HAS A SMALL STAFF AND A MIGHTY BIG GOAL: TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOMES ON CAPE COD.  They've done remarkably well. Over the past 30 years, they've built 127 homes throughout the Cape. By the end of this year, 430 people will live in a  
Habitat Home: 160 adults and 270 children. Thirty-four more homes are under construction or on the drawing board. Wow.
 
In the last column, The Heart of the Matter, we shared  Karolyn's Story Before getting the opportunity to help build her Habitat Home in 2001, Karolyn was part of our community's working poor, a large group of people who are paying more than 40% of their income on housing and child care. They are predominately young families and single-parent households. They work in stores and offices throughout the Cape and in the hospitality, healthcare, service, and tourism industries. They are a vital part of our community and our workforce, yet despite the security and stability of their income, they are often shut out of the local housing market entirely-rental or home ownership. To put things in perspective, a monthly rental on Cape Cod is typically $1500-$1800. The average monthly mortgage on a 3-bedroom Habitat Home is around $700-$750. Double wow.  READ MORE

 CAPACITY BUILDING
 The Cape Cod Foundation actively builds discretionary funds to help local nonprofit organizations reach the next level of operational, programmatic, financial or organizational maturity. We also invest in nonprofit leadership development opportunities, partnerships with broad regional impact and projects that bring vital, shared resources to the nonprofit community. This initiative is part of our civic leadership strategy, Cape Cod 2020: A New Vision for our Community, to make our community stronger. The Foundation intends to raise an additional $1 million dollars by 2020 to support capacity-building projects and programs and initiatives that promote Youth Development across Cape Cod every year...and for years  to come.  If you would like to be part of this vision, please contact  Kristin O'Malley, President and CEO at 



 

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