune Genevieve DuBois Shaley Howard Ida Lam Garrett Quinn Howard Thompson Francesca Blom-Cooper Daniel Duenas Bob Hrdlicka Gregg Lande Thomas Reed Meg Turecek Sabrina Bower Shane Finnell Katie Hughes Jim Laubenthal Kathi Rodgers Joe Tushner Uy Buu Dick Firsich Kyle Janus Ann Lawson Stephen Sheie Zachary Werber Larry Callan Terry Flower Ansel Johnson Yee Lee Ann Smith Al Wick Shirley Carpenter Melissa George Joshua Jones Michele Lish Sydney Smith Jill Winegar Deborah Carver James Gilbert Mike Keating Robert Maldonado Tauna Soderquist Rob Wold Richard Chambers Carolyn Graf Andrew Kindschuh Richard Kent Matthews Bob Spier Ronald Christian Gloria Halper Larry Kissenger Matt Miller Andy Steiner Portland ReStore Habitat homeowner, Bylinda Tollefsen, and her family moved into their new home this year in southeast Portland. Emilio Barrales Leticia Evangelists Don Lee Samuel Miller Robert Paz Joshua Stromquist Neva Cavataio Rod Hohman Craig Lewallen Jay Mosser Mary Lou Ritter Greg Wagner Emily Coleman Patrick Isles Lynda Mayorga Daniel Myers Pasha Saafir Finda Yambasu The 22 families already living at southeast 171st and Division represent Jason Divittorio Richard Kaptun Patrick McQuade Mike O’Neil Karla Strassmaier a diverse mix of cultures and backgrounds, yet they all have one thing “YOU MOVE INTO in common – the desire to provide a safe and stable home for their Clark County Habitat for Humanity Store children to grow and thrive. And there is no better place for a child to Alex Ables Woodley Chhor Daniel Garon Donavan Lyness Mindy Quitugua Joey Vermilya YOUR HOME ALREADY grow up than around other hardworking families dedicated to making Bill Becker Curtis Dahl Bob Gush Steve Mattson Richard Reiter Nancy White their neighborhood a great place. James Bellisle Johny DeCoteau Philip S. Jackson Vicki McCay Joshua Simmons Dale Wright KNOWING YOUR Sharen Bourassa Drew Doxtator Miranda Jense John McDole Kelly Stady Leroy Zent “You move into your home already knowing your neighbors because Rachel Bozarth Steven Edington Chuck Johnson Brenda Millar Brennan Street NEIGHBORS BECAUSE Jeff Brugato Sarah Edstrom Ray Johnson Christopher Oana Albert Tester you have spent so many hours building your homes together,” said Kris Bunnell Darrin Funk Lloyd Knecht Earnest L. Parsons Brian Thompson YOU HAVE SPENT Bylinda Tollefsen, Habitat homeowner. Washington County ReStore SO MANY HOURS And with a community garden where each of the 45 families have BUILDING YOUR HOMES their own plot to grow food, there is plenty of space to get out in the Cristian Acosta Gordon Eastman Richik Neogi neighborhood and socialize with one another. Avonte Armstead Rosana Gonzalez Juanita Radkey Giovanni Ballesteros Hannah Hacker Maria Ramos TOGETHER.” Mark Brown Roger Hathoway Carol Sanker “My children have great friends next door,” said Omar Obaid, Habitat Brendan Callahan Mercedes Juarez Gary Stromiberg homeowner. “It’s nice to know my neighbors are looking out for me and David Carl Kathy Lane Angel Vaillencourt for my kids.” Janet Chandler Sally Lee Alison Wedig Jaime Delgado Isabel Mata Drew Woods The final 23 families will move into the neighborhood this coming year, Nathan Dotson Destinie Natividad Ricardo Zamudio offering more diversity and camaraderie to the community. Volunteer support is vital to constructing affordable housing. Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East Annual Report < 4 > David Cook and Mary Overgaard have been a longtime supporters of Habitat, both as donors and as members of MONTHLY DONORS Habitat’s Portland Pride Build. David and Mary plan to leave HANDS THAT BUILD a planned gift with Habitat through our Legacy Society. Hunt Frank of courtesy Photo COMMUNITIES Williams Nathan of courtesy Photo LEGACY SOCIETY Not only has KC Cowan emceed our HopeBuilder Breakfast for seven years, but she supports Habitat consistently through our Carpenter’s Club monthly giving program. BUSINESSES INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES The Hoffman-Pope family rallied four generations for a full-home sponsorship at Habitat’s Orchards build site in southeast Portland. Family Hoffman/Pope of courtesy Photo Younger generations contributed to the build by organizing their own The Standard sponsored three homes by employees donating to Habitat in order to wear jeans to the office on Fridays. Not only did garage sale. they raise the funds, but employees volunteered over 2,800 hours swinging hammers on the build site. Habitat homeowner Pascal Maboko thanks Greg Ness, President and CEO of The Standard, with a giant hug after receiving the keys to his family’s new home in southeast Portland. Pascal’s family spent years escaping war in their homeland of Burundi and living in refugee camps in Congo and Zambia before moving to the United States in 2004. Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East Annual Report < 5 > Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East Annual Report < 6 >