About Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley
Who We Are
Habitat Lehigh Valley is made up of a volunteer board of directors, a dedicated paid staff, volunteer leadership committees, hundreds of homebuilding volunteers and parents and children working together to secure homeownership for families who are in need of affordable, decent housing.
More about Our Staff
Board of Directors
Our Mission
Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley seeks to put God's love into action by bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope.
What We Do
We work with the community to change the community, one home, one family at a time. We build new or renovate damaged homes by drawing the community together through support of donated materials, contributed dollars and giving hands.
Habitat Lehigh Valley seeks and works with local disadvantaged families willing to work for their home. We provide mentoring and homeownership skills to help those families succeed as homeowners.
Fiscal Responsibility
Habitat Lehigh Valley's finances are audited annually by an independent firm of certified public accountants. As required by law, we file Form 990 with the IRS each year.If you would like to review our audited financial statements and our most recent 990, please use the links below.
Financial Statements
IRS Form 990
Five Year Strategic Plan
Affiliate History
In 1989 an inspired group of Lehigh Valley citizens began meeting at First Presbyterian Church in Bethlehem to form a local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity. Working with borrowed space, donated materials and hundreds of volunteer hours, the first Habitat Lehigh Valley home was completed on Pawnee Street in Bethlehem on land donated by an individual.
During the next several years, the organization's grass roots efforts began to take long-term shape as a Board of Directors formed, an office was established and staff was hired. Since then, Habitat Lehigh Valley has grown and transformed into an efficient and effective full-time home building operation that has completed over 90 homes across Easton, Bethlehem and Allentown, assisting families in need of safe,affordable anddecent housing.
Faith Based Partnerships
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical organization whose mission is to create a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
As the local affiliate, our organizational mission is focused on putting God's love into action. We undertake this work to demonstrate that God's love and grace abound for all, and that we must be "hands and feet" of that love and grace in our world. We believe that, through faith, the miniscule can be multiplied to accomplish the magnificent and that respectful relationships can grow among all people.
Habitat Lehigh Valley is a partnership founded on common ground-bridging theological differences by putting love into action. Everyone can use a hammer as an instrument to manifest God's love. During a build, the sound of hammering nails drowns out differences and empowers volunteers to raise walls of hope for people in need. We believe that no one lives in dignity until all can live in dignity.
Working together, we can build stability, security and opportunity for people in need to grow into all that God intended them to be.
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