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Mission

The mission of Rebuilding Together is to bring volunteers and communities together to improve the homes and lives of low-income homeowners. Our goal is to ensure a safe and healthy home for every person. The work done on the homes is free for the homeowner, and done primarily by skilled and unskilled volunteers. Both volunteers and recipients benefit from improving their communities, one house, one non-profit facility, at a time.

Programs

Rebuilding Together is one of the nation's leaders in addressing the housing crisis. In 2006, almost 10,000 homes and non-profict facilities will be rehabilitated with the help of over a quarter million volunteers. The National Office is committed to using valuable staff time to build strong programs and relationships with national partners and our affiliate network. We coordinate projects, educate and inform internal and external consistencies and publicize their efforts. Further, we offer regional workshops to train and prepare all affiliates. We host an annual conference which acts as a forum for discussion and idea exchanges. The National Office works in partnership with corporate sponsors and affiliates to develop nationwide special-needs programs. Rebuild 1000, our initiative in the Gulf Coast Region, rehabilitates homes devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.Rite. Serving Those Who Serve, another nationwide initiative, provides cost-free home modifications to severely injured service personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Program / Activities (NTEE Code)

Housing Rehabilitation
Home Improvement/Repairs
Other Housing, Shelter N.E.C.

Accomplishments for Fiscal Year Ending 06/30/2007

1. 9000 homes and non-profit centers were rehabilitated in all 50 states.
2. Over 257,000 volunteers worked on homes for Rebuilding Together, the total work reaching approximately $90,000,000 market value.
3. We are proud to have recently changed our name in 2001 to Rebuilding Together (formerly Christmas in April, to better reflect our expanded mission to serve low-income homeowners year-round, often offering emergency services, home modifications and other home improvements with the help of over a quarter million volunteers.
   

1. 1.) Rehabilitate almost 10,000 houses for low-income homeowners and non-profit organizations
2. 2.) Continue our special needs initiatives: Rebuild 1000, our commitment to rehabilitate 1000 homes in the Gulf Coast Region; Serving Those Who Serve, our national initiative supporting severely injured service personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with cost-free home modifications.
3. Increase our assistance to affiliates through frequent regional workshops, on-line listserve discussions, and increasing our national visibility. We are also planning a "Train-the-Trainer" module that will stress the importance of modifying homes to prevent falls in the home, the leading cause of death for people over 70.
   

1) We track the number of recipients per year, 2) We track the annual increase in homes rehabilitated, 3) The strength and viability of each affiliate programs monitored, 4) We offer regional workshops and a national conference for affiliate feedback and training.

Chief Executive Profile

Gary Officer is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Rebuilding Together, Inc. the nation’s largest non profit home rebuilding organization for low and moderate income homeowners. Prior to joining Rebuilding Together, Mr. Officer served as the President and CEO of Associated Black Charities of America (ABC).

From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Officer served as President of the National Credit Union Foundation (NCUF), the national foundation supporting credit union development in the United States. During his tenure at NCUF, Mr. Officer successfully established a $370 million community investment fund that provided secondary capital, grants and loans to credit unions and related organizations throughout the United States. 

Prior to joining the National Credit Union Foundation, Mr. Officer worked as a leader in the affordable housing sector in the United States. During that time, he served in the capacity of President and CEO of the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, and as Director of Asset Management of Lakefront SRO Corporation in Chicago.

Mr. Officer earned a Bachelor of Arts (Hon) Political Science from the University of Manchester, England, in 1985 and Master of Science Msc (Econ) in Economics and International Relations from the London School of Economics in 1990.

Additional Comments

Every donation given to Rebuilding Together is leveraged 4 times its original value. In 2004, Rebuilding Together will provide $90 million market value worth of work -- all free to the homeowner.

We are committed to rebuilding America, one house, one community at a time.

Financial Data
From the organization's FORM 990

Revenue and Expenses: Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2007

Revenue			Expenses
Contributions $6,216,666 Government Grants $0 Program Services $674,529 Investments $509,585 Special Events $64,771 Sales $0 Other $348,940			Program Services $5,591,726 Administration $358,858 Other $372,134 Total Expenditures $6,322,718
Total Revenue	$7,814,491		NET GAIN/LOSS	$1,491,773

Balance Sheet: Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2007

Notes
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot long survive, but the types of assets and liabilities also must be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.

Assets	Jan 1, 2007	Dec 31, 2007	Change
Cash & Equivalent	$6,605,699	$6,675,165	$69,466
Accounts Receivable	$79,779	$123,112	$43,333
Pledges & Grants Receivable	$1,871,349	$3,226,275	$1,354,926
Receivables/Other	$0	$0	$0
Inventories for Sale or Use	$0	$0	$0
Investments/Securities	$2,070,652	$2,354,235	$283,583
Investments/Other	$0	$0	$0
Fixed Assets	$658,169	$720,335	$62,166
Other	$344,000	$344,000	$0
Total Assets	$11,629,648	$13,443,122	$1,813,474
Liabilities	Jan 1, 2007	Dec 31, 2007	Change
Accounts Payable	$258,045	$389,660	$131,615
Grants Payable	$28,241	$497,345	$469,104
Deferred Revenue	$136,920	$65,786	$(71,134)
Loans and Notes	$0	$0	$0
Tax-Exempt Bond Liabilities	$0	$0	$0
Other	$1,411,446	$1,327,132	$(84,314)
Total Liabilities	$1,834,652	$2,279,923	$445,271
FUND BALANCE	$9,794,996	$11,163,199	$1,368,203

Comments from the organization
The fiscal health of the organization is reviewed and guaranteed by an annual audit as published in our Annual Report. Accountability is ensured by an active national board of directors who collectively have many years of corporate and foundation leadership experience. Annual strategic planning and review of our mission statement ensure that Rebuilding Together is able to help as many low-income homeowners as possible. We invite and encourage questions and suggestions.

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