FY18 ANNUAL REPORT

Mona Daniels remembers the day she was approved to be a Habitat homebuyer, 22 years ago, like it was yesterday. She has since paid off her mortgage and has put four children through college. Read more about Mona and how her Habitat home impacted her life inside this report.

advocacy postcards to elected officals

125

608new homes and

repairs since 1984

sweat equity hours earned

2,650

hours of homeowner education provided

6531,934 volunteers

34 volunteers served internationally

10,400

585

ReStore donations

ReStore volunteers

new legacy society members

20new homes built in Orange County13

30 homes repaired in Orange County

funds given through tithe $50,000

1,150

# of individualdonors$687,083 mortgages paid

by homeowners

$378,557property taxes paid by homeowners

MissionHabitat for Humanity of Orange County changes lives by bringing together God’s people and resources to help families in need build and own quality affordable homes in safe and supportive communities.

VisionEveryone in Orange County has a decent place to live.

At the end of this year, I will be retiring as the Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity in Orange County. For 26 years, I’ve had the great privilege of leading an organization that I love; serving a cause that nourishes my soul and speaks to my heart. I will be leaving an organization that is strong and respected in the community. I will be leaving an organization that is poised to take on new and exciting challenges that will expand and deepen our impact on the affordable housing crisis in our community. I feel really good about that.

The Chapel Hill Herald - January 15,1993

In Partnership,

Susan LevyExecutive Director

I have dedicated my career to Habitat and to affordable housing because I wholeheartedly believe that home is the cornerstone that provides the opportunity for a better life. Homeownership provides the stability and security that enables families to grow into thriving members of our community. I also believe that for a community to prosper there must be a place for all who want to live there. To me and to Habitat, inclusiveness is not a buzzword. It is absolutely necessary for the vitality and sustainability of our community. For our community to be a truly welcoming and diverse place means we all have to work together to provide affordable housing. We have been doing that for the past 35 years, but there is so much more to be done!

Habitat has been and will continue to be forward looking, innovative, and strategic as we address affordable housing solutions. The senior population is growing quickly in Orange County, and for many of our elders, having a safe and affordable place to live is one of the biggest challenges they face. I am excited to announce that Habitat is addressing this critical need. Crescent Magnolia, the first ever Habitat housing development for seniors, began construction in fall 2018 and will feature 24 townhomes. The ADA compliant, energy efficient units are designed to allow seniors to live at home safely, independently, and comfortably at a cost they can afford.

After 26 years at Habitat and nearly 40 years in the affordable housing field, I have to admit I have sometimes felt discouraged. Far too many families and individuals still struggle right here in Orange County to secure that most basic of human rights—decent shelter. But when I talk to Habitat homeowners, to volunteers, to donors all of—whose lives have been positively changed by their connection to Habitat, I feel reenergized and hopeful. I know that we are making a difference. With persistence, focus, passion, and compassion we are slowly but surely creating a more just and equitable community here in Orange County. I am counting on all of you to continue this vital work in the years to come.

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our impact Numbers below represent fiscal year 2018 which ran July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018.

our director

91

25+ year supporters

Inclusion Build allows people of all abilities to give back

Hammers and Hearts faith partnership celebrates after wrapping up a build shift

Interfaith kicks off partnership with first build of the year

Building Hope and the Joseph Farinola Memorial Fund

dedicates a home

UNC Dentistry students work on site as part of 3rd annual

DEAH Day

Staff, Board Members, and other community members arrive in Guatemala to serve for a week

Youth plant trees in Tinnin Woods in partnership with Trees for the

Triangle

EmergeOrtho employees help co-worker and homebuyer

Tanisha build her home

Newfangled comes out for first of two team builds of the year

Habitat International CEO Jonathan Reckford greets

Reverend Robert Seymour

UNC Habitat for Humanity kicks off Carolina Blueprint

fundraiser

Youth United sends 12 high school students to serve on

first international trip

Local affiliates advocate for affordable housing at Habitat on

the Hill in Washington

Women’s Roofing Crew create a community ahead of annual

Women Build

1/25 2/12 2/15

2/24 3/10 4/9 4/28

5/6 5/25 6/9 6/25

In Febuary, Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford visited to

celebrate the groundbreaking of our current build on McMasters

Street in the Northside Neighborhood of Chapel Hill.

This event also celebrated major donors from the Yeowell

Challenge, which raised over $100,000 this past year.

Faith partnerships make up a large part of site volunteers and

funds raised. Between three different partnerships, over 20 faith organizations raised $135,000 in funds in Orange

County this fiscal year.

The UNC-Chapel Hill Habitat for Humanity club had

a record breaking year of fundraising over $50,000 for our

affiliate through events like Mixed Concrete Art Show, Carolina

Blueprint, and a matching grant from State Farm.

For the first time, Youth United, the high school

affiliated Habitat club, sent a group to Habitat Guatemala for a week to work with Global Village. Our affiliate sent 34 people through

two trips to Guatemala in the past year to move our impact beyond

Orange County.

Newfangled is just one of the many organizations that sponsor a team build and volunteer on the job site. This year, Habitat raised

$22,325 through team builds.

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The Joseph Farinola Memorial Fund was able to help fund a home after the overwhelming response of

memorial gifts from his friends and family. $16,423

was recieved in memorial and planned gifts this fiscal year.

Helping at Harvest brings together families to preserve a

local home

11/11Helping at Harvest gave families the chance to volunteer together on a Home Preservation project in Chapel Hill. In this past year, Habitat completed repairs for 30

families and individuals with many of them having community

volunteer components.

Rambus celebrates its 15th year of sponsoring a home in Orange

County

8/19 9/28 10/2710/13our year

StaffChristine AbernathySteve DrakeJesus GutierrezMatt HenricksonAlice JacobyGrace JohnstonJanice KalinKaitlyn KopalaEd KuczynskiBrian Lee

Advisory BoardAaron Bachenheimer Sue Harvin, Chair Karen McCall Ed Paradise Rob Reda Moses Carey George Horton Charles Merritt Benjamin Perry

Board of Directors Judit AlvaradoKathy Atwater, SecretaryBetsy BlackwellCathy BrysonAndrew BurnsJoe CanadyBrian ChacosBrian CurranElam Hall, First Vice President

Sue Harvin, Past PresidentShannon Kennedy Taylor Ludlam, Second Vice PresidentSuki Newton, PresidentJoan Pharr, TreasurerDeondra RoseCami SchuppKelli ThomasRick Tugwell

In addition to swinging a hammer, Bert also volunteered by leading our Construction Committee for 10 years, until 2010. In 2003, Bert was instrumental in making an important design change to local Habitat homes. Wanting to improve the already high safety standards, he worked with State and Town officials to install sprinkler systems in every Habitat home built in Orange County. In 2016, the Chapel Hill Fire Department honored Bert with a ceremony celebrating the installation of the 150th sprinkler system in a Habitat home.

When Bert passed away, his wife of 64 years, Mary Lou, suggested that friends and family could honor his life by giving to Habitat in his memory. Their generosity will help to ensure that each and every Habitat home will continue to be protected by a sprinkler system, as Bert envisioned. We are grateful to the Liverance family and other supporters who choose to help build safe, affordable homes.

in memoriam: Bert LiveranceBert Liverance, a very special Habitat volunteer, passed away on April 25, 2018. He first became involved with Habitat while serving as a member of the vestry at Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church following his retirement. Bert began volunteering weekly and joined the Wednesday Crew in 1996, which he served on for over 14 years.

Bert’s favorite task on the construction site was framing walls. He loved how quickly the houses would take shape. He would arrive in the morning to a bare plywood floor, but by the end of the day, after walls had been raised, he could already picture the family moving in and enjoying their new home.

On December 22, 1994, eight days after her birthday and three days before Christmas, Mona Daniels received the best gift of all: a letter stating that she was approved for Habitat’s homeownership program. “I told my kids by drawing a picture of a house and putting that under the tree. It was a good Christmas,” said Mona.

Construction on Mona’s home began in October of 1995 and was completed in June of 1996. On June 26, after just four hours of moving, she could officially call the Chestnut Oaks neighborhood in Chapel Hill her home. “My dream was to own a home before all of my children graduated high school. Thanks to Habitat, I had my own home before my first even went to high school.”

Mona still keeps two photo albums documenting her Habitat journey. Included are everything from pictures of the original wooded lots she got to choose from, to snapshots of her children playing in their new home with moving boxes still in the background. Since she first moved in, Mona’s four children have graduated from high school and then from college, with three going on to earn advanced degrees. She’s beaten breast cancer, and hosted countless holiday dinners and summer cookouts at her home.

After 20 years in her home, Mona paid off her mortgage in June of 2016. With that milestone behind her, she’s been taking on projects to give her home a facelift, like replacing furniture, cabinets, doors, and landscaping. She’s excited to make improvements that will allow her to continue to enjoy her home for many years to come.

Susan LevyMarisa MartiniRandy McNeillSavanna MeltonJennifer PlayerAndrea SorvinoJosh StehnoVince ToscanoRichard Turlington

Houses Sold and Financed by Habitat - $2,012,250Contributions and Grants - $1,275,482ReStore Income - $219,833Other Income - $920,431

Total restricted and unrestricted revenue - $4,427,996

revenue expenses

our funds

our people

Program Services - $3,800,553Fundraising and Communications - $430,096Management and General - $243,342

Total expenses - $4,473,991

“Don’t ever give up with the first no. You need to pick yourself up and try again. The past 22 years have been a great journey and a true blessing.” - Mona Daniels

our donors

our partners

Susan AlcornJanet and Hoyle AndersonMarcia Angle and Mark TrustinJanet and Trevor ArcherJohn Becton and Nancy TannenbaumDiane and Art BeldenChris and Bob Berndt, in memory of Claire and Jim SchubertMelanie and Kevin BieseSusan Blackford and Jan HansenBetsy Blackwell and John WatsonMady and Gerry BlobeJanet and Bill BlueJason BonnerIrene and R. Alan BriggamanBetsy and Jim BryanCharlie Bucket Fund of Triangle Community FoundationJulia and Andrew BurnsSarah and Paul CaseyGretchen CastorinaCresha and George CiancioloBlanche ClarkVivian ClarkCarolyn Cole and Jennifer Van VickleAnn and Chris CoxJane and Fred DalldorfKen DobbinsJean EliaPat and Jack EvansLori EvartsChristi and Larry FedoraWalter FehrEllie and Jim FergusonNancy and Morris FineJulia and Carl FoxJane Gaede Joan GillingsLallie GodschalkMary and Russell GravesPeggy Gulley and John WilliamsJan Halle Sue and David HarvinPeter HebertLinda and Jim HeffernanPam and Brad Hemminger

Joy HerringtonSue HoeflichSusan and Tom HoergerPaula and Steven HogeCarol HogueAlice and George HortonCharles HouseJamin HuangKatherine and Grady IngleMarilyn Jacobs Preyer and Rich PreyerGrace JohnstonJen and Chris JohnstonJanice and Paul KalinShannon Kennedy and Alan StephensonSheila Kerrigan and Steve ClarkeMoyra and Brian KileffRandy KingCarol Klein and Michael LarterSyndee and Bob KrausBeverly and Zarrel LambertAnita LangKay and Sam LeamanJoan and Rich LeberCatherine and Reid LernerSusan Levy and Franz ThomasEric LinsleyBill LoeserAnne and Chris LutesLauren and Mike MangiliDeborah and Robert MarkleyHarriet and D.G. MartinKaren and Neal McCallCarol Ann McCormick and Mark PeiferAmy and David McEnteeValerie and Charles MerrittMartha and Russ MersereauStephanie MooreAva and Lee NackmanSandra Newton and Daniel ZippleSuki and Jim NewtonPaula Noell and Palmer PageJohn O’DonnellBarbara and Ed ParadiseMargaret ParkerStewart ParkerWillie Parker

Cathy Pascal and Ron StromJosie PattonCheryl Peterson and Robert GrahamJoan and Ron PharrHarriet and Edwin PostonLinda Prager and Michael ParkerSara and William ProffitMary and Ralph PruiettTrish and Lee RafalowLinda Raftery and Phil SpiroWhitman and John ReardonPam and Mike ReedPeg and Phil ReesKaren and William ReichertSuzanne and John RenfroDeborah and Ed RoachMargaret RookLucia and John SehonBob SeymourSmruti and Rick ShahEve and Carl ShyDick SilvaSusan and Pharr SmithPhyllis SockwellJoy SteinbergShere StoneJanice StrattonGretchen StroemerAnnie and Patrick SullivanKim and Rob SullivanKristin and Andy SwoffordAimee TattersallMonica and Frank TewRick TugwellMichael UnderwoodDenise and Steve VanderwoudeRosemary and Gary WaldorfSusan Warwick and Douglas CallDenise Conner WatersEdith and Sheldon WigginsLise and Trent WilliamsLouise WilliamsSarah and Edwin YarbroughHeather and David YeowellKelly and David Young

This honor roll recognizes our Henry Clark Society Members who are individuals that have made contributions of $1,000 or more during Fiscal Year 2018.

NEW HOME PARTNERS

Building HopeCatholic Community of St. Thomas MoreCommunity Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian UniversalistHoly Trinity Lutheran ChurchNewman Catholic CenterUnited Church of Chapel Hill

CEO BuildBaldwin&Bank of AmericaBlue Cross and Blue Shield of North CarolinaBlue Heron Asset ManagementBootstrap AdvisorsBurt’s BeesCapitol Broadcasting CompanyCiscoCoastal Credit UnionCredit SuisseCreeThe Dilweg CompaniesDuke EnergyDuke HealthEatonGrifolsHamilton Point Investment AdvisorsHatteras Venture PartnersHHHuntinMotionNowInvestors Title Insurance CompanyJohn DeereKilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLPLeland Little AuctionsMadison River Ventures, LLCMetLifeNeoNova NetworksNomacoNC Mutual Life Insurance CompanyOne Better VenturesPappas CapitalPonysaurus BrewingRed HatThe Redwoods GroupRho

The Special Event CompanyTar Heel Sports PropertiesTriangle Business JournalVerdesian Life Sciences, LLCWells FargoWindsor Circle

Hammers and HeartsChrist United Methodist ChurchUniversity Presbyterian ChurchUniversity United Methodist Church

Hands for HabitatOrange County Schools and StudentsPHEState Farm

Heels for HomesState FarmUNC GreeksUNC Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter

InterfaithChavurahChurch of the Holy FamilyDickerson Chapel AME ChurchFlat Rock AME ChurchGaines Chapel AME ChurchHarvey’s Chapel AME ChurchHunter’s Chapel AME ChurchJudea Reform CongregationKehillah SynagogueLevin Jewish Community CenterMt. Zion AME ChurchPayne’s Chapel AME ChurchSt. Matthew’s Episocpal ChurchSt. Paul AME ChurchWhite Cross AME Church

RambusSilicon Valley Community Foundation

Women BuildEmergeOrthoLowe’s

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONS

Affiliated Engineers, Inc.ArmacellBertsch Family Charitable FoundationBike & BuildBioLabsBlackman & SloopBryson FoundationCarlson Family FoundationCentral Dermatology CenterF.M. Kirby FoundationFalconwood FoundationFidelity Charitable Gift FundFleet FeetGates Management and RealtyHabitat for Humanity InternationalHillsborough Presbyterian ChurchIBM Employee Charitable Contribution CampaignJ.W. Faircloth & SonMadison PartnersMedical Day Spa of Chapel HillMill House PropertiesMorgan Creek Capital ManagementMorgan StanleyNewfanglednewhope churchPiedmont Electric’s Helping Hand FoundationRaymond James Charitable Endowment FundRESOLUTE Building CompanyRitter EndodonticsRolander Family FoundationRTI InternationalSchwab Charitable FundShared Visions FoundationState Employees Combined CampaignThe Stewards FundStrowd RosesT. Rowe Price Program for Charitable GivingTriangle Community FoundationTrueBridge Capital PartnersUNC Health CareUnited WayVanguard Charitable

We do our best to keep these lists accurate. Please contact the Development Department at (919) 932-7077 ext. 219 to let us know of any changes.

This honor roll recognizes our new home partners and corporations, foundations, and other organizations who who made contributions of $1,000 or more during Fiscal Year 2018.

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