who we are
In 1990, a small group of dedicated volunteers, each with a desire to eliminate substandard housing in our community, founded San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity. Thanks to our supporters, nearly 400 local and international families have been able to build or repair their own homes here in the San Gabriel Valley and beyond. Through the years, we have maintained our unrelenting determination to help families in need by offering a hand up, not a handout.
Through donations, shopping at our ReStores, volunteering, or adding a voice to support affordable housing, everyone can help families achieve the strength, stability and self-reliance they need to build better lives for themselves.
over 375 families served since 1990 - and counting
96% of all funds help build and repair homes
earned 4-star rating on charity navigator 14 years in a row
mission
Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope. We build strength and self-reliance through shelter.
vision
We believe in a San Gabriel Valley region and a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
Mission Principles
- Demonstrate the Love of Jesus Christ
- Focus on Shelter
- Advocate for Affordable Housing
- Promote Dignity and Health
- Support Sustainable and Transformational Development
We undertake our work to demonstrate the love and teaching of Jesus, acting in all ways according with the believe that God’s love and grace abound for all, that we must be the “hands and feet” of that love and grace in our world. We believe that, through faith, the minuscule can be multiplied to accomplish the magnificent, and that, in faith respectful relationships can grown among all people.
We have chosen, as our means of manifesting God’s love, to create opportunities for all people to live in decent, durable shelter. We put faith into action by helping to build, renovate, or preserve homes, and by partnering with other to accelerate and broaden access to affordable housing as a foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty.
In response to the prophet, Micah’s call to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God, we promote decent, affordable housing for all. We support the global community’s commitment to housing as a basic human right. We advocate for just and fair housing policy to eliminate the constraints that contribute to poverty housing. In all our work, we seek to put shelter on hearts and minds in such powerful ways so poverty housing becomes socially, politically, and religiously unacceptable.
We believe that no one lives in dignity until everyone lives in dignity. We believe every person has something to contribute and something to gain from creating communities in which all people have decent, affordable places to live. We believe that dignity and hope are best achieved through equitable, accountable partnerships.
We view our work as successful when it transforms lives and promotes positive and lasting social, economic, and spiritual change within a community, when it is based on mutual trust and fully shared accomplishment, and when it demonstrates responsible stewardship of all resources entrusted to us.
all together now
We have an open-door policy: all who believe that everyone deserves a decent, affordable place to live are welcome to be a part of the organization’s work, regardless of race, religion, age, gender, politics, or any other distinction that too-often divides people. In short, we welcome volunteers, supports, and potential homeowners from all backgrounds.
As a matter of policy, Habitat for Humanity International and its affiliated organizations do not proselytize. We do not offer assistance on the expressed or implied condition that people must either adhere to or convert to a particular faith or listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversation to a particular faith-view.
