Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,108,266 to it, the largest being HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC ($474,221). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Harrisburg Area does
Mission
Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. Our vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Through generous funding Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Harrisburg Area was able to fund the repairs of several homes through the critical home repair program. The critical home repair program is designed to help keep low-income families in their existing home by making home repairs for which there is an need. Along with other requirements, household gross income must be below 80% of the area median family income in order to qualify. 2024-2025 fiscal year saw the completion of one home dedicated to a deserving family. Volunteers completed interior and exterior repairs on 16 homes. Also in this fiscal year, three homeowners reached the milestone of owning their home. All three have paid off their mortgage. This brings harrisburg habitat's portfolio down to 19 homeowners. Striving to help those families realize financial stability. We were also able to work with 320 volunteers for a total number of 4,008 volunteer hours.
$667,771 spent$148,855 earned by the program46% of program spendingRestores accept donations and sell a constantly changing inventory of diverse, high-quality merchandise to the public at a fraction of the retail price, while diverting reusable household items and building materials from area landfills. Sales of donated items help Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Harrisburg Area partner with local families to build, rehabilitate and repair safe and affordable homes in the community.
$782,165 spent$433,403 earned by the program54% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,449,936.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.7M to $2.0M (+21%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 8% · 2018 3% · 2019 7% · 2020 1% · 2021 15% · 2022 11% · 2023 15% · 2024 15% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Serina Gaston
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $133k → $99k.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
70% 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 THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 82% · 2019 76% · 2020 30% · 2021 33% · 2022 58% · 2023 51% — 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
67% of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.
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
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $235k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA?
- HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,108,266 to it, the largest being HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC ($474,221). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,108,266 in grants to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA?
- HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC is the largest funder on record, with $474,221 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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