Monday Money Memo

The collaboration corner highlights updates and changes that will help you and your affiliate better understand important details about Collaborative Fundraising, Goal 2 of the Collaborative Operating Model.

Join fellow Habitat leaders at the 2024 Affiliate Conference to learn more about Habitat’s future state vision regarding the Habitat 2.0 financial model and collaborative fundraising in the Collaborative Fundraising Preconference session on March 4. Affiliated organization leaders are encouraged to attend to gain clarity on what will be implemented in July 2024 and inform key decisions. The session will focus on the following areas:

Fundraising Potential Report and Self-Assessment Tool
During this time, we will review the Fundraising Potential Report and the Self-Assessment Tool that has been distributed to affiliates. We will provide a detailed explanation of these two resources and how an affiliate can make an informed decision about the appropriate tier for Collaborative Fundraising.

Local Engagement Pilot Results
What does local engagement look like at your affiliate? During this session, we will review the pilot program HFHI has been conducting with affiliates to examine the best opportunities for local donor engagement and continued stewardship on the local level.

Donor Advancement Program and Major Gifts Collaboration
This session will provide an overview of the Donor Advancement Program, which is a key piece of the national Direct Marketing program, and Major Gift collaboration, which will be a new process between affiliates and HFHI as part of Collaborative Fundraising. The target audience for this session is development staff members who are interested in learning more about Collaborative Fundraising and would like to understand the process of identifying and qualifying major gifts in the future state of fundraising.

**This preconference session is eligible for 3.5 CFRE Continuing Education points.

If you have additional questions, we would love to hear from you. Reach the COM team at collaboration@habitat.org.

Resource Development Expertise Hub Peer Connection Chat: Affiliate Donor Engagement and Stewardship

Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2 p.m. EST

Join this peer connection chat to talk about affiliate donor engagement and stewardship with representatives from other affiliates in small groups. Come ready to share and learn about successes, obstacles and opportunities focused on:

• Successful engagement: Share and learn what successful stewardship and donor engagement opportunities look like throughout the Habitat network and how you can implement them at your affiliate.
• Realistic expectations: Determine how you can expand your stewardship and cultivation efforts to engage donors working within your existing affiliate team size and budget.
• Determining your return on investment: Identify the donation levels appropriate for different efforts to maximize the return on your investment of time.

Please register in advance. Space is limited to 40 participants. For questions about this session, email RDExpertiseHub@habitat.org.

Furniture company Four Hands is proud to partner with Habitat for Humanity to work together to empower families through shelter. From Nov. 30, 2021, through Nov. 30, 2024, Four Hands is committed to donating $300,000 to Habitat for Humanity International.

David Letterman, a longtime Habitat for Humanity supporter, is giving away the original Late Show with David Letterman marquee sign and a chance to meet him in person. Learn how every donation of $10 or more enters you for a chance to win and supports Habitat’s mission through Dec. 31.

The ASR/HPR Annual Report recaps data from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 and tracks historical trends that allow affiliates to benchmark their activity against other affiliates in their state.

The U.S. Databook is an interactive tool that allows U.S. affiliates and affiliate support organizations to drill down on data and create their own visuals.

Updated every November, this tool contains data from the quarterly Affiliate Statistical Report and House Production Report from FY2010 to FY2023, as well as data definitions and links to other useful resources.

Access the U.S. Databook on the Knowledge Center of MyHabitat for online use. You can also download and save the document to your desktop for quick access.

We can’t wait to welcome you to the 2024 Affiliate Conference: We Build. We Influence. Together. from March 4-7 in Atlanta, Georgia. Join your colleagues from U.S. affiliates, affiliate support organizations and Habitat for Humanity International for a discussion on the future of Habitat for Humanity and opportunities for professional development, networking and reflection.

To make important revisions to the Habitat Competent Person e-learning course, Habitat for Humanity International will temporarily shut down the course beginning Dec. 29. Current users who do not complete the course by Dec. 29 will lose their progress in the course, and Habitat for Humanity International will be unable to recover that progress. Please contact the Affiliate Support Center at ussupportcenter@habitat.org if you have any questions.