Homes For Our Troops

Every single dollar counts! About 60% of donations are $50 or less. If you decide to donate your hard earned money to HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS, it WILL go to where it was intended...Building Homes, and Rebuilding Lives.

Homes for our Troops is a national non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2004.  They are strongly committed to helping those who have selflessly given to our country and have returned home with serious disabilities and injuries since September 11, 2001. They consider it a duty and our honor to assist severely injured Veterans and their immediate families by raising donations of money, building materials and professional labor and to coordinate the process of building a home that provides maximum freedom of movement and the ability to live more independently.  Homes have been built and/or specially adapted in almost all of our states. Homes are given mortgage free.

 
Charity Navigator, one of the premiere charity rating agencies in the country, has reviewed Homes for Our Troops finances and awarded them with its highest rating of 4 stars.  Charity Navigator analyzes the most recent four years of a charity’s finances in areas such as percent of funds spent directly on programs, overhead costs and other important factors that measure if a charity is prudently managing the funds entrusted in the hands of a charity.  Homes for Our Troops received a score of 68.96 out of a possible 70 points – a grade of 98.5%.

Some who hike the Appalachian Trail do so to raise funds for a charity or organization. I want my steps (approx. 5 million if I make it to the summit of Katahdin) to count for more than just reaching a personal goal.

I will be pushing my limits physically, mentally and spiritually to complete the AT in 6-7 months. I want to make my steps count by raising funds to build homes for our troops. These brave men and women continue each day to push themselves physically, mentally and spiritually.

You can learn more about Homes For Our Troops by clicking on the link below which takes you to my fund raising page. All across the United States people are having bake sales, sponsoring/participating in fun runs, golf tournaments, and lots of other activities to support Homes For Our Troops. From this page you can look around the website which should answer any questions you might have. If you would like to make a donation, your contribution will be greatly appreciated.


"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." ~Albert Pike (1809 1891)


Homes have been built in almost all of our states. Listen to a Marine and his wife from Hawkinsville, GA who are awaiting a home. Just learned today (12/13/15) ground will be broken on December 15, 2012 on their home:


GENERAL QUESTIONS:
 
Are you a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization? Yes, we are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and your contributions are tax-deductible.
Our Federal ID # is 54-2143612.
 
Do you build only brand new homes, or do you adapt existing homes? Most of the projects we undertake are the building of new homes.  In rare cases, especially in areas with very high land costs, it is more cost effective to buy an existing home and renovate it with all the special modifications needed as dictated by the particular disabilities and injuries of the veteran.

Who do you provide assistance to? We provide assistance to the most severely injured service members who have been injured in combat operations since September 11, 2001.

Do you help severely wounded service members from all branches of the military? Yes, we provide assistance to members of all branches of the military who qualify for our assistance.

Does Homes for Our Troops charge the veteran for the home? No.  The Veteran does not pay anything toward the cost of the home, and there is no mortgage to be paid in the future.

Can I contact a veteran? Due to privacy issues, we do not provide the contact information of the veterans we are working with.  If you are from the media and would like an interview, please contact us.

How did HFOT get started? John Gonsalves started the organization in 2004 after watching a news report of a severely injured veteran who had returned from Iraq.  He thought to himself "What now, what happens to this person now?". 

He searched for an organization that he assumed was already in place where he could donate his building expertise for a few weeks.  When he found out that none existed and started Homes for Our Troops.

Do you share my personal information with any other organizations?We do not share your personal information with any other organizations.

Will these homes still be needed when the war ends? With more than 40,000 injured service members to date, we see the need for our services increasing rather than decreasing in the future.