A N N U A L R E P O R TFISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2016–JUNE 30, 2017

2016Habitat for Humanity of

Greater Fort Wayne is a nonprofit Christian housing ministry uniting volunteers and local investors with qualified families to build safe, stable and affordable homes in Northeast Indiana.

Seeking to put God’s love into action.

Financial Overview

EXPENSES

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER FORT WAYNE’S FISCAL YEAR IS JULY 1, 2016–JUNE 30, 2017

REVENUE

29%

9%

27%

32%

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█ Contribution & Grants (including capital campaign) .....................$820,417█ Fundraising ...............................................$246,107█ ReStore.....................................................$786,642█ Home Sales ..............................................$913,291█ In-kind Contributions .................................$ 32,935█ Investment income....................................$ 62,259

Other .........................................................$(22,241)

Total Revenue ...........................$2,839,410

█ Construction ........................................$1,016,983

█ HomeWorks ..........................................$ 165,555

█ ReStore ................................................ $ 564,593

█ Administrative* .......................................$ 648,529

█ Capital Campaign* ................................. $ 105,575

█ Fundraising .............................................$ 246,518

Total Expenses .........................$2,747,753

*Administrative and Capital Campaign expenses are both included under the Management/General designation in Habitat’s audited financials.

PROGRAM EXPENSES

Table of Contents

From the Desk of CEO .............. 1

Build on Faith............................. 2

Build up Families ....................... 4

Family Spotlight Mia Stevenson ......................... 5

Build Community Together ........ 6Ministry Partner of the Year ....... 8

2016 & 2017 Ministry Partners ... 9

2016 & 2017 Donors ................ 10

Family Spotlight Cecilia Thomas .......................11

Family Spotlight Lisa Stiles ...............................12

Family Spotlight Aye Wah & Thoo Lay ..............15

Board of Directors.....................17

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FROM T HE DES K OF THE CEO

As we looked back on the past 30 years building with you in our community, the answer is clear. You have faithfully built a strong foundation partnering with Habitat for Humanity to make the dream of homeownership a reality for more than 200 families who came to us seeking a safe, stable, healthy and affordable place to raise their children. And the impact you have made alongside Habitat’s ministry is not just through building homes, but through building a stronger community together and building hope for our homeowners and their children’s futures.

This year we celebrated milestones and reflected on past accomplishments where Habitat and our partners have been able to build on faith, build up families, and build community together. These milestones and accomplishments were possible because of your support and the hard work of the families we serve. We launched a new event to help build stronger leadership within area churches; we expanded our service area to two neighboring counties; we began building a new ReStore; and we witnessed our first homeowner Cecilia Thomas pass the keys to our 200th homeowner Mia Stevenson.

Thanks to your support we can celebrate the legacy of the past three decades and look forward to the future successes in the decades to come. That future is built upon the strong foundation you helped lay. You are making an impact far beyond building a home for a family. You are empowering them to build a better future for their children. You are inspiring and supporting generational change. This change becomes more evident each day as we hear stories from homeowners who have gone on to earn bachelor’s or even master’s degrees, advance their careers, help pay for their children’s college educations, and pay off their mortgages early thanks to the stability and affordability of their Habitat homes.

Even with all this success, the need for affordable homeownership in our community is greater than ever. Every month, about 75 families reach out to Habitat seeking the opportunity to change their lives and the lives of their children. This desire in hundreds of families hoping for a better future through Habitat homeownership is growing because of the successes you’ve helped build: stable families; stronger communities; and hope for the future.

Thank you again for your support in building on faith, building up families and building community together with Habitat for Humanity. We look forward to partnering with you again to impact the lives of more families than ever before.

We frequently ask the question, “What will YOU build?”

In His service,

Justin Berger | CEO

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Build on Faith.Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne provides partners a tangible way to express God’s universal love by bringing people from all backgrounds together to build safe, stable, and affordable homes for hardworking families.

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FIRST BUILD ON FAITH EVENTHabitat successfully hosted its first Build on Faith event in February 2017 with more than 350 regional church and ministry leaders in attendance for the one-day interactive conference, which featured Bill Hybels and other nationally-known speakers in person at the Parkview Mirro Center.

RESTORE CAPITAL CAMPAIGNHabitat for Humanity broke ground on the new ReStore location at 4747 Lima Road in June.

The Habitat for Humanity ReStore is a nonprofit home improvement store and donation center selling new and gently used items to the public at discounted prices. Proceeds from sales directly support Habitat’s efforts to build homes, communities and hope.

Construction on the new location is currently underway, and Habitat for Humanity expects to open the new 27,000 square foot location in Spring 2018.

The $4.5 million project has 75 percent more floor space than the current location, increases the ReStore’s visibility 500 percent and is estimated to increase sales revenue by at least 150 percent within five years. A capital campaign is currently underway to fund the new ReStore, and Habitat has reached 47 percent of the $4.5 million goal.

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Build up Families.Your support of Habitat for Humanity helps provide the opportunity of affordable homeownership for hardworking families seeking lasting stability and transformational change for their future.

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Mia Stevenson was determined to become a first-time homeowner.

When the future 200th Habitat homeowner was accepted into the program, she knew she had about two years to complete all the requirements. But several months into the program, she found out she was going to have her second child.

“I knew I was going to have to get all my hours done fast before the new baby came,” she said.

Mia worked hard to complete the hundreds of hours of sweat equity and sustainable homeownership classes required for her to build her home in 2017. She was working construction well into her seventh month of pregnancy. And she even got some of her last sweat equity hours in at the Restore two days before she went into labor.

She said there is something special about owning her own home in the Habitat community that living in an apartment doesn’t provide for her family.

“You build relationships with all the families going through the program with you,” she said. “And watching my children play in our yard...the thought of that makes me really excited.”

Building a Stronger Community

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Build Community Together On June 29, 2017, 147 volunteers joined Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne at I&M Plaza to help begin construction on our 200th home for a hardworking family. You can read about that family—the Stevensons— and their journey to homeownership on page 5 of this report.

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• $755,000 sales revenue• 490 tons of materials kept out of landfill• 27,800 shoppers served• 4,284 (1,136 free pickups) donors• 931 volunteers engaged

Huntington

• $147,005 sales revenue• 936 (325 free pickups) donors• 35 volunteers engaged• 400 volunteer hours

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Thrivent FinancialThrivent Financial and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne have partnered over the last 10 years to serve 10 families with homes. Thrivent has also provided approximately $400,000 in funding over that period. Thanks to Thrivent for their continued support and partnership.

M I N I S T R Y PA R T N E R O F T H E Y E A R

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2016 & 2017 MINISTRY PARTNERS

Aldersgate United Methodist Church Ambassador EnterprisesAmerican Church Inc.Ash BrokerageAssociated Churches of Fort Wayne & Allen CountyAvangrid RenewablesBenevity Community Impact FundBethel United Methodist Church- Wabash CountyBike and BuildBippus State BankBott Radio NetworkBrotherhood MutualCentral Christian ChurchCentral MinistriesCharlie Tippmann Foundation Charitable TrustChrist’s United Methodist ChurchChurubusco United Methodist ChurchCollege Park United Brethren ChurchColumbia City United Methodist ChurchCommunity Foundation of Greater Fort WayneCrescent Ave United Methodist ChurchCurrent Mechanical IncCustom Engineering & Fabrication, IncDesign CollaborativeDK Flat Top Grill LLCDo it Best CorpDoc Dancer Inc.Dyer Family FoundationEdward M Wilson FoundationEmmanuel Community ChurchEnglish Bonter Mitchell FoundationEric & Mary Baade Charitable TrustFaith United Methodist ChurchFedEx FreightFelderman Design BuildFifth Third BankFirst Federal Savings BankFoellinger Foundation IncFort Wayne Medical Society AllianceFort Wayne TinCaps

Franklin ElectricFrederick Mackel EstateGE FoundationGood Earth LightingGood Shepherd United Methodist ChurchGrace College & SeminaryGrace Presbyterian ChurchGrace Summit ChurchHabitat for Humanity of MinnesotaHaller & Colvin, P.C.Hoagland Hope United Methodist ChurchHome Lumber of New HavenHuntington County Amateur Radio SocietyHylant Group, Inc.IAB Financial BankIan & Mimi Rolland FoundationIndiana Annual Methodist ConferenceJackson Pest Management Jake Stroup State Farm Ins & Fin Svcs IncJen Moser PhotographyJournal Gazette FoundationKatz, Sapper & Miller, LLPKrogerLake City Bank Lancia HomesLincoln Financial FoundationLippert Components Interiors - Plant 77Lowe’sMatilda Jane ClothingMichelinMutual BankNational Christian Foundation IndianaNew Covenant Worship CenterNew Haven United Methodist ChurchNicholsNortheastern REMCNorth Scipio United Methodist ChurchOld National BankPark Plastic ProductsParkview Health

Pathway Community ChurchPlymouth Congregational ChurchPNC BankPrecision Wire TechnologiesProFed Credit UnionReese WholesaleRemedy LIVERisen Savior Lutheran ChurchRon Blue InstituteSaint Joseph United Methodist ChurchSaint Jude Catholic ChurchSchwab CharitableShoaff Park Lions ClubSix Mile ChurchSourceOne Group LLCStar 88.3STAR Financial BankSummit CPA GroupSummit Sports, Inc.Sweetwater SoundTaylor Chapel United Methodist ChurchThe ChapelThe Unstuck GroupThrivent FinancialTomkinson Automotive GroupTransmission & Fluid EqiupmentTrinity Episcopal ChurchTrinity Presbyterian ChurchUnitarian Universalist CongregationVera BradleyWagner Spray Tech CorporationWalmart FoundationWayne Pipe & SupplyWBCL 90.3Wells Fargo BankWoodburn United Methodist ChurchWoodforest National BankYMCA of Greater Fort WayneYouth for Christ of Northern Indiana

Thank you to all of our generous ministry partners.

2016 & 2017 DONORS

Stanley AbramowskiDenise AcostaNasreen AhmedSteven & Lori AikmanNathan AinslieRobert & Monica AlexanderHilary & Sam Andersen-Day-WoodruffJon AndersonPamela & Steve AndersonMamie AndryMagdalena AngelovaJon & Kris AshSarah AubreyRobert & Carol AugsburgerAnna AycockDeanne BakerEmily BalesCathy BallouGary BandelierMatthew BarbAnne BarnettTodd BashfordAlison & Dean BauerMarjorie BaumgartelSuzanne BeardW Thomas & Beverly BecknerJane BeerJudith BeinekeRyan BentonJustin & Nicole BergerJim & Elaine BerningAlisa & Jacob BigginsStephen & Catrin BiggsHannah & Jace BlackburnJohanna BoiceSofia BolanosJenni Boseker

Carol BowersJami BradshawFred BrandBryce BreenTami BrigleSteven BrinkmanJames & Dianna BrownKim BrumetRichard BurdickBruce & Ann BurdickNik BurkhardtRachel BurkholderLinda BuskirkPatricia & Daryl ButlerKaren & Richard ButtAmber ByersJanis ByrdKathy CallenDavid CampbellElizabeth CanavatiAmanda & Sean CassidyAnne & Jon CavanaughFranklyn ChangHollace ChastainBrian ChenaultKathleen ChristensenWesley ClarkMichelle ClaytonVirginia CoatsRuth & Craig ColvinMicki CooneyJames CooperTina CorrellJohn & Marcia CrawfordWilliam & Nancy CritellMichelle CroneJulie Crouch

Gary CyrMary CzechKaren DaileyJustin DamerellDawn DavisDale DeanCynthia DeisterGrace DennyJon DeVriesVera & Richard DonerShandel DraytonDanyelle EasleyAmy & Michael EaveyPaige EaveyJenn EckertCynthia ElickTimothy EllsworthNorma EndersbyKathleen ErwinWayne ErxlebenRichard EvansDaniel & Lois EwingJerry FallsCarrie FarleyVesta FausnightDavid FaustJustin & Lisa FauxJudy FehlhaberJane & Kevin FeldmanStephanie FelgerDennis FelknerJerry & Dorothy FickleSteve & Kim FishLarry & Cindy FisherJeanne & Mark FleggeRichard FloreaCarlos Ulises Flores (Continued on page 13)

Thank you to all of our generous donors.

Stability was hard to come by for Cecilia Thomas in the late 1980s.

The hardworking divorced mom was raising three daughters on her own. And on her single income from Magnavox, she was just getting by with enough to pay the rent and feed her girls.

Her family had become accustomed to moving every few years when rent would go up. Cecilia said before she found Habitat for Humanity, the family moved at least six times.

But the stability she found through homeownership changed all that.

Cecilia became the first Habitat homeowner in Allen County in 1987. She paid off her mortgage several years ago and plans to remain in the home that provided a strong foundation for her family over the past 30 years.

She said her Habitat home allowed her to keep her girls in the same schools as they grew. And she credits the fact that two of her three daughters graduated from college to that constancy of home in their lives.

“My youngest told me one day, ‘Mom, I want to thank you for keeping us in one place,’” Cecilia said. “If it hadn’t been for Habitat, I probably would have kept renting and moving around.”

Building a Stable Foundation

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Lisa Stiles and her 16-year-old daughter Brittany had been living in a first-floor apartment in Canterbury Green.

With neighbors upstairs and on each side, it wasn’t always peaceful. And Lisa had to carry Brittany, who has cerebral palsy, in and out of the apartment, because the narrow hallways wouldn’t accommodate her wheelchair.

Lisa and Brittany finally received the keys to their new home in July. The single-story ranch is wheelchair accessible and was fitted with a special shower for Brittany.

Lisa said she was looking forward to finally having a quiet space of their own—where neighbors are close but not overhead, and she can easily get Brittany in, out and around the home.

“This house and everything I’ve done is all about her,” she said.

Building a Better Opportunity

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2016 & 2017 DONORS

Max FordyceSusie FoutsDeanna FreelandAvis & Francis FrellickRoss FrellickNorrie FriesenKathy GallupGerson GarciaMary GassTara GellerKelly & Rich GerberLarry GerenJohn GerkeMark GilpinGloria GodschalkIvy GrayJoelle GrigsbyBruce & Deb GuebardMelonee GuyLena HackettAlyssa HainesRobert & Kim HakeCharlene HallBrian HamilLindsay & Kris HannahFrances & John HarrisJulie & Jeff HarrisBethany HarrisonStephen HartmanDavid HartmannElizabeth HathawayTonya & Jason HaupertKay Ann HawkDavid HeeseAnne & James HegerJulia HeineMalak Heiny

Kay HerrmannLucy HessPam HestermannJames & Max HetrickRichard & Lynne HickmanHomer HinerLinda HoggeKristy HollandJeffrey HoodMegan HubarttDale & Sarah HubertMonica & Richard HuffmanRebecca & Ray ImhoffLarry JacksonTiffany JacksonAndy JamesLinda JeffreySteven JessupKenneth & Martha JohnsonMichael JohnsonDarrell JonesMickie JonesBetsy & Jeff KachmarHeidi KanorrLuke KellerBrendon KellyPamela & Kevin KellyMike KiddShane KimmelRandy KitzmillerLucinda KlopfensteinRick KlugNoel KnoxJames & Janice KodayDorothy KoenemanLionel & Ann KreamerLori Krider

Cynthia LakeChristopher & Margaret LambertTeresa LampingJamie & Katie LanciaChristopher LaSalleDaniel LavigneMegan LeedyAndrew LehmanTyler & Julie LehmanRobert LemonColleen & Mark LengacherJenny & Robert LentzEd LeonardBonnie LepperJill LepperJudith LepperMichael LimmerRandi LincolnPam LochnerJamee & Adam LockTom LoogmanRobert & Carolyn LovellKip LytleNancy MagiMarion MaloleyAnne & Edward MartinGary MartinJim MartinRachel MartinKaren MartzMarcee May-MillerAnn McAlexanderJill & Lee McAllisterJohnny & Sherrie McCallisterVictoria McCallisterMarjorie McClureMichael McGlothlin (Continued on page 14)

Thank you to all of our generous donors.

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2016 & 2017 DONORS

Tierney McGuireDeborah McMahanBrent McMillanSeth McPheetersScott & Sara McQueenBrian & Christine MeoniJames MerrimanGloria MertensKarl MessDaniel & Sarah MetcalfeMartha MeyerJean MichelsonCory MihavicsBen MilesAnn & Ron MillerArnold MillerHolly MillerJacqueline MillerJennifer MilnarDan & Amy MinnichJohn & Carrie MinnichDonna MisnerLaurie Mitchener-OncheckBeth MixHarmony MonesmithKaye & Jack MoneyTroy MoonJack MorrisMark & Suzanne MoudyGeorge MuftikianLaurel MuggMark MusicCliff MyriceDesree NashDon NatoliKatie NewbergSandra Newkirk

Levi NewsomeRick & Julie NillJulie & Gregory OrendorffKathy O’ShaughnessyTheresa PalermoMatt ParkeEric ParlinMeredith ParninMiriam PattonJames PetersKeith & Kathy PetersHeather PhillipsEmily PinkstonC Lynne & David PollifroneLisa PontecorvoKarla PowellPatti PunzelJennifer RebberJanet & Robert ReedVicki ReedAdam RehmerSusan ReynoldsRonald RiceJoseph RichardsonPatrick & Cheryl RipleyMark & Ingrid RobisonDavid RodenbeckBarb & Jon RondotMary Helen & John RoserEric RubinBarbara RumseyMarjorie RunkleMarilyn RuprightInez SassamanDon SchenkelElizabeth SchenkelJeff & Rebecca Schmidt

Shirlie SchmidtVirginia & Randall SchroederGary ScottJane & George ScottMisty-Dawn ShellyHeidi ShenefieldNancy ShumlasMelissa SieberAnne SimermanShannon SimmonsDonald SimonDoris & James SimsCurtis & Jessie SmithDebra & Eric SmithStephen & Anne SmithBrian SmutsBrian & Katey SouersCinda SparksRebekah StarkeyPaul & Ruth SteinerKathleen & Thomas SteinmetzErin StewartNancy & David StewartMary StongBrian StrzeleckiCamella & Matt SutterJames & Shara SwiftKourtney TeegardinRichard & Lisa TeetsMelanie ThompsonJoe TocciKate & Rick TomkinsonMarti & Mark TroutAudra & Jeff UherBrandi UherJudy UherLinda & Melvin Ulrich (Continued on page 16)

Thank you to all of our generous donors.

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Aye Wah and her husband Thoo Lay moved into a two-bedroom apartment on the southeast side of Fort Wayne five years ago. At the time they had two small children, and it was just enough space for the young family.

But Aye Wah said she told herself years ago after going through the work of packing up belongings and moving small children, “If I move again, I will buy a house.”

Since then, the family has grown to four children—two girls, ages 9 and 8, and two boys, 5 and 2. And in addition to the cramped conditions of six people living in a two-bedroom apartment, there was no good place for the children to play safely outside.

When the family recently received the keys to their new two-story, three-bedroom home in Fuller’s Landing, Aye Wah and Thoo Lay spoke about the fear they experienced moving to America as refugees from Burma. They didn’t know if they would even be able to afford food or clothing, let alone have a safe place to live.

But the family has come a long way since those first years in America, and they have worked hard to become first-time homeowners. They said they are grateful to Habitat and all the volunteers who helped make it possible for them to buy a new home in a safe community where they can raise their children.

Building Hopefor the Future

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2016 & 2017 DONORSThank you to all of our generous donors.

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Cory ViaSylvia VoelkerJulie VogelKaren WallLynnette & William WallaceKevin & Beth WalshDeborah WaltersNicolette WaltersAdrienne & Neil WampoleKristine WeaverMarci Weaver

John WeberMichael & Susan WeisheitMarcia WeissnerMary Lou & Baron WhateleyPamela WhateleySue WilhelmRose WilkinsTodd WilsonCarol WintersMargaret WisemanLisa Witherspoon

Mark & Kristine WitteCynthia & Erich WolffElizabeth WolvertonBruce & Jan WrightCraig & Nan YoderMichael & Christine ZadylakBob ZahmDick ZahmPaul Zahm Jr.Sharon Zumbrun

Board of Directors

Bill Berning

PresidentDoc Dancer, Inc.

Rick Crow

Assistant VP, Application ArchitectureBrotherhood Mutual

David Faust

Owner/CEOPrecision Wireless Technologies

Amy Hesting

Vision 2020 ManagerNortheast Indiana Regional Partnership

Jamie Lancia

Vice PresidentLancia Homes

Michael Limmer, Vice Chair

VP of Marketing & PromotionsFort Wayne TinCaps

Dan Minnich

Corporate ControllerAsh Brokerage Corporation

Rob Schmiedel

Nat. Sales & Business Devel. Mgr.Do It Best Corp.

Jane Scott, Chair

OwnerInterior ReDesign

Anne Simerman

Corporate Legal AssociateSteel Dynamics, Inc.

Brian Souers, Treasurer

Vice PresidentCommunity Banking District Manager

Adrienne Wampole

For Profit OptimizingAmbassador Enterprises

Luther WhitfieldSenior PastorNew Covenant Worship Center

Michael Zadylak, SecretaryDivision Merchandise ManagerDo It Best Corp.

Norris FriesenDirector of Volunteer Service & Outreach MinistryHuntington University

Leadership TeamJustin BergerCEO

Lindsay HannahDirector of Development

Jeremy McClishDirector of Operations

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