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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,928,042 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($4,500,000). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$8.5M
Funders on record
70
Grants received
$13M
Net assets
$20M
45/70 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 46%
01What it does

What Habitat for Humanity of Durham Inc does

Mission

Habitat for humanity of durham is a non-profit, housing ministry founded on christian ideals of love, respect, compassion and justice for all that builds, repairs and sells decent, affordable and sustainable homes in partnership with people in need. Durham habitat welcomes those of any faith - or no faith - to join us building homes, hope and community in durham.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Construction services: the construction program builds and sells affordable homes for low income families using volunteer help during the building phase. Services offered include new home construction, gut rehabs of homes in historical areas, and critical and urgent repairs which allow homeowners to avoid eviction and protect the investment in their home. Durham habitat helps revitalize inner city neighborhoods as we build, sell, and repair homes for low income buyers.

    $4,336,611 spentof which $58,500 as grants$3,930,624 earned by the program
    73% of program spending
  2. Home owner services & mortgage financing: this program recruits, selects, and stewards eligible applicants for homeownership through the approval and application process to mortgage closing and beyond. The approval process includes attendance at homeowner education classes and performance of sweat equity volunteer work. Each home is sold at near appraised value and an interest-free, affordable mortgage is offered to each homeowner.

    $1,636,235 spent$1,628,298 earned by the program
    27% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,972,846.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($8.3M) Expenses 100 ($7.7M) Net assets 100 ($10M)2018 Revenue 111 ($9.2M) Expenses 113 ($8.8M) Net assets 104 ($11M)2019 Revenue 118 ($9.8M) Expenses 108 ($8.4M) Net assets 118 ($12M)2020 Revenue 63 ($5.2M) Expenses 69 ($5.3M) Net assets 117 ($12M)2021 Revenue 99 ($8.3M) Expenses 105 ($8.1M) Net assets 118 ($12M)2022 Revenue 147 ($12M) Expenses 95 ($7.4M) Net assets 165 ($17M)2023 Revenue 108 ($9.0M) Expenses 95 ($7.3M) Net assets 181 ($19M)2024 Revenue 102 ($8.5M) Expenses 98 ($7.6M) Net assets 192 ($20M)
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Revenue (102)Expenses (98)Net assets (192)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $17M to $21M (+26%).

$16M
$19M
$18M
$17M
$17M
$21M
$22M
$24M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 6% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 11% · 2022 4% · 2023 5% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$557k
’17
$463k
’18
$1.4M
’19
−$95k
’20
$113k
’21
$4.8M
’22
$1.6M
’23
$859k
’24
3.3
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Tiana Joyner

CEO

Board chair

Carleena Deonanan

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.

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Listed1515171717181314
Joined·+0+4+4+2+5+8+3
No longer listed·02424132
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $420k → $883k.

23 of 70 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 70 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

86% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC.

35%
largest funder
52%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 23% · 2019 33% · 2020 20% · 2021 18% · 2022 81% · 2023 18% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

44% of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

66% of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4.4M that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from North Carolina funders.

MI
NY
NJ
CT
CA
UT
MO
VA
DE
AZ
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
North Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In North Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 13%Fundraising 8%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

66%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NC

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Questions and answers

Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC?
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 70 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,928,042 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($4,500,000). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC have?
IRS filings report 70 organizations giving $12,928,042 in grants to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC?
The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $4,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 70 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing