2024 Summer Impact Report
Your Impact: Making ‘One Day’ Possible
“One day, I’ll own my own home…”
“One day, my children will feel safe and secure in a place of their own…”
“One day, I will have the space to breathe, to thrive, to pursue opportunities…”
A ‘one day’ mindset demands a relentless belief in what is possible. You support Habitat Philadelphia because you believe we will — together — build a city where all belong.
Your audacious, unshakable belief was on full display at this year’s Building Hope Luncheon, as 394 donors and 58 sponsors raised a record $724,000 to create opportunity through affordable homeownership and critical home repair.
‘One Day’ starts with ‘Day One’
Day One…
— break ground on four new homes in West Philadelphia.
— celebrate five new homeowners in Strawberry Mansion.
— complete 125 home repairs in a single year for the first time.
— lead 12 Pennsylvania affiliates to advocate for smarter housing policies.
When you support Habitat Philadelphia, you build community and open doors of opportunity. There is more than enough to make ‘one day’ possible. There is more education, health and wealth building — more birthday parties, graduations and holiday dinners.
Thank you for your partnership as we build hope alongside more Philadelphia families. Home is the key — a fundamental right — and with your support, we will continue to build, repair and advocate — today, tomorrow and every day — until we all arrive at ‘one day.’
In partnership,
Corinne O’Connell
Chief Executive Officer
Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia
May 2, 2024
Building Hope Luncheon
More than 800 affordable housing advocates gathered to celebrate the transformative power of homeownership at our annual event. Habitat homeowners shared their powerful stories, key volunteers and partners received special recognition for their extraordinary support, and together we unlocked much-needed resources to build and repair more homes. 394 donors and 58 sponsors raised a record $724,000!
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394
donors
58
sponsors
$724,000
raised
June 5, 2024
40th Street Groundbreaking
Neighbors, supporters and staff cheered as the first shovels broke ground on four new single-family homes on North 40th Street in West Philadelphia. A year from now, four more first-time homebuyers come home to Mantua, realizing their dream of affordable homeownership. Your support opens doors of opportunity.
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50
supporters attended
4
single family homes to be built
1
wheelchair accessible home
June 13, 2024
32nd Street Home Dedications
Hands on each other’s backs, the Habitat community welcomed home five first-time homebuyers to their new homes at Coltrane Commons in Strawberry Mansion. Your support means five more children can now grow and thrive in a safe, stable family home, celebrating birthdays and holidays in a place they can call their own.
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5
homes dedicated
11
lives impacted
50
workshops completed
April 9, 2024
Habitat Advocacy Day
Staff and homeowners from 12 Habitat for Humanity affiliates in Pennsylvania gathered at the Capitol to urge legislators to support a series of bills and budget items that would impact thousands of PA homeowners. Your support amplifies the call for smarter policies and increased funding for affordable housing and home repair.
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12
PA Habitat Affiliates
43
meetings with legislators
4
bills and tax programs championed
June 27, 2024
Critical Home Repairs
Habitat Philadelphia worked alongside 125 families – our most ever in a single year – to provide critical home repairs, ensuring a safer and healthier quality of life. Your support means more families can be free from worry and rest in a home they can rely on.
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125
homes repaired
225
lives impacted
18
accessibility upgrade projects
Our Vision
is to transform lives and our city by building and repairing homes in partnership with families in need and uniting all Philadelphians around the cause of affordable homeownership.
Our Mission
is to transform lives and our city by building and repairing homes in partnership with families in need and uniting all Philadelphians around the cause of affordable homeownership.
Our Core Values
guide our work and culture locally. We are builders. We work alongside, not for, others. We are driven by accountability and defined by our stick-to-it-tiveness.