Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco

“The form 990 is provided to and reviewed by both the treasurer and the chief financial officer. A copy of 990 is then emailed to the board before it is filed.”

“The board members are required to inform the organization of any conflicts of interest that may exist. If a conflict of interest arises, the board will vote on how to resolve the issue.”

“The organization uses the fair pay for northern california salary survey for organizations with 9 to 14 million dollar organizational budgets and strives for the 50th percentile. It is then reviewed and approved by the compensation committee and the executive committee.”

“The annual report, which contains financial statements, is posted on the organization's website. Other governing documents such as the conflict of interest policy are available upon request.”

“2013/2014 fact sheet mission habitat for humanity greater san francisco partners with working families and the community to build affordable homes in marin, san francisco and the peninsula. Providing inventive solutions to our region's expensive real estate challenges, habitat has enabled more than 200 families to achieve the dream of homeownership. Service area and current home developments currently, habitat for humanity greater san francisco is building 28 new homes at one capitol avenue in san francisco's ocean view neighborhood and is renovating and repairing homes and community facilities and beautifying parks in east palo alto and menlo park as part of habitat's neighborhood revitalization program. Habitat will break ground on a new construction development in novato in 2014. Partner families habitat greater san francisco builds homes in partnership with families who: demonstrate a need for affordable housing, but who have good credit and can pay a monthly mortgage, and who are willing to perform sweat equity in-lieu of paying a down payment. Houses are sold to partner families at no profit and are financed with affordable, zero-interest mortgages. Partner families perform 500 hours of "sweat equity" to help build their own homes and undergo extensive homeownership training. Programs the neighborhood revitalization initiative (nri) is the newest program to be launched by habitat greater san francisco. The goal of the program is to serve communities beyond the sidewalk of a single family home. Habitat is partnering with nonprofit organizations, government agencies, academic institutions and private foundations to achieve this goal. Services will be provided in consultation and partnership with community residents, and will create opportunities to engage volunteer teams in a variety of projects. Since habitat introduced the homebuyer readiness program (hrp) in 2010, more than 1,600 people have attended our three-part workshop series that addresses the biggest problem areas causing disqualifications from the habitat program: high debt, bad credit and poor money management. Many families have little knowledge of how to improve their credit scores, spending habits and debt. The financial literacy workshops give families the tools and resources to make positive changes that will help them achieve financial stepping stones like paying down debt, or milestones like purchasing their own homes. Construction and funding with less than 50 percent of households able to purchase a home, the san francisco bay area is one of the least affordable housing markets in the country. Building affordable habitat homes is challenging in this region. Volunteers play a critical role in helping to keep the costs down. Every year, nearly 8,000 volunteers work alongside partner families on habitat greater san francisco construction sites and provide more than 90 percent of the labor needed to build habitat homes. Habitat for humanity greater san francisco also relies heavily on grants and charitable giving from individuals, businesses, civic organizations, faith groups and private foundations, as well as donations of land, products and in-kind services. Building homes and hope for habitat families, homeownership is an opportunity to build equity and establish financial stability. And it's a solution to rising rents and housing insecurity that plagues many families. Affordable housing also helps retain the rich tapestry of our communities and allows working families in service, manufacturing, retail and other sectors critical to keeping our economy running to live near their jobs in decent, safe, permanent housing.”