CASE STUDY ARCHIVE

The Home Depot Foundation believes that, with the support of local and national partners, our grantees’ efforts will help to solve some of the world’s most difficult problems.

The articles featured in this section highlight the impact of many of our grantees. Our archive includes all of our Award of Excellence case studies, our grantee success stories, and volunteer stories from our Team Depot program.

If you would like to submit a Case Study of a project supported by The Home Depot Foundation, please utilize our Success Story Template and submit via email to hd_foundation@homedepot.com.

2008     |     2007     |     2006     |     2005

2008

Grantee
Harlem Congregation for Community Improvement, Inc. (HCCI)
153rd Street Affordable Housing Project
Harlem, New York

Team Depot
Team Depot blends tools and schools for MLK Day

2007

Awards of Excellence Case Studies Affordable Housing Built Responsibly

Homeownership Category

• Winner—Community Housing Partners Corporation, Blacksburg, VA
• Honorable Mention—South County Housing, Pajaro, California

Rental Category

• Winner—Citizens Housing Corporation, San Francisco, CA
• Runner-up—Homeowner's Rehab, Inc., Cambridge, MA

Awards of Excellence for Community Trees

Large City Category (Population 100,000 or more)

• Winner—City of Philadelphia, PA and Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
• Runner-up —City of Albuquerque, NM and Tree New Mexico

Small City Category (Population 100,000 or less)

• Winner—City of Wilmington, DE and Delaware Center for Horticulture
• Runner-up—Village of Orland Park, IL and Openlands of Orland Park

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2006

Awards of Excellence ­ Affordable Housing Build Responsibly

Homeownership Category

• Winner—Clackamas Community Land Trust, Milwaukie, OR
• Runner-up—Mountain Housing Opportunities, Inc., Asheville, NC

Rental Category

• Winner—homeWORD, Missoula, MT
• Runner-up—REACH Community Development, Inc., Portland, OR

Awards of Excellence for Community Trees

Large City Category

• Winner—City of Baltimore, MD - Parks & People Foundation
• Runner-up—City of Portland, OR - Friends of Trees

Small City Category

• Winner— City of Norwalk,CT - Norwalk Tree Alliance
• Runner-up— City of Davenport, IA - Greenway Habitat

Success Stories

• Homes from Shipping Containers

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2005

Awards of Excellence ­ Affordable Housing Build Responsibly2005

Homeownership Category

• Winner—Rural Development, Inc., Turners Falls, MA
• Runner-up—Claretian Associates, Chicago, IL

Rental Category

• Winner—Housing Vermont, Burlington, VT
• Runner-up—First Community Housing, San Jose, CA

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