The Home Depot Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) organization that was established in 2002 to further the community building goals of The Home Depot by providing additional resources to assist non-profit organizations.
The Foundation is dedicated to building affordable homes for working families that are healthy to live in and affordable to own. To make homes healthy and affordable, the Foundation encourages developers to incorporate responsible design and use durable and quality materials to ensure that homes are more energy and water efficient,
have good indoor air quality, and provide a safe and healthy space to live. Since its formation, The Home Depot Foundation has granted $120 million to nonprofit organizations and supported the development of more than 65,000 affordable, healthy homes.
About the Award
The Home Depot Foundation's national Award of Excellence for Sustainable Community Development is a highly competitive award that recognizes the achievements of a small city and a large city, and their nonprofit partner, for their commitment to creation of sustainable neighborhoods. The City of North Charleston was recognized for its commitment to neighborhood revitalization during the years following the Charleston Navy Base closure, and for its work in creating the Oak Terrace Preserve community. The Institute was recognized with a $75,000 grant for its work in educating residents about energy conservation and green building practices.
The City of North Charleston and The Sustainability Institute have been named as winners of The Home Depot® Foundation 2009 Award of Excellence for Sustainable Community
Development.
“The City of North Charleston and the Sustainability Institute of South Carolina deserve enormous credit for the workthey are doing to promote sustainability, and we are glad to support their efforts,” said Kelly Caffarelli, president ofThe Home Depot Foundation. “We are delighted to support the City and Institute in their long term commitments tosustainable community development where families can thrive.”
