Ways to Give
Invest in Families. Empower our Community.
Ways to Support Louisville Habitat
Explore the many ways you can help local families build strength, stability, and affordable homeownership — from making a gift or leaving a legacy to partnering through your business, congregation, or everyday purchases.
Create a lasting impact for future generations by including Habitat in your will, trust, retirement plan, life insurance policy, or other planned gift.
Double your donation by requesting a matching gift from your employer.
You can honor a loved one or celebrate a meaningful life by dedicating a Habitat home in memory of or in honor of someone special. These gifts create lasting impact by opening the door to homeownership and strengthening our community for generations.
The Cornerstone Society is a community of kind-hearted and dedicated people – like you – who believe that every family deserves a stable and decent place to call home. Through annual gifts of $1,000 or more, you are helping Habitat Louisville build homes, community and hope.
- Invitation to The Cornerstone Society annual event at the Jane and Jewell Center on Habitat’s campus
- Recognition on Habitat’s website and in our Annual Report.
- You’ll also receive a Cornerstone Society lapel pin – we hope you’ll wear it with pride.
Become a Foundation Builder by giving monthly to help sustain Louisville Habitat’s mission  to build strong families and neighborhoods through quality, affordable homeownership.
Gifts of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds may provide significant tax advantages and can be given during your lifetime and in your will.
IRAs and 401(k)s may be heavily taxed when inherited. Ask your account custodian for a beneficiary designation form to name Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville.
A donor-advised fund, or DAF, is a charitable giving program that allows you to combine the most favorable tax benefits with the flexibility to support your favorite causes.
Partner with Habitat to engage your employees, strengthen your brand’s local impact, and help expand affordable homeownership in Louisville through sponsorships, Team Builds, and hands-on volunteer opportunities.
Congregations can support Habitat’s mission by volunteering, giving, or joining a faith coalition to help local families build strength, stability, and affordable homeownership.
Donating your car in Metro Louisville is one of the most impactful, and easiest ways to support affordable housing in our community. Louisville Habitat’s Cars for Homes vehicle donation program accepts cars, trucks, RVs, boats, and motorcycles, running or not. Towing is free! Your donation may also qualify for a tax deduction.
Give your furniture, appliances, building materials and home accessories a new life at the Habitat ReStore! Donations may qualify for tax deduction and the money raised by the ReStore is reinvested back into our mission of helping local families transform their lives through homeownership. Plus, you’ll be helping keep those items out of our city’s landfill!
Donate New Construction Materials/Tools/Services
Donations of materials, tools and professional services, such as roof and HVAC installation, plumbing and drywall finish, help us keep the costs of our homes affordable for our homeowners and allows us to provide more affordable housing solutions to the Louisville community.
If you’d like to help build affordable homes by donating and volunteering your professional services or by donating new building materials, contact Lesley Kinney.Â
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Donate Land
We are always looking for buildable land within Jefferson and Oldham Counties. If you have buildable land that you would consider donating to Habitat Louisville, contact Leslie Woods.
Did you know your Kroger Plus Card can help support Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville? Once you enroll in Kroger Community Rewards, Kroger will automatically donate to Louisville Habitat every time you shop. Register your Plus Card today and search for Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville or organization number JA830.
If you or your financial institution need to mail us directly, our mailing address isÂ
Louisville Habitat, Attn: Resource Development, 1620 Bank St, Louisville, KY 40203
EIN: 58-1735528