Habitat for Humanity: Strengthening Capacity for Greater Impact
The Challenge: Habitat for Humanity affiliates play a critical role in creating affordable homeownership opportunities for families in need. As they expand their impact, they face challenges in maintaining operational effectiveness, strengthening governance, and fostering sustainable community partnerships. Organizational growth, leadership transitions, board development, and evolving strategic priorities require affiliates to refine their approaches and ensure they are positioned for long-term success.
Our Process: Over the years, we have partnered with Habitat for Humanity affiliates to support them through key transitions and capacity-building efforts. Our work has included strategic planning, board governance development, leadership coaching, and facilitating staff and board retreats to align teams around shared goals. We have also provided support for executive searches and guided affiliates through complex organizational changes such as mergers, ensuring smooth transitions that strengthen capacity and impact.
The Transformation: Through our collaboration, Habitat affiliates have gained greater clarity on their strategic priorities, strengthened leadership structures, and enhanced their ability to deliver on their mission. Governance and decision-making processes have been improved, ensuring that both board and staff are working together effectively. Mergers have been successfully navigated, positioning affiliates to serve more families in need. By fostering strong internal alignment and equipping leaders with the tools they need, Habitat for Humanity affiliates are building not only homes but also more resilient organizations capable of driving lasting change in their communities.