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Habitat for Humanity of Greater is a nonprofit Christian housing ministry uniting volunteers and local investors with qualified families to build safe, stable, and affordable homes in Northeast . Table of Contents

CEO Message...... 1

Financials...... 2

Family Statistics ...... 3

Family Spotlight: Edilov Family ...... 4

Milestone: El Salvador ...... 5

Volunteer/ReStore Statistics ...... 6

Partnership Highlight: Victoria Lakes in New Haven...... 7

2020 Ministry Partners ...... 8

Panel Builds: Fort Wayne Metals ...... 9

Board of Directors ...... 10

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne / 2020 Annual Report CEO Message

On behalf of the Habitat Family, thank you for All our families have faced the cruel grasp of your continued love and support during such generational poverty, constricting ever tighter a difficult time in our collective history. regardless of how hard they fought to free themselves. Together, we have experienced illness, death, societal unrest (both racial and political) and The families we have partnered with have witnessed firsthand the increasing financial always fought for a more prosperous future. I pressures felt by our community’s most am confident that the last year has allowed us vulnerable. all to empathize in previously unimaginable ways and afforded us the opportunity to Each burden has presented unique innovate courageously. challenges but combined they have created a truly unprecedented, unbearable reality. It is this unique combination of proximity We have faced them all in relative isolation, to our neighbor’s plight and imagination absent of the critical comforts only strong that I believe will propel us to new levels of communities and social networks are able to effectiveness organizationally. provide. I believe that Habitat for Humanity of Greater Since 1987, you have helped us serve 248 Fort Wayne is poised to build more homes families. Many of these families and their and serve more families than ever before. children faced obstacles like those mentioned above prior to obtaining their own homes. I know that with the assistance of our volunteers, donors, and our community Many struggled with illness and injury in the behind us we can succeed in meeting absence of comprehensive health insurance. the incredible demand for housing in our Many faced racism and institutional injustice community. that prevented their advancement.

Andrew Gritzmaker | CEO Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne’s Fiscal Year is July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020 Financial Overview 1% 0% 0%

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REVENUE EXPENSES █ Contribution & Grants █ Construction...... $566,457 (including Capital Campaign)...... $1,203,337 PROGRAM █ Homeowner & Mortgage Services...... $89,143 █ Fundraising...... $226,823 EXPENSES

█ ReStore...... $1,225,445 █ ReStore...... $1,101,724

█ Home Sales...... $447,422 █ Administrative*...... $695,682 █ In-kind Contributions...... $0 █ Capital Campaign*...... $617 █ Investment Income...... $25,923 █ Fundraising...... $79,223 Other...... - $526,497

Total Revenue...... $2,602,453 Total Expenses...... $2,532,846

*Administrative and Capital Campaign expenses are both included under the Management/General designation in Habitat’s audited financials.

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne / 2020 Annual Report 2 Family Statistics 248 1,081 5 home construction 781 Volunteers 8 projects started = 4,063 7

Women Build 88 Women Build Teams 589 Women Build Volunteers “Ownership of property and/or land is essential to having financial freedom. It’s a ladder to building generational wealth.” – Reshi & Deja Edilov

Family Spotlight: Edilov Family

to buy a home with no interest” — she didn’t kids for the girls to play with. Between our three Why Homeownership think anything would come of it, but knew it was Habitat families who moved into the Victoria worth some research. Lakes neighborhood in 2020, there are nine is important kids all under the age of 7. “When I found Habitat for Humanity, I applied Reshi and Deja Edilov never thought immediately,” explained Deja. “To all the volunteers who worked on our home: homeownership would be an option for them. We appreciate you all — for the selfless act of As Muslims, they do not believe in taking on The Edilovs have three little girls who couldn’t dedicating your time. Thank you.” debt with interest. wait to set-up their sandbox in the backyard and ride their bikes on the sidewalks. Their former One day, out of curiosity, Deja Googled “how rental was in a neighborhood without any other

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne / 2020 Annual Report 4 Habitat GFW recently received the Malachi 3:10 Award in reaching the $500,000 lifetime tithe milestone. Our affiliate has tithed to several Habitat Milestone: affiliates in Latin America over the last 15+ years. Most recently, our tithing partnership has been primarily with Habitat El Salvador. Because of El Salvador the many generous donors in our community, this partnership has served over 45 Salvadoran families Partnership with affordable homeownershp since 2005.

$1,363,174 950 tons calendar year net sales revenue of materials kept out of landfills

45,074 transactions for shoppers served combined donations 10,119 (business and individual)

unique volunteers 10,119> (not shifts or engagements) 276 > 3,300 volunteer hours engaged

volunteers > 1,430 engagements

ReStore Statistics

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne / 2020 Annual Report 6 Partnership Highlight: Victoria Lakes Subdivision - New Haven

In June 2020, Habitat kicked off three new builds with Lancia Homes in the Victoria Lakes Subdivision in New Haven. In total, lives for families in our community” stated Jamie Lancia, President Habitat will have the option to purchase 10 lots to be developed of Lancia Homes, who also served as a Habitat Board member over the next few years. from 2013-2019.

“By partnering with Habitat, it will allow us to be actively involved “This partnership builds upon our 25-year history of working with in helping them build quality, affordable housing that helps build Habitat to strengthen community development.” better

“This partnership builds upon our 25-year history of working with Habitat to strengthen community development.”

– Jamie Lancia, President, Lancia Homes Thank you to all of our generous ministry partners. 2020 Ministry Partners

1st Source Foundation Dyer Family Foundation Indiana Tech PNC Foundation AC & R Specialist Ecolab Jack Laurie Group ProFed Credit Union AEP Foundation Edward M Wilson Foundation Johnson & Johnson Matching Schwab Charitable Ambassador Enterprises English Bonter Mitchell Gifts Program Shambaugh & Son, LP Ash Brokerage Foundation Journal Gazette Foundation STAR Financial Bank Avangrid Renewables First Merchants Bank Katz, Sapper & Miller, LLP Sweetwater Sound Belmont Beverage Foellinger Foundation Inc. Lancia Homes Thomas J Dyer Co Bobcat of Fort Wayne Ford Development Corp. Lincoln Financial Foundation Three Rivers Federal Credit Union Brand Innovation Group, LLC Fort Financial Credit Union Lithko Contracting LLC The Toby and Misha Thomas Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Fort Wayne Home & Garden Charitable Fund Charles Kuhne Foundation Show Mary Cross Tippmann Foundation Trinity Episcopal Church Coldwelll Banker Roth Wehrly Michelin Ultra USSI Graber Fort Wayne Metals NIPSCO Upstate Alliance of Realtors, Inc. College Park United Brethren GE Foundation Novae Corp Vera Bradley Church Hagerman, Inc. O’Daniel Automotive Group Walmart Foundation Community Foundation of Greater Home Builders Association Old National Bank Foundation Walterfield Foundation Inc. Fort Wayne of Fort Wayne, Inc. Our Sunday Visitor Weigand Construction Crosby Excavating, Inc. Home Lumber of New Haven Park Plastic Products Wells Fargo Foundation DeMarchis Family Foundation Huntington County Community Zollner Foundation Do it Best Corp. Foundation, Inc. Physcians Health Plan of Northern Don Ayres Honda Ian & Mimi Rolland Foundation Indiana, Inc. Doc Dancer Inc. Indiana Michigan Power Plymouth Congregational Church

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne / 2020 Annual Report 8 Panel Builds: Fort Wayne Metals

Fort Wayne Metals hosted two Habitat panel build days at their parking lot of our corporate office and see our people come together to headquarters in 2020. Each day engaged up to 160 employees who help,” explained Christina Gibb, Community Engagement Manager at quickly learned from crew leads to building all the exterior and interior Fort Wayne Metals. walls of a home in less than 8 hours. Habitat hopes to bring more panel builds to other organizations in our “This past year, we have continued our financial support in helping build community in the future! two more houses in the 46806 neighborhood. Part of this assistance is also a commitment of manpower through two Habitat panel builds in the Board of Directors

Mark Bains David Faust, Chair Dr. Lorenzo Suter Leadership Team Attorney Owner/CEO Chief Executive Officer Andrew Gritzmaker Barrett McNagny Precision Wireless Technologies Chief Executive Officer

Tyler Binkley Dr. Cedric Walker Jeremy McClish President & Managing Founder & Senior Pastor JJ Foster Chief Operating Officer Broker Joshua’s Temple Missionary Assistant Vice President Baptist Church Allied Commercial Lake City Bank Victoria McCallister Adrienne Wampole, Vice Chair Executive Assistant Gabe Brown Amy Hesting Co-Owner Assistant VP of Sales and Special Markets Director of Talent Initiatives Pinpoint Improvements, LLC Kelly Gerber Brotherhood Mutual Northeast Indiana Regional Controller Partnership Joyce Walz Terri Cable Community Volunteer Dave Richmond Dan Minnich, Treasurer Regional President Director of Construction First Merchants Bank Chief Financial Officer Chris Wesner Ash Brokerage Corporation Vice President of Client Engagement Mark Dely, Secretary Shambaugh & Son, LP Chief Legal & Rob Schmiedel Administration Officer Sales Operations Manager Luther Whitfield Vera Bradley Do It Best Corp. Senior Pastor New Covenant Worship Center Dr. Karl Einolf President Indiana Tech

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