Habitat for Humanity International recently received a $7.56 million grant to support 362 AmeriCorps member positions, marking the largest service member grant the global housing nonprofit has received in the past 10 years. The increased funding is part of AmeriCorps’ historic $580 million investment to better support national service and volunteerism.
ATLANTA (July 18, 2022) — Habitat for Humanity International is pleased to welcome Tolli Love, a seasoned resource development executive with extensive experience driving revenue growth, deepening corporate partnerships and strengthening fundraising capabilities, as the organization’s new chief development officer. Love most recently served as chief investor relations officer at United Way Worldwide.
As chief communications officer, Dunham will lead a global team of 80 tasked with stewarding Habitat for Humanity’s brand across multiple channels and coordinating Habitat’s story among local Habitat for Humanity organizations in all 50 states and more than 70 countries.
HOBO, celebrating 30 years of crafting high-quality leather goods, recently pledged a $100,000 donation to Habitat for Humanity International to expand the global housing nonprofit’s work.
Compass, Inc. has joined Habitat as a new partner and committed a donation of $200,000 to support the global housing organization’s mission of building safe, decent and affordable homes.
Working with local Habitat organizations, new and returning Habitat AmeriCorps service members will help to build or improve homes alongside future and existing Habitat homeowners and volunteers. Members are expected to contribute more than 426,700 hours of service during the 2021-2022 service year.
For Jessica, there has never been anything more important than providing a safe and secure home for her two children. Seeing her youngest crawling in an unhealthy home, Jessica says, “That was my breaking point where I said, ‘I need to make a move,’ and Habitat was that move.”
Ron Vandeveld wanted to make a difference so he made sure that his legacy will make an impact through Habitat for a long time to come.
The partnership will engage hundreds of Cotiviti employees working alongside Habitat homeowners and community members in homebuilding and renovations, as well as volunteering at their local Habitat for Humanity ReStores.
More than 750 MetLife employees will roll up their sleeves during the company’s third annual Community Week, a collaboration with Habitat for Humanity to undertake home building projects in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.