2010 ANNUAL REPORT - The Home Depot Foundation

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.
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