Our Pledge

In 2007, The Home Depot Foundation committed to investing $400 million in grants over the next 10 years, which will result in the development of 100,000 affordable, healthy homes for working families and the planting and preservation of more than three million community trees in urban areas.

See how we are doing today!

Our Programs

The Home Depot Foundation supports its mission to build affordable homes for working families and improve the overall health of our communities by focusing on four signature programs:

Affordable Housing Built Responsibly – The Home Depot Foundation’s signature grant program, Affordable Housing Built Responsibly, invests millions of dollars each year in nonprofit organizations whose missions align with the Foundation's interests in supporting the production and preservation of affordable, efficient and healthy housing. Find out more.

Sustainable Community Development – The desire to support healthy family and community life has inspired us to look at how we can help cities move more quickly toward sustainability. This new initiative from The Home Depot Foundation includes the Sustainable Cities Institute website, a dynamic toolbox for cities, and the City Program, supporting two pilot cities in their sustainability planning. Find out more.

Awards of Excellence – The Awards of Excellence program was created in order to identify, recognize and showcase the outstanding and innovative work being done by nonprofit organizations across the country. Find out more.

Team Depot – Managed by The Home Depot Foundation, Team Depot is the Company’s associate led and managed volunteer force that meets community needs through hands-on service.  Team Depot volunteers have contributed millions of hours of volunteer service to communities throughout North America. Find out more.

We Give Back…

Locally and Nationally…
The Home Depot and The Home Depot Foundation have a long standing tradition of giving back where our associates live and work.  Through store coupons, division-based grants and partnerships with national organizations, we are able to support the community-based efforts of our nonprofit partners nationally and locally.

Our Time and Talents…
Through Team Depot, associates work side-by-side to create life-long, meaningful relationships among the Company, our neighbors and our associates. Whether we are building a playground or planting trees, our associates bring together volunteerism and do-it-yourself expertise to support the communities where we live and work.

Our Resources and Products…
The Framing Hope program is an integral part of how The Home Depot makes a difference in our communities and our environment.  Products donated through this program are kept out of landfills and used to rebuild nearby neighborhoods and improve the lives of fellow citizens.

Our 2008 Accomplishments

Since its formation, The Home Depot Foundation has granted over $70 million to nonprofit organizations and supported the development of more than 50,000 affordable, healthy homes. In 2008 alone:

• Total giving in cash and in-kind exceeded $50 million to more than 5,100 nonprofit organizations
• Supported housing development organizations with grants of $15,500,000, which produced/preserved 14,734 affordable housing units, built responsibly
• Planted or restored more than 200,000 community trees through grants totaling more than $2,600,000
• Awarded more than $1.2 million to 345 nonprofits working on community volunteer projects through the Housing Impact Grant program
• Matched more than $5.1 million in charitable contributions made by The Home Depot associates to 2,618 nonprofits
• Through the new Framing Hope Program, 815 Home Depot stores donated $9.1 million in products to 836 nonprofit partners, resulting in the diversion of 3,500 tons of product from landfills
• Launched the Partner in Sustainable Building program with Habitat for Humanity International that will result in the production of at least 5,000 Habitat homes over the next five years that will attain an Energy Star Plus or higher green building standard
• Built 59 KaBOOM! playgrounds across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, as well as facilitated 100 KaBOOM! blitz refurbishment projects

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