HOME RESOURCE INC

Programs

1. Reuse store operations: reducing waste, building a vibrant and sustainable local economy, channeling materials to those in need, providing meaningful work experiences, educating and inspiring to promote sustainability. Home resource's reuse store continues to collect and sell used building materials to reduce waste, provide affordable materials, and keep them in the local economy. Over 43,000 western montana residents across the demographic spectrum shopped, donated, volunteered or participated in activities in support of our mission. Our store operations facilitated the reuse of 1,840,000 pounds of materials and the recycling of 100's of tons, fostering a circular economy where materials are reused instead of thrown away. We also expanded our services in the store to make the recycling of hard-to-recycle items more accessible. In 2023 we started collecting fluorescent light bulbs for recycling and community members paid for this service and kept over 300 lightbulbs out of our local landfill. The reuse store promotes a culture of reuse and provides affordable building materials to the community. In 2023, home resource employed 50 missoulians, 50 percent of our income was from the…

   $601,778 spent$1,600 earned by the program
   62% of program spending

2. Zero waste systems & education: reducing waste, building a more vibrant and sustainable local economy, and educating and inspiring to promote sustainability. Our zero waste programs work to transform our relationship with things to reduce our demand on extracted natural resources and mitigate climate impacts of the materials economy while helping generate a local regenerative economy. We are working to build a culture of zero waste and help reach missoula's zero by fifty goal of 90% waste reduction by 2050 by addressing policy, education, access and infrastructure with multiple community partners. In 2023, home resource worked to achieve goals and actions in the education and infrastructure pathways of the plan, and continued work on building reuse and recycling infrastructure in missoula. Home resource participated in communities of practice that focus on hard-to-recycle materials, exploring capacities to reduce waste by developing infrastructure for materials that cannot currently be reused in missoula, and finalized plans for an on-campus year-round household chemical waste collection facility. Home resource led green team efforts at two of missoula's largest community events…

   $194,122 spent$5,079 earned by the program
   20% of program spending

3. Work training & community engagement programs: home resource provided meaningful work experiences, educating and inspiring to promote sustainability. In 2023, home resource provided meaningful work with mentoring, dignity, and job skills training to 19 work program participants experiencing barriers to employment such as age, a history of incarceration or addiction, or mental and physical challenges. Participants in our youth internship or youth apprenticeship programs which partner with high schools and youth-focused organizations to offer a safe, structured work environment and skill-development. 249 people volunteered for home resource, including 58 community service volunteers, working a total of 1,200 hours helping to process reusable building materials in our store. In 2023, we partnered with the lifelong learning center to offer classes to the entire missoula community getting more people into our woodshop and engaged with home resource. In addition, 62 low to moderate income individuals learned reuse skills in our workshops building projects with reused materials. Home resource hosted 8 in-person fix-it clinics teaching repair skills and keeping items in use from textiles…

   $174,709 spent
   18% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $970,609.