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The Rockefeller Foundation proved to be an integral part of the More Than Houses campaign and Habitat's ability to plan for the future. With grants totaling $750,000 to Habitat for Humanity University, the strategic planning process and to disaster relief, the foundation has played a pivotal role in Habitat's ability to face the challenge of poverty housing worldwide and to plan for the ways it will address that challenge in the future.
In 2003, the foundation made a contribution to Habitat for Humanity University. Two years later, the foundation made a second grant to help cover the cost of developing the ministry's new five-year strategic plan. That same year, the Rockefeller Foundation also donated money to support Habitat's disaster response efforts in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Headquartered in New York City, the Rockefeller Foundation is committed to enriching and sustaining the lives of poor and excluded people worldwide. The foundation concentrates on addressing the root causes of poverty and the regions where poverty is most prevalent. The foundation is interested in agriculture, arts and culture, health, employment, housing, education and globalization, and concentrates on eastern and southern Africa, southeast Asia and North America.
The contribution in 2005 for the strategic planning process enabled Habitat to enlist the services of Booz Allen Hamilton, an international consulting firm. This firm facilitated the strategic plan that was adopted by the international board of directors in October 2005.
"This is a very exciting award for us," said Todd Garth, director, HFHI Foundations, Organizations and Institutions. "This grant attests to not only the Rockefeller Foundation's support for our work, but its confidence that we will continue to move capably forward, scaling the Habitat program and partnering with other agencies toward the ultimate goal of eliminating poverty housing."
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