Our corporate partnerships play a critical role at Syracuse Habitat for Humanity. Without their support, we cannot build houses.

The total cost to build one Syracuse Habitat for Humanity home is approximately $100,000. We depend on donations from individuals, businesses and foundations to raise the money needed to build each home. After the home is built, we start to re-cooperate $70,000 of the construction cost in the form of mortgage payments; this covers the costs that Habitat for Humanity International says we can charge the homeowner. As of 2009, the remaining cost is funded through a combination of HUD AHC grant money and donations.

We must raise a third of the funds in advance of starting each build, and we typically continue to fundraise the remaining money during the construction period.

1. General sponsorship
2. House sponsorship
3. ReStore Sponsorship
4. Event Sponsorship
5. Ad space purchases in the bi-monthly Harbinger newsletter or in event programs.

1. Syracuse Habitat for Humanity is not a charity. We lend a hand up, not a hand out to the hard-working low-income families we select to become Habitat homeowners.
2. Syracuse Habitat for Humanity serves an UNSERVED segment of our community: the working poor who live in poverty housing, who would not qualify for a conventional mortgage, and who do not qualify for any other government housing programs.
3. The Habitat for Humanity model for homeownership works. Habitat for Humanity has used this model for decades and has built over 300,000 homes around the world. The model is simple: we raise money; we sell them at 0% interest and receive the money back in the form of mortgage payments; we work with our homeowners to inspire financial success.
4. Syracuse Habitat for Humanity has a proven track record of success. Since our inception in 1984, we have over 56 houses since, and have had only 3 foreclosures.
5. We are good financial stewards of the money donated to and invested in Syracuse Habitat for Humanity. Overhead costs are low; 86.6% of each dollar goes to programming.
6. A dollar given to Syracuse Habitat for Humanity is more than a donation, it's an investment in the community that continues to grow. Since its inception in 1984, Syracuse Habitat for Humanity has had cumulative economic impact on Onondaga County of over $25M.
7. Syracuse Habitat for Humanity supports the environment through energy-efficient home construction, the ReStore (a recycling and re-use home improvement store), and its building deconstruction business.