Habitat homeowners and volunteers raising walls in Greater Salt Lake

Ways to Give

Every Gift Builds
Strength, Stability, and Self-Reliance

When you give to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Salt Lake Area, local families build their homes alongside volunteers and purchase them with an affordable mortgage—creating permanent, generational stability.

Why Your Partnership Moves the Needle

Giving to Habitat is an investment in measurable community stability and self-reliance.

Hand Up, Not a Handout

Partner families invest 225 sweat equity hours and complete comprehensive financial coursework prior to purchasing their home.

Outcome: Self-Reliance

Revolving Local Impact

Affordable mortgage payments flow back into our revolving Fund for Humanity, financing future home builds across the region.

Outcome: Perpetual Capital

Full Tax Efficiency

Optimize your charitable deductions, bypass capital gains tax on appreciated assets, and satisfy annual retirement requirements.

Outcome: Max Tax Relief

Transparent Stewardship

Gain full visibility through detailed annual reports, corporate build-day access, and invitations to home dedication ceremonies.

Outcome: Proven Accountability

1. Individual & Sustaining Giving

Most Sustaining

HopeBuilders Monthly Giving Club

Monthly sustainers supply the dependable cash flow required to purchase building materials in bulk. Gifts of $20, $50, or $100 per month ensure local builds and critical home repairs never halt.

Donor Benefit: Automated giving, quarterly build dispatch reports, and an annual consolidated tax statement.
Join HopeBuilders

One-Time & Tribute Gifts

Make an immediate direct contribution to support construction and aging-in-place repairs. Celebrate a milestone or honor a loved one with a dedicated memorial gift and custom tribute card mailed on your behalf.

Donor Benefit: Immediate 100% tax receipt, optional program designation, and personalized commemorative card delivery.
Make a One-Time Gift

2. Corporate Partnerships & Major Gifts

Lead Transformational Community Change

Corporate sponsorships and major philanthropic commitments provide the seed capital to acquire land and construct entire subdivisions across Salt Lake, Davis, and Tooele counties.

Full/Partial Builds Underwrite new home developments with prominent ground rights and public recognition.
Team Build Days Exclusive, high-impact team engagement and skilled jobsite leadership.

Corporate Sponsorship Office

Connect directly with our development leadership to structure custom tiered partnerships.

Chelsi Chant, Development Director
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
801-263-0136, ext. 208

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

3. Tax-Wise & Planned Giving

Appreciated Stocks

Donating appreciated public securities eliminates capital gains taxes while providing full fair-market value tax deductions.

DTC Transfer Info on Request

Donor-Advised Funds

Recommend grants from Fidelity, Schwab, Vanguard, or Community Foundations directly to local home building projects.

Designate: Greater Salt Lake Area

IRA Qualified Rollover

Donors age 70½+ can transfer up to $105,000 annually tax-free from traditional IRAs to satisfy annual RMD requirements.

Direct Custodian Transfers

Bequests & Trusts

Name Habitat in your will, living trust, or life insurance policy while retaining asset control during your lifetime.

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

4. Material, Asset & In-Kind Gifts

Habitat ReStore Goods

Donate new or gently used furniture, appliances, and building materials. 100% of store profits fund local home construction.

Schedule Pickup

Cars for Homes™

Donate cars, trucks, motorcycles, or RVs (running or not). We provide free towing, and auction proceeds fund home builds.

Donate a Vehicle

Land & Real Estate

Land availability is our top build constraint. Donated parcels and residential lots offer maximum tax deductions and permanent impact.

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Contractor Surplus

Donate bulk construction supplies, excess lumber, commercial hardware, or tools directly to our job sites and operations.

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Your Trust Is Our Foundation

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Salt Lake Area is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All financial and material gifts are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law. 100% of your gift stays local to build homes right here in our community.

1276 South 500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 • 801-263-0136 • This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Data Sources

  • Benefits of Homeownership Research Summary, Habitat for Humanity International.
  • The Movement to Improve and Expand Home Repair Programs, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.