2010 ANNUAL REPORT - The Home Depot Foundation

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Fulfilling our Pledge Nonprofit Partners The Home Depot Foundation’s success in building 150,000 homes since 2007 is due largely to the strength and commitment of our nonprofit partners. We’ve had the privilege of working with many of the country’s leading housing non-profit organizations – Enterprise Community Partners, Habitat for Humanity International, Housing Assistance Council (HAC), NeighborWorks America and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) – to make a real difference for people, neighborhoods and communities – with a focus on building affordable homes that are healthy and energy efficient. When we first started, green building was not really part of the affordable building equation. Through our work with these incredible nonprofits, however, we’ve shown that making affordable housing healthy and environmentally friendly is a good near-term and long-term financial option. > Click to take a closer look at our partnership with Habitat for Humanity International. But we haven’t stopped at the lot line of the homes we’ve built with our partners. We’ve also invested in supporting the creation of sustainable cities through the Sustainable Cities Institute (SCI). SCI is proving that cities can successfully deal with financial, social and environmental issues facing them through thoughtful design, land use and construction. We wish our national partners continued success in their missions – building healthy homes for working families. THE HOME DEPOT FOUNDATION 2010 ANNUAL REPORT Fulfilling our Pledge 4
Fulfilling our Pledge Featured Partner: Habitat for Humanity The Home Depot Foundation and Habitat for Humanity have worked together in many ways over the years, from coordinating volunteers to build homes to responding to natural disasters together. For instance, the Foundation and Home Depot suppliers worked with Habitat to produce 10,000 shelter kits for those affected by the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and we sponsored the 25th Annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project, framing 48 homes along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. In addition, in just the last two years, we’ve worked closely with hundreds of local Habitat affiliates to fulfill their needs: • 115 affiliates have received $1 million in grants and gift cards from The Home Depot and The Home Depot Foundation. • More than 150 affiliates have received $8.5 million in donated product through our Framing Hope Product Donation Program. On a broader scale, The Home Depot Foundation and Habitat for Humanity International joined forces in 2008 to launch Partners in Sustainable Building, a five-year $30 million green building initiative aimed at helping Habitat affiliates in the United States incorporate sustainable building practices in 5,000 green homes. Selected Habitat affiliates are granted $3,000 for each home built to Energy Star standards and up to $5,000 for each home built to a higher green standard. During the partnership thus far, The Home Depot Foundation has worked with more than 175 Habitat affiliates to build 2,500 energy efficient, affordable homes. Behind these impressive numbers are the families whose lives have been changed by living in a healthy home that actually saves them money. It’s the experience of the families that motivates us: • A homeowner in Rushford, Minnesota reported that her heating bill averaged only $2.50 per day during January. • After months of 100+ degree summer temperatures, a homeowner in Grayson County, Texas reported that her highest electric bill was only $100. • In St. Louis, a homeowner saved so much in utility bills that she was able to purchase everything her children needed for the new school year, an annual expense she could not previously afford. Through Partners in Sustainable Building, The Home Depot Foundation and Habitat for Humanity have together proven that building homes that are efficient and healthy – homes that are “green” – makes financial sense, even for very low income families. In fact, we’ve shown that they are the families for whom it makes the most sense. It’s just common sense, good economics and good construction. THE HOME DEPOT FOUNDATION 2010 ANNUAL REPORT Fulfilling our Pledge 5
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